Router/Network sharing problem
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RandomAccess
October 15, 2014 1:14:11 AM
Hi, first time post here. Needing help with a rather complicated network at home. I'm using spare parts to spread my internet to my mom's house. Here's what I have.
Cable Modem
---Ethernet---
Linksys WRT54G
---about 250ft wifi across yard---
7db wifi pci antennae picks up Linksys---(hooks to Win7 pc)
Win7 PC shares this connection to Ethernet port
---Ethernet---
Netgear MR814v2 Router
---all of mom's devices.---
My problem here is that I am using ICS on the Win7 machine to share the internet connection, and I have the Netgear router set to a static ip that points at the ICS address of 192.168.137.1.
I have continuous drops, where it seems the internet just "gives up and quits working," even with the Win7 machine doing repetitive pings to yahoo, it occasionally loses connection also, so its not just us behind the Netgear. I was wanting to see if I could do a bridge mode instead, and let the Linksys handle everything, since I believe the PC and Netgear router are probably 99% of the problem. I have tested this by using a laptop in the yard, and it works completely fine, until I turn the Win7 machine on. Then the problems start to show up. It can't be signal, because the 7db antennea gives me nearly 75% signal. My laptop will actually lose connection if it turns the wrong way in the yard, but it does not get the hiccups I'm experiencing with the big pc. Unless of course the big PC is on.
Short question: Is there another way of doing this without ICS using this setup, and let the Linksys router handle all the IP addresses and other work? Just like if I only had a modem, one router, and then my devices on this end. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you!
Nik
P.S. I do have an alternate way of replying in case this connection tears up so don't worry
Cable Modem
---Ethernet---
Linksys WRT54G
---about 250ft wifi across yard---
7db wifi pci antennae picks up Linksys---(hooks to Win7 pc)
Win7 PC shares this connection to Ethernet port
---Ethernet---
Netgear MR814v2 Router
---all of mom's devices.---
My problem here is that I am using ICS on the Win7 machine to share the internet connection, and I have the Netgear router set to a static ip that points at the ICS address of 192.168.137.1.
I have continuous drops, where it seems the internet just "gives up and quits working," even with the Win7 machine doing repetitive pings to yahoo, it occasionally loses connection also, so its not just us behind the Netgear. I was wanting to see if I could do a bridge mode instead, and let the Linksys handle everything, since I believe the PC and Netgear router are probably 99% of the problem. I have tested this by using a laptop in the yard, and it works completely fine, until I turn the Win7 machine on. Then the problems start to show up. It can't be signal, because the 7db antennea gives me nearly 75% signal. My laptop will actually lose connection if it turns the wrong way in the yard, but it does not get the hiccups I'm experiencing with the big pc. Unless of course the big PC is on.
Short question: Is there another way of doing this without ICS using this setup, and let the Linksys router handle all the IP addresses and other work? Just like if I only had a modem, one router, and then my devices on this end. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you!
Nik
P.S. I do have an alternate way of replying in case this connection tears up so don't worry
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HyNrgy
October 15, 2014 2:16:45 AM
Nik,
There is a way to do this but I do not think with your current equipment. I will try to give you a couple of cheap ideas since it apears you are trying to make due with the bare esesntial.
First, what service are you using (dsl, fios, cable)?
Second, what speed are you signed up for? If 34Mbps or under then the modem can be docsis 2.0 but if 50 or higher you should have at least docsis 3.0. (if you don't know you can probably google the model of the modem to find out).
Now some back ground info and testing you may need to do.
Wireless bridging for the most part halves your speed due to having to transmit wireless twice (once to/from router and second to/from device). Unless you have high end devices on both ends it will not be fast.
Second, if you have a smartphone check to see if you can find a wifi analyzer app (android has one with that name and i use it). You say at moms you have 75% but 75% what? Also what is the strength back at the home router. If you get below -60db you will start to have issues and if below -70db then will be sporadic drop offs (from my experience). I also say check the signal because the TX (transmit) and RX (receive) are two different things. You can have one be high while the other is low.
