I need help.. I think I am overloading my home network!!
Here is my network layout:
I have verizon fios 50/25 using the actiontec gigabit router. Lets call it the Main Router.
Wireless is disabled (its in the attic) and it is the DHCP server.. This router(main) feeds to 3 locations..
The first is my home office(2nd floor) -- Netgear WPN824N - wireless access point - DHCP server disabled..
a printer and laptop are wired in.
The second feed is to my family room(1st floor) -- Netgear WGR614 -- wireless access point - DHCP server disabled..
Sonos and XBOX wired and they are never used.
The 3rd feed is to my garage to a 8 port Linksys gigabit switch.
There I have a vSphere virtual server with 4 lan ports wired in serving 3-4 machines always on. 3 servers and a desktop
are the most frequently used. The rest of the ports are used on test machines but they are rarely on.
My wireless devices are as follows... iphone, ipad, 2 blackberrys, apple tv, roku and 2 laptops.
Both laptops are fairly new and have N adapters and mostly connected to the WPN824N router..
Of late my laptop often loses connectivity. The crazy thing is my wireless signal doesnt cancel it.
Its as if the connection is hanging.. Typically, if I switch from one access point to another it comes back.
Otherwise, i wait it out and it comes back.. I've done some basic testing on the wired machines when i lose connectivity
and they are connected with no issues. Could my routers be bad? Also, my wireless lan speed is terrible!!
I need direction.. This is well beyond my expertise..
Here is my network layout:
I have verizon fios 50/25 using the actiontec gigabit router. Lets call it the Main Router.
Wireless is disabled (its in the attic) and it is the DHCP server.. This router(main) feeds to 3 locations..
The first is my home office(2nd floor) -- Netgear WPN824N - wireless access point - DHCP server disabled..
a printer and laptop are wired in.
The second feed is to my family room(1st floor) -- Netgear WGR614 -- wireless access point - DHCP server disabled..
Sonos and XBOX wired and they are never used.
The 3rd feed is to my garage to a 8 port Linksys gigabit switch.
There I have a vSphere virtual server with 4 lan ports wired in serving 3-4 machines always on. 3 servers and a desktop
are the most frequently used. The rest of the ports are used on test machines but they are rarely on.
My wireless devices are as follows... iphone, ipad, 2 blackberrys, apple tv, roku and 2 laptops.
Both laptops are fairly new and have N adapters and mostly connected to the WPN824N router..
Of late my laptop often loses connectivity. The crazy thing is my wireless signal doesnt cancel it.
Its as if the connection is hanging.. Typically, if I switch from one access point to another it comes back.
Otherwise, i wait it out and it comes back.. I've done some basic testing on the wired machines when i lose connectivity
and they are connected with no issues. Could my routers be bad? Also, my wireless lan speed is terrible!!
I need direction.. This is well beyond my expertise..
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