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Esat BT Wireless Router keeps disconnecting me

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  • 14-09-2006 12:47am
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    looperman1000
    Registered Users Posts: 544 ✭✭✭


    On my upstairs PC in my bedroom, i have crap connection issues with my downstairs PC too and its closer to the actual router, which i just find really sad. I believe it could be a power save issue that might be able to be tweaked if i telnet into the router. Can i ask firstly though, anyone else keep having a disconnecting prob?


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    irlrobins
    Registered Users Posts: 7,541 ✭✭✭irlrobins


    When you say connection issues, do you mean that your wireless connection fails? Or that the wireless connection stays connected but you can't access any webpages?


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    hellboy99
    Registered Users Posts: 6,219 ✭✭✭hellboy99


    I have the 660W wireless router BT sent out and mine kept disconnecting both in wireless and ethernet modes, now back to using the old Prestige 630 with no problems.


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    looperman1000
    Registered Users Posts: 544 ✭✭✭looperman1000


    The Zytel icon disappears momentarily in the bottom right hand corner, as does the NIC icon making it look as if im disconnected, it then comes back. The connection has been temporarily severed, as all the torrent dloads i have running, go down to 0 kb/s and return back to normal then after a few seconds. My messengers also log me out momentarily. This is so, so annoying. I talked to Esat and did as they asked and tweaked/disabled the power settings which made no difference. Please please get involved if you have the same problem as me, im so anxious as to know if anyone experienced this and got a fix. Maybe a router firmware upgrade or a setting to be tweaked..
    Cheers


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    parasite
    Registered Users Posts: 2,077 ✭✭✭parasite


    I have had a similar problem for the last few weeks, the DSL light on the zyxel modem stays green but the internet connection drops at random intervals, sometimes 10 minutes, at the most a couple of hours. I'm not sure if the problem is the modem, router(linksys WRT54Gv5) or the modem being in bridged mode. I have factory resetted everything, no change. Any ideas?


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    dubmick
    Registered Users Posts: 3,922 ✭✭✭dubmick


    I'm having the same problem.


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    looperman1000
    Registered Users Posts: 544 ✭✭✭looperman1000


    esat recommended i used a nailed up connection rather than an on demand, also to change my wireless channel from 11 to 5 or 6. yet the router was already operating by default on channel 6. Did this cos we have wireless phone handsets in the house.
    Im at my wits end, i might just go with network cabling rather than wireless, or get a new wireless router at the weekend.


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    Foxwood
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,