Your two routers are shall we say, lacking in what todays can do but there is still hope with the extra antenna posibly.
Your netgear router will not be of much help at all. It was rated at 11Mbps so even if you use it, it will make things slow on the home front and even slower at moms. I say at the home front because with current equipment it would have to be place with the modem.
Neither router out of the box will do wireless bridging and most home routers only do wired bridging because then you get into range extenders or repeaters untill you get into the higher end units.
You can google dd-wrt. The linksys model was actually where dd-wrt started (if i remember correctly). With dd-wrt i believe you can turn this model into a wireless bridge but not the netgear. If you do want to try this route and go cheap you can generally pick them on ebay or craigslist for about 15-20$.
Your best bet if can afford would be to do a pvc pipe with ethernet (if total run is under 300 ft from connection to connection but that is pushing the limits of cat 5). i have a feeling this is not an option. I say the wired route from router to router because I just finished helping a friend. He has an old house with alluminum foil insulation all over on a try level. Router 1 was on second floor far wall and downstairs oposite side of house he was only getting about 2Mbps when his direct connect pc to main router was at 100Mbps. We tried setting up second router mid way as wireless access point (repeating) and only got to about 25-30. After convincing him to let me run ethernet through crawlspace and over to second router we got it up to about 75-80 constantly and stable using a wired bridge mode not wireless access point which is more what you are asking to do. (NOTE: both routers where N based and not G based as you have with the linksys ....not sure about the netgear but as stated with only 11Mbps it would be either B or G but that is pushing it for that model). sorry i digress.
if you do chose to try with two wrt54g with the dd-wrt firmware make sure you read the direction on flasing a few times and then read while doing it, you can brick them (make them a paper weight).
After that said and done, give the second one a static ip address from the first one (generally outside the ip range) and then assign it to the second one also and turn off dhcp so that the orignal router does all the ip assigning. (also gives you a set ip to use if need to do administration because if the first one gives out the ip you would have to go through some steps to find what the address is of the second one each time you need to adminster the second one.
there are youtube videos that will show you more about dd-wrt and how to flash (the 30/30/30 is important among other things).
Sorry for the long response but with what you described it looks as if just getting internet at moms is a no go for whatever reason because that would simply things soooo much.
last but not least....i am assuming mom has her own power meter and does not come off the same circut breaker then yours (or vice versa and i am not talking same transformer but same meter and circuit breaker) because you could look in to something called homeplugs but the do not work through transformers but will work with the electrical wiring if comming off the same circuit breaker of the "house".
I hope this helps more than confuses.
(edit. if you do chose dd-wrt and go with a better router they have a place that you can check model and VERSION (because sometimes that will be a factor) to see if it is supported) but put the better of the two with the modem.)
There is a way to do this but I do not think with your current equipment. I will try to give you a couple of cheap ideas since it apears you are trying to make due with the bare esesntial.
First, what service are you using (dsl, fios, cable)?
Second, what speed are you signed up for? If 34Mbps or under then the modem can be docsis 2.0 but if 50 or higher you should have at least docsis 3.0. (if you don't know you can probably google the model of the modem to find out).
Now some back ground info and testing you may need to do.
Wireless bridging for the most part halves your speed due to having to transmit wireless twice (once to/from router and second to/from device). Unless you have high end devices on both ends it will not be fast.
Second, if you have a smartphone check to see if you can find a wifi analyzer app (android has one with that name and i use it). You say at moms you have 75% but 75% what? Also what is the strength back at the home router. If you get below -60db you will start to have issues and if below -70db then will be sporadic drop offs (from my experience). I also say check the signal because the TX (transmit) and RX (receive) are two different things. You can have one be high while the other is low.
Your two routers are shall we say, lacking in what todays can do but there is still hope with the extra antenna posibly.
