Netgear Router Troubles

[sumlit]

Hello everyone, hope someone can help me.

I've had this problem for a while, but I've been to lazy to seek help because there is an immediate, if annoying, temporary solution to it. However I am growing tired of people coming over to my house and complaining about it.

So anyway, I have a Netgear N Router WNR2000. I have 3 computers connected to it. One, the main one, is connected via cable. The other 2, one a desktop using a Netgear external device, and the other a laptop, are both using wireless.
All these 3 devices work perfectly.

The problem comes from other devices. My PS3, IPhones, and my Samsung Smart TV.
The problem is that these devices connect to the network perfectly, however after 1 or 2 days, they remain connected, but there is no connectivity. They show as being connected fine to the wireless network, but there is no internet access.

I can solve this by merely resetting the Router and all the devices connect again without a problem. However, after 1 or 2 days the cycle repeats itself.

Same happens with anyone else who comes over and asks to connect their phone to the wireless network, i have to go into the router room and reset the router in order for them to connect.

If anyone has any idea what is happening and how i can fix it, any help would be very appreciated.

 

[drunkducki]

update the firmware of the router.

 

[sumlit]

Thank you for the response.

I have updated the router firmware and waited a day to see if the problem repeated itself.

The problem still persists after the update. Got any other suggestions?

 

[static1120]

Try to check your router settings under wireless there might be a timeout connection... Im just guessing and I really doubt Im even close to that being a solution but give it a try.

 

[sumlit]

Thank you for the response

I don't see a timeout setting anywhere. I looked in Basic Wireless Settings, and in Advanced Wireless settings. There is not even an option for a timeout.

Any other suggestions?

 

[john-b691]

This tends to be a DHCP problem but I have seen other people report this and the problem persists even with fixed IP address.

Its worth a try though I guess. You can try to set the DHCP timeout options in the router for a longer time. I would set it to a couple of weeks unless you have lots of guests over.
The other method is to go into each device and assign the IP address/subnet mask/gateway/dns server all manually. This should ensure the device never drops its ip.

If it still has issues then I would be suspecting a unpatched bug in the router. Could by anything from improper arp timeouts to firewall issues, unfortunately consumer routers do not have much diagnostic options to find problems.

 

[static1120]

Like the person above said Setting a static Ip to the devices might fix the issue... but since you say the devices are still connected that means they have a Ip assigned to them. next step would be to try a static ip on the devices