Router to modem problem

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless (More info?)

Quick update - the problem is in fact between the access point hub and the
modem. I thought it was called a router....hmmm...maybe this explains why im
struggling with it? )

"kuju" wrote:

> Hi all
> I've posted here about this before but the post seems to have dissappeared!!
> Basically..the problem is this:
> I have an actiotec wireless router connected to a surfboard cable modem. We
> have 4 pc's on the wireless network. All worked fine until recently..now the
> ping times between the router and the modem have gone haywire. Using PIng
> Plotter i can see the connection from my pc to the router is fine (average
> ping = 3) anf rom the modem on wards the ping dont climb much. However
> BETWEEN the router and the modem the pings can vary between 10 and 1200 and
> there seems to be no consistenvcy about it.
> Its not other wireless devices and its not other people on the network, i've
> checked both of these. The pings seem fine in the morning but after that they
> start to climb.
> Resetting the router helps sometimes and everythnig goes back to normal but
> frquently the pings then climb again shortly after.
>
> Any clues? I'm guessing the cable between the router and modem is ok
> otherwise the problem would be more consistent...wouldnt it?

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless (More info?)

Er...ooookkk...whats a tracert? I googled it and got the website up..andthen
got lost!

"N. Miller" wrote:

> On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 03:15:02 -0700, kuju wrote:
>
> > "kuju" wrote:
>
> >> Hi all
> >> I've posted here about this before but the post seems to have dissappeared!!
> >> Basically..the problem is this:
> >> I have an actiotec wireless router connected to a surfboard cable modem. We
> >> have 4 pc's on the wireless network. All worked fine until recently..now the
> >> ping times between the router and the modem have gone haywire. Using PIng
> >> Plotter i can see the connection from my pc to the router is fine (average
> >> ping = 3) anf rom the modem on wards the ping dont climb much. However
> >> BETWEEN the router and the modem the pings can vary between 10 and 1200 and
> >> there seems to be no consistenvcy about it.
> >> Its not other wireless devices and its not other people on the network, i've
> >> checked both of these. The pings seem fine in the morning but after that they
> >> start to climb.
> >> Resetting the router helps sometimes and everythnig goes back to normal but
> >> frquently the pings then climb again shortly after.
> >>
> >> Any clues? I'm guessing the cable between the router and modem is ok
> >> otherwise the problem would be more consistent...wouldnt it?
>
> > Quick update - the problem is in fact between the access point hub and the
> > modem. I thought it was called a router....hmmm...maybe this explains why im
> > struggling with it? )
>
> Could you post a tracert to "www.microsoft.com"? I am just trying to
> understand your connection. I have a DSL modem connected to a router; but
> the DSL modem is acting as a bridge, and my first hop of a tracert shows up
> as a router on my ISP's network. Some SOHO routers show up first, as the
> gateway to that LAN, with the ISP's router on the second hop. Some
> first/second hop IP addresses on cable networks are actually the CMT, so
> your ISP's router may show up on the second/third hop.
>
> --
> Norman
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>