Your netgear router will not be of much help at all. It was rated at 11Mbps so even if you use it, it will make things slow on the home front and even slower at moms. I say at the home front because with current equipment it would have to be place with the modem.
Neither router out of the box will do wireless bridging and most home routers only do wired bridging because then you get into range extenders or repeaters untill you get into the higher end units.
You can google dd-wrt. The linksys model was actually where dd-wrt started (if i remember correctly). With dd-wrt i believe you can turn this model into a wireless bridge but not the netgear. If you do want to try this route and go cheap you can generally pick them on ebay or craigslist for about 15-20$.
Your best bet if can afford would be to do a pvc pipe with ethernet (if total run is under 300 ft from connection to connection but that is pushing the limits of cat 5). i have a feeling this is not an option. I say the wired route from router to router because I just finished helping a friend. He has an old house with alluminum foil insulation all over on a try level. Router 1 was on second floor far wall and downstairs oposite side of house he was only getting about 2Mbps when his direct connect pc to main router was at 100Mbps. We tried setting up second router mid way as wireless access point (repeating) and only got to about 25-30. After convincing him to let me run ethernet through crawlspace and over to second router we got it up to about 75-80 constantly and stable using a wired bridge mode not wireless access point which is more what you are asking to do. (NOTE: both routers where N based and not G based as you have with the linksys ....not sure about the netgear but as stated with only 11Mbps it would be either B or G but that is pushing it for that model). sorry i digress.
if you do chose to try with two wrt54g with the dd-wrt firmware make sure you read the direction on flasing a few times and then read while doing it, you can brick them (make them a paper weight).
After that said and done, give the second one a static ip address from the first one (generally outside the ip range) and then assign it to the second one also and turn off dhcp so that the orignal router does all the ip assigning. (also gives you a set ip to use if need to do administration because if the first one gives out the ip you would have to go through some steps to find what the address is of the second one each time you need to adminster the second one.
there are youtube videos that will show you more about dd-wrt and how to flash (the 30/30/30 is important among other things).
Sorry for the long response but with what you described it looks as if just getting internet at moms is a no go for whatever reason because that would simply things soooo much.
last but not least....i am assuming mom has her own power meter and does not come off the same circut breaker then yours (or vice versa and i am not talking same transformer but same meter and circuit breaker) because you could look in to something called homeplugs but the do not work through transformers but will work with the electrical wiring if comming off the same circuit breaker of the "house".
I hope this helps more than confuses.
(edit. if you do chose dd-wrt and go with a better router they have a place that you can check model and VERSION (because sometimes that will be a factor) to see if it is supported) but put the better of the two with the modem.)
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October 15, 2014 2:44:53 AM
HyNrgy said:
Nik,There is a way to do this but I do not think with your current equipment. I will try to give you a couple of cheap ideas since it apears you are trying to make due with the bare esesntial.
First, what service are you using (dsl, fios, cable)?
Second, what speed are you signed up for? If 34Mbps or under then the modem can be docsis 2.0 but if 50 or higher you should have at least docsis 3.0. (if you don't know you can probably google the model of the modem to find out).
Now some back ground info and testing you may need to do.
Wireless bridging for the most part halves your speed due to having to transmit wireless twice (once to/from router and second to/from device). Unless you have high end devices on both ends it will not be fast.
Second, if you have a smartphone check to see if you can find a wifi analyzer app (android has one with that name and i use it). You say at moms you have 75% but 75% what? Also what is the strength back at the home router. If you get below -60db you will start to have issues and if below -70db then will be sporadic drop offs (from my experience). I also say check the signal because the TX (transmit) and RX (receive) are two different things. You can have one be high while the other is low.
Your two routers are shall we say, lacking in what todays can do but there is still hope with the extra antenna posibly.
Your netgear router will not be of much help at all. It was rated at 11Mbps so even if you use it, it will make things slow on the home front and even slower at moms. I say at the home front because with current equipment it would have to be place with the modem.
