It's still doing it :(, even with the new ISP

[Marcos]

Yeah it will be the Linksys I'm afraid. It's not because they're cheap and nasty it's simply because they don't have very good range. The W**54g range were some of the first 802.11g products to appear and so have now been far surpassed. The problem is not with the hardware though as such, it's with the structure of British houses. These products were developed in America where houses very rarely have solid (ie. brick) walls.

Ok so what router should i get? I'll try and RMA this one, i'll find out when i bought it

EDIT: Looks like i dont have long, bought it on 07/04/2004.

[Timmy!!!]

Then RMA it QUICK!!!!

They might only offer you a replacement. If they do that ask for a different router of similar value - have a look at some reviews to see which one is good.

[Marcos]

Then RMA it QUICK!!!!

They might only offer you a replacement. If they do that ask for a different router of similar value - have a look at some reviews to see which one is good.

They dont even offer replacement dabs say if you have it longer than 28 days they only forward it to the manufacturer, and then the manufacturer sorts it out.

[Timmy!!!]

Thats normal. Phone up Linksys and they will sort it out for you. You will have to send the router off to them and then they will send one back to you.

Make sure you have their UK number though!

[Marcos]

Thats normal. Phone up Linksys and they will sort it out for you. You will have to send the router off to them and then they will send one back to you.

Make sure you have their UK number though!

But wont i just get the same problem since its a flaw in the product?

I was going to call up their tech support to see what they thought of it but everytime i call it forwards me to the americans

[Timmy!!!]

Just ask for a router of similar value, or a refund. If they say no then they are not obeying the sales of goods act. I bought a dlink card that was incompatible with my motherboard for some reason and they replaced it with a different card of the same value. (I think it was a newer revision).

[Norky]

Dabs are pretty good, they should give you a full refund if you explain to them that you cannot get a decent signal from client to access point because of your house.

[Marcos]

Well, ok, i'll tell them it doesnt handle my connection needs etc, see how it works out

[ikkitousen]

yea my 3com does fine i only need to restart every 1 month really good i would recomend it its at the latest firmware but sometimes i get problems updating it dunno why maybe cuz i aint a uber geek? lol

[Marcos]

So this one?



http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=82066

Reviews arent stellar on there, but with something like wi-fi it could be as much user error.

[Kumagoro]

i find it strange that you need to restart them every month. my dlink one never needs to be reset unless i have been fannying around with it and mess it up.

If you want to get a new one reasonably cheap goto your local PC world and go to the cheap returns place they have loads of wifi routers on the cheap. I saw an £80 belkin 125 Mbps one for £45 hadnt been opened just returned. There were others different price but same model it seems very inconsistant price wise so look at all of them.

[Marcos]

check your router and access point for the correct DNS settings.

Can you ping internal and external IP addresses?? if so try to access a webpage using its ip e.g. google.com - 216.139.37.99

Im assuming its a DNS problem.

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Marcos>ping yahoo.com

Pinging yahoo.com [66.94.234.13] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 66.94.234.13: bytes=32 time=3825ms TTL=53
Reply from 66.94.234.13: bytes=32 time=268ms TTL=53
Reply from 66.94.234.13: bytes=32 time=210ms TTL=53
Reply from 66.94.234.13: bytes=32 time=195ms TTL=53

Ping statistics for 66.94.234.13:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 195ms, Maximum = 3825ms, Average = 1124ms

C:\Documents and Settings\Marcos>ping yahoo.com

-------------------------

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Marcos>ping yahoo.com

Pinging yahoo.com [216.109.112.135] with 32 bytes of data:

Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 216.109.112.135:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),

C:\Documents and Settings\Marcos>ping yahoo.com

Pinging yahoo.com [216.109.112.135] with 32 bytes of data:

Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 216.109.112.135:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),

C:\Documents and Settings\Marcos>

[Marcos]

Well....

First we need to make 100% sure that it is the router thats at fault, dont want you spending another £80 or so if you dont need to

So test it with wires if you can, stress test it, download a big file using a download manager like flashget using as many connections as possible and see if the same thing happens

Or just dont use BitTorrent, evil software that should be burned in hell forever

(ok so that last bit was an anti bitTorrent flame, but you should test it with wires first anyway)

I called up Linksys, the guy couldnt really tell what it was, he seemed lost.

I mentioned the connections limit, he said that would make sense, he said the router handles around 500 wireless connections. So he suggested limiting my p2p app connections in their settings.

He did say I had a 3year warranty and if the problem comes back after i try all that then he'll have to replace it

[Apex]

They dont even offer replacement dabs say if you have it longer than 28 days they only forward it to the manufacturer, and then the manufacturer sorts it out.

and thats in breech of the sales of goods act.