Hi,
I share my wireless network with two others and lately at some time all of us can no longer internet/email. After I switch the router off and turn it on again everything seems to work fine again. Until an undefined amount of time...
Signal strength remains excellent always. I have a Daytrek Vigor 2600 We.
Anyone have a clue??
Thanx!!! Jeroen
Yeah. Your router might be getting attacked from the internet by various tools or evil people. See:
Oh well. So much for that guess. I'm glad I'm not keeping score.
Don't do a firmware upgrade over the wireless link. In case you didn't catch my drift, I'll repeat it. Don't do a firmware upgrade over a wireless link. I don't wanna go into what can go wrong, why the stupid routers like to reset the wireless device in the middle of an upgrade, or why every single manufactory says that you shouldn't do it over wireless. Just find the CAT5 cable you threw in the trash when you got wireless, connect it between your computah and the router, and do it the right way.
Jeff,
thanx for this suggestion. I'll try this right away!!
Jeroen
Jeff,
thanx for your tip, but my system succesfullay passed the Exploits test.
Meanwhile I'm trying to upgrade the firmware. The releasenotes of the firmware version tell me this might be the solution. However I have not been able to upgrade it. Shouldn't the upgrade itself also work over a wireless connection? The draytek support pages say no, but I can recall I did an upgrade in such a manner about a year ago. ???
grtz, Jeroen
Yes. You should also use a wired connection to do the initial router setup, and perhaps use it for testing if the wireless connection seems flakey.
Drivel: Why wireless is so popular:
Jeff,
thanx for the advice. I guess I need a temporary wired networkcard then, to connect the CAT5 cable to my computah.
Jeroen
PS. I like the picture in your "do routers die"-post, by the way. ;-)
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