Neither router out of the box will do wireless bridging and most home routers only do wired bridging because then you get into range extenders or repeaters untill you get into the higher end units.
You can google dd-wrt. The linksys model was actually where dd-wrt started (if i remember correctly). With dd-wrt i believe you can turn this model into a wireless bridge but not the netgear. If you do want to try this route and go cheap you can generally pick them on ebay or craigslist for about 15-20$.
Your best bet if can afford would be to do a pvc pipe with ethernet (if total run is under 300 ft from connection to connection but that is pushing the limits of cat 5). i have a feeling this is not an option. I say the wired route from router to router because I just finished helping a friend. He has an old house with alluminum foil insulation all over on a try level. Router 1 was on second floor far wall and downstairs oposite side of house he was only getting about 2Mbps when his direct connect pc to main router was at 100Mbps. We tried setting up second router mid way as wireless access point (repeating) and only got to about 25-30. After convincing him to let me run ethernet through crawlspace and over to second router we got it up to about 75-80 constantly and stable using a wired bridge mode not wireless access point which is more what you are asking to do. (NOTE: both routers where N based and not G based as you have with the linksys ....not sure about the netgear but as stated with only 11Mbps it would be either B or G but that is pushing it for that model). sorry i digress.
if you do chose to try with two wrt54g with the dd-wrt firmware make sure you read the direction on flasing a few times and then read while doing it, you can brick them (make them a paper weight).
After that said and done, give the second one a static ip address from the first one (generally outside the ip range) and then assign it to the second one also and turn off dhcp so that the orignal router does all the ip assigning. (also gives you a set ip to use if need to do administration because if the first one gives out the ip you would have to go through some steps to find what the address is of the second one each time you need to adminster the second one.
there are youtube videos that will show you more about dd-wrt and how to flash (the 30/30/30 is important among other things).
Sorry for the long response but with what you described it looks as if just getting internet at moms is a no go for whatever reason because that would simply things soooo much.
last but not least....i am assuming mom has her own power meter and does not come off the same circut breaker then yours (or vice versa and i am not talking same transformer but same meter and circuit breaker) because you could look in to something called homeplugs but the do not work through transformers but will work with the electrical wiring if comming off the same circuit breaker of the "house".
I hope this helps more than confuses.
(edit. if you do chose dd-wrt and go with a better router they have a place that you can check model and VERSION (because sometimes that will be a factor) to see if it is supported) but put the better of the two with the modem.)
Sorry I think I have confused you. I do have a 10Mbps cable connection. But the bridging I am trying to do is not between the 2 routers (kind of.) It is between the first router and the PC at mom's that has an amplified antennae hooked to the WiFi PCI card. Then this connection is shared via ethernet to the Netgear router at moms. And yes, the Netgear router is waaaaaaaaaaaay too slow to be the primary router, it does have only 11Mbps wireless, though since I updated its firmware to the latest version, a speedtest through it's WiFi yields only 2Mbps... but it works fine through the LAN ports as I get the full10~14Mbps speeds. The Linksys router I have and the PCI card in the PC are rated up to 54Mbps so the speeds should be mostly a non-issue. Also, the 75% signal was for TX and RX of the PCI card with the antennae using its native program (which I later uninstalled because it was annoying me lol) but it's drivers are installed.
So is it possible to say, bridge the pc's connection to the primary router, and bridge the second Netgear router to the PC somehow and let the primary Linksys router do all the IP address assigning?
Thanks for the response and sorry if I'm confusing, but I have yet to see anyone do this. I have seen it with 2 routers, but never a router to pc to router before, and every combo of ICS and bridging I do seems not to work... or if it does work, it mostly sputters lol
Nik
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HyNrgy
October 15, 2014 3:02:13 AM
if i understand you correctly you want to do this
modem--linksys--mom's pc--netgear--everything else at moms
is that right?
if memory serves me right you may have to do two network cards in moms computer. 1 for her connection and then another to help with the sharing and act as a wireless bridge but then you might hit about 1 or .5Mbps. then you may be able to use her computer and forgo the netgear all together as the bridge (will not work as a bridge either way that I know of, it only does dhcp and not bypass)
you say when mom's computer comes on it messes with everything....just thought, have you changed the ip range that the dhcp's are giving with mom's pc, the first router and all? could be giving out duplicate ip's.
