Sorry if this has been posted but I couldn't find anyone wanting to test exactly what I'm looking to do here.
About 4 weeks ago my internet connection began randomly dropping. Or at least it seemed random at first, but usually happened 1-3 times per day within an hour of the same time each day. At first I thought comcast may have been adjusting settings each day which was causing a 1-20 minute drop. Thankfully this usually only happened in the evening so only my games were getting disconnected. During the day my job requires me to have a stable internet connection so I'm getting very worried it will disconnect on the job.
I contacted Comcast and they "assured" me that nothing was wrong on their end. They told me all I needed to do was do a full reset of everything. Needless to say that has not changed anything.
I have been using a Netgear WNDR3700 router in conjunction with a Linksys cable modem for about 6 months. Prior to this I was using a Linksys router which was garbage and eventually failed. The netgear has been nothing short of wonderful and still allows me to connect to it even when the internet drops. The linksys cable modem is several years old. Because of how the wiring is setup there is no simple way for me to plug one computer directly into the cable box and use it for a few days without the router.
A final note: when the connection drops often times it will return on its own without me having to touch anything on the modem. Only once has it been out so long that resetting it was the only way to bring it back.
What should I do? Could it be the router? Do you think I need a new cable modem? Or is Comcast full of it and has some sort of networking instability?
About 4 weeks ago my internet connection began randomly dropping. Or at least it seemed random at first, but usually happened 1-3 times per day within an hour of the same time each day. At first I thought comcast may have been adjusting settings each day which was causing a 1-20 minute drop. Thankfully this usually only happened in the evening so only my games were getting disconnected. During the day my job requires me to have a stable internet connection so I'm getting very worried it will disconnect on the job.
I contacted Comcast and they "assured" me that nothing was wrong on their end. They told me all I needed to do was do a full reset of everything. Needless to say that has not changed anything.
I have been using a Netgear WNDR3700 router in conjunction with a Linksys cable modem for about 6 months. Prior to this I was using a Linksys router which was garbage and eventually failed. The netgear has been nothing short of wonderful and still allows me to connect to it even when the internet drops. The linksys cable modem is several years old. Because of how the wiring is setup there is no simple way for me to plug one computer directly into the cable box and use it for a few days without the router.
A final note: when the connection drops often times it will return on its own without me having to touch anything on the modem. Only once has it been out so long that resetting it was the only way to bring it back.
What should I do? Could it be the router? Do you think I need a new cable modem? Or is Comcast full of it and has some sort of networking instability?
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