Hello all,

My d-link router keeps disconnecting me from the internet... i've tried a few things, such as resetting it, relocating it, unplugging everything and plugging it all back in etc, i'm out of ideas...It's really annoying, I have cable internet, and i know it's not the provider.

Any ideas would be ace,

Steve

Not enough info to help troubleshoot....

Does it come back on after unplugging/rebooting/rewiring/whatnot? Have you got on it to see if it has any logs/errors? Are you doing anything funkay when this happens?

Right now all I can say is, get a different one and see if it does it too

--p>>G>

Yeah, it comes on for like, an hour sometimes after unplugging and replugging everything in...some days it doesn't disconnect at all, some days it's every 20 minutes...

Still not much to go on, if it just started happening it could be hardware problems like bad ram/PS/whatnot. It could also be new traffic that is causing a DOS (malicious or not) on that box. You really need to get on it to see if you can grab any logs. If these boxes don't do any logging well, you probably haven't looked hard enough, there is always a debug mode of some sort that may or not be hidden.

At this point I would say call the manufacturer and see what they say.

--P.G>>

I'm not being patronising, but just check that the RJ-45 isn't loose in either your router or network card. If something is ever wrong with a computer, always check the connection first.

I have no clue what i did but it seems to be working now... i haven't had any disconnects in a long time (checked the logs )

Thanks for all your help =)


Laters

God I hate router problems it's usually not the router though nor is it the modem but mine does that occasionally too (not very frequent though) when that happens I just reboot the network and then logon to the router and it kicks in. Before it would d/c after about 5 mins because MSN apparently was reading it's mac addy as something that they shouldnt let be connected so the modem would d/c from it (sneaky gits) but luckily spoofing my mac address (common option on router) as the same addy as the main one (that msn was installed on) seemed to get it working. still dont know why it sometimes d/c's though usually during scanning/cracking so perhaps it has something to do with high traffic. <shrugs>



Merch

Here are a few of the things you could do to troubleshoot the problem: Try switching eth cables, try switching the phone cables, try keeping your router ventilated (nice cool air as opposed to a heated area) and if all else fails have a line check done on your phone line.

One of the things many people don't realize as the last course of going through all the typical hotspots is that, when their is some form (any form) of static on a phone line, chances are you're going to get boinked off. Speaking from someone who works at an ISP, what area are you in. I wouldve posted LATA but in all honesty chances are you wouldn't understand what I mean...

Visit Nanog and check for outages in your area as well. ISP's have been known to go down if its merely a connectivity issue, so search Nanog for your ISP and if by chance you know your Lata search for it on sites like Nanog (www.nanog.org)

One of the things I've noticed throughout time with many telco's (remember they own the line) is that when a customer is using their lines, many times a repair in the area will bork things out. As long as you have a stable link light you're fine. One of the things you could also try to do is wire your mode then your router into your 'NIT' and check for issues there too. Faulty inside wiring could be to blame.

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