I say this will be a tough route because if I under stand you right you are using mom's pc as internet connection sharing which is like a hotspot/router in itself which means you have this setup attempt
modem--linksys--mom's pc--mom's pc as hotspot/router--netgear
10Mpbs--lose 1 or 2--lose more due to distance--lose more again--lose half again
Never seen that done and probably due to fact you would have to set many ip ranges or subnets or combination
if so
modem--linksys--mom's pc--netgear--everything else at moms
is that right?
if memory serves me right you may have to do two network cards in moms computer. 1 for her connection and then another to help with the sharing and act as a wireless bridge but then you might hit about 1 or .5Mbps. then you may be able to use her computer and forgo the netgear all together as the bridge (will not work as a bridge either way that I know of, it only does dhcp and not bypass)
you say when mom's computer comes on it messes with everything....just thought, have you changed the ip range that the dhcp's are giving with mom's pc, the first router and all? could be giving out duplicate ip's.
I say this will be a tough route because if I under stand you right you are using mom's pc as internet connection sharing which is like a hotspot/router in itself which means you have this setup attempt
modem--linksys--mom's pc--mom's pc as hotspot/router--netgear
10Mpbs--lose 1 or 2--lose more due to distance--lose more again--lose half again
Never seen that done and probably due to fact you would have to set many ip ranges or subnets or combination
if so
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RandomAccess
October 15, 2014 3:34:07 AM
HyNrgy said:
if i understand you correctly you want to do thismodem--linksys--mom's pc--netgear--everything else at moms
is that right?
if memory serves me right you may have to do two network cards in moms computer. 1 for her connection and then another to help with the sharing and act as a wireless bridge but then you might hit about 1 or .5Mbps. then you may be able to use her computer and forgo the netgear all together as the bridge (will not work as a bridge either way that I know of, it only does dhcp and not bypass)
you say when mom's computer comes on it messes with everything....just thought, have you changed the ip range that the dhcp's are giving with mom's pc, the first router and all? could be giving out duplicate ip's.
I say this will be a tough route because if I under stand you right you are using mom's pc as internet connection sharing which is like a hotspot/router in itself which means you have this setup attempt
modem--linksys--mom's pc--mom's pc as hotspot/router--netgear
10Mpbs--lose 1 or 2--lose more due to distance--lose more again--lose half again
Never seen that done and probably due to fact you would have to set many ip ranges or subnets or combination
if so
Yes the first part is right. But there are other pc's at mom's that do not have wireless, hence the need for the netgear. The other reason I have not used two wireless cards instead and turned mom's pc into a hotspot is because of the ad-hoc situation, none of our android phones will connect to an ad-hoc network. So i got the idea to use the netgear router. WHICH DOES WORK, although it seems to intermittently shut off or just "give up," but as I said this occurs even if i have a laptop connected the the first router, the moment the big pc is connected, the hiccups begin. Sometimes it will last for hours, other times it works until the 1 minute screensaver starts lol.
About the ip address conflict issue, i doubt there could be any, not to my knowledge (which i dont have much of in the networking field) as the first range to the big pc is everything above 192.168.1.1, then the connection is shared on the big pc to the ethernet, then on the netgear router i have dhcp enabled, but its range starts at 192.168.0.1 for devices, and its ip is set to be static, 192.168.137.2, and the gateway for it is the pc, at 192.168.137.1. (this is due to the ICS settings) OH! one last thing, the primary linksys, does not have the SSID broadcast enabled, that way no one can connect to it except the big pc acting as the hotspot.
