I have a wireless Linksys router that keeps losing the signal for 30seconds or so about every 10 minutes. The "wireless" signal is there and strong but the actual transmission doesn't happen during these periods. Just plain annoying. Any recommendations? Anything I can do or check with the router? Direct connect to my cable is always fine so it must be in the router.
Mike
Sounds like external interference, try changing the channel...
Could a similar linksys router across the street be causing it? I pick my neighbors very nicely.
In my case I think that the problem was in the cable service. I wasn't losing the signal quite that frequently, but I live in an area that has seen an explosion of new cable subscribers which means less bandwidth and less of a signal which may make you more vulnerable to dropouts. When they announced an upgrade I noticed fewer dropouts.
What kind of AP are you using? Are you supporting 11b and 11g clients? Sometimes it has to do with the backwards compatibility issue. If you only have 11b clients - set up your AP to only talk to 11b clients. Same with
11g - if you only use 11g cards. If you have both (like I do) - you get flakey performance. I'm just guessing dude. I'd need more info.Cheers
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