Thanks again,
Nik
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HyNrgy
October 15, 2014 4:12:57 AM
forgive me if i am unable to solve this after being up for almost 24hrs.
1) when the "hicups" start to happen does mom's pc work alright while everything else doesn't? or does mom's stop working also?
2) if mom's pc can do java check out www.pingtest.net (sister site to www.speedtest.net) to see you have a bad packet loss, jitter, etc
3) something about the ip's are bothering me and between my daydreaming at this point and exhaustion cant put finger on it.
a) write all settings down incase im wrong (something tells me i wll be)
b) on first router set mom's wireless adaptor to static of 192.168.1.3 in the first router and on her ip settings properties
c) on first router set the ethernet on moms to 192.168.1.2 static in router and on ip properties of the ethernet card
d) on first router set the range or amount it can lease to say 10 to it stops at 192.168.1.12
e) on second router set the range to start at 13 and go for another 10 or so with the gateway pointint to 192.168.1.2 of the ethernet card but this way all on same subnet
something is getting me about the ip of the wired card on mom's pc being out of the range of either the wireless portion or the original router...understand where i am going? it seems like somewhere it is out of the range of numbers the orignal router can see/talk to
1) when the "hicups" start to happen does mom's pc work alright while everything else doesn't? or does mom's stop working also?
2) if mom's pc can do java check out www.pingtest.net (sister site to www.speedtest.net) to see you have a bad packet loss, jitter, etc
3) something about the ip's are bothering me and between my daydreaming at this point and exhaustion cant put finger on it.
a) write all settings down incase im wrong (something tells me i wll be)
b) on first router set mom's wireless adaptor to static of 192.168.1.3 in the first router and on her ip settings properties
c) on first router set the ethernet on moms to 192.168.1.2 static in router and on ip properties of the ethernet card
d) on first router set the range or amount it can lease to say 10 to it stops at 192.168.1.12
e) on second router set the range to start at 13 and go for another 10 or so with the gateway pointint to 192.168.1.2 of the ethernet card but this way all on same subnet
something is getting me about the ip of the wired card on mom's pc being out of the range of either the wireless portion or the original router...understand where i am going? it seems like somewhere it is out of the range of numbers the orignal router can see/talk to
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October 15, 2014 4:37:48 AM
HyNrgy said:
forgive me if i am unable to solve this after being up for almost 24hrs.1) when the "hicups" start to happen does mom's pc work alright while everything else doesn't? or does mom's stop working also?
2) if mom's pc can do java check out www.pingtest.net (sister site to www.speedtest.net) to see you have a bad packet loss, jitter, etc
3) something about the ip's are bothering me and between my daydreaming at this point and exhaustion cant put finger on it.
a) write all settings down incase im wrong (something tells me i wll be)
b) on first router set mom's wireless adaptor to static of 192.168.1.3 in the first router and on her ip settings properties
c) on first router set the ethernet on moms to 192.168.1.2 static in router and on ip properties of the ethernet card
d) on first router set the range or amount it can lease to say 10 to it stops at 192.168.1.12
e) on second router set the range to start at 13 and go for another 10 or so with the gateway pointint to 192.168.1.2 of the ethernet card but this way all on same subnet
something is getting me about the ip of the wired card on mom's pc being out of the range of either the wireless portion or the original router...understand where i am going? it seems like somewhere it is out of the range of numbers the orignal router can see/talk to
1. Depends. Somtimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
2. i will do that soon.
3. I understand the issue with the ip's, the reason the the second router is pointed to 192.168.137.1 as the gateway is because i have it set to use Internet Connection Sharing with the wireless adapter. If i'm not mistaken, it is an internal ip address in windows that is used in conjunction with ICS. I can assure that it works when it works.
--- I will try to do what you have suggested with the ip's though. So if i understand correctly,
Primary router will be 192.168.1.1
mom's pc wireless adapter will be set to 192.168.1.3
mom's pc ethernet adapter will be set to 192.168.1.2
set the second router to an address just outside of the primary's ip range, then point its gateway to 192.168.1.2(the ethernet) and set its range for dhcp above the primaries ip range and its own ip to prevent conflicts.
i would imagine that if i set the ip's to static in moms pc for the primary router, there would be no conflicts even with dhcp, as the ssid is never broadcast anyway, moms pc would always get the ip address that is asked for..
also would it be okay to switch the addresses for 192.168.1.2 and 1.3? just for ease of mind?
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HyNrgy
October 15, 2014 12:43:03 PM
when static and set, shouldn't be an issue swaping if made static
also, after reading and sleep....have you checked the wireless signal that mom's pc is receiving with something like wifi analyzer and also done a pingtest?
I was thinking you may have it right but the signal or something may be interfering and if you get enough loss that will cause drop offs.
something like tv or radio when something gets turned on causes it to drop off...just a thought
also, after reading and sleep....have you checked the wireless signal that mom's pc is receiving with something like wifi analyzer and also done a pingtest?
I was thinking you may have it right but the signal or something may be interfering and if you get enough loss that will cause drop offs.
something like tv or radio when something gets turned on causes it to drop off...just a thought
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October 15, 2014 3:43:31 PM
HyNrgy said:
when static and set, shouldn't be an issue swaping if made staticalso, after reading and sleep....have you checked the wireless signal that mom's pc is receiving with something like wifi analyzer and also done a pingtest?
I was thinking you may have it right but the signal or something may be interfering and if you get enough loss that will cause drop offs.
something like tv or radio when something gets turned on causes it to drop off...just a thought
I downloaded and used the wifi analyzer app, and there are only 2 signals. Netgear, which is in the house, shows about -50~-30, and the linksys router (while inside the house) is about -80, but is closer to -60 outside. (keep in mind here that I have an amplified 7db antennae hooked to the pc, so signals are much stronger for it.) Strange part is linksys just "disappears" at times from the analyzer, usually in conjunction with the internet going out... I can test this by running a speedtest, and the moment the number "hangs" and ceases to go up, linksys disappears from the analyzer. Even outside close to the linksys the signal disappears.
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Hi all, I am back. So I took the Win7 pc (mom's) and threw it in the dumpster. I hooked up and older XP machine, worked first time like a charm. What i did was connect to linksys using antennae, shared linksys connection with ethernet/lan, then with another pc hooked up to the lan of the netgear, i punched in the DNS servers from linksys into the netgear router, then connected the netgear's WAN port (internet port) to the ethernet/lan of the XP machine. Then had to enable upnp for some reason on netgear. works flawless, no hiccups. tested for over 3 hours.
Strange part is, even with my laptop hooked into linksys with an ethernet cable, the hiccups STILL exist. but not with the XP machine. So good luck anyone with a Win7 or newer machine. My advice is throw it in the garbage, even if XP's support has been cut.
Only one last problem. The netgear router is rated for 11mbps over wifi. I can't get more than 2mbps after updating the firmware. Can anyone help me find the old stock firmware?? Pleeease!? (lan connection to netgear runs perfectly fine btw, its just the wifi) and yes, the wifi before would run up to the full 11mbps before the firmware update just in case anyone was wondering.
Thanks again for all the help!!
Nik
Strange part is, even with my laptop hooked into linksys with an ethernet cable, the hiccups STILL exist. but not with the XP machine. So good luck anyone with a Win7 or newer machine. My advice is throw it in the garbage, even if XP's support has been cut.
Only one last problem. The netgear router is rated for 11mbps over wifi. I can't get more than 2mbps after updating the firmware. Can anyone help me find the old stock firmware?? Pleeease!? (lan connection to netgear runs perfectly fine btw, its just the wifi) and yes, the wifi before would run up to the full 11mbps before the firmware update just in case anyone was wondering.
Thanks again for all the help!!
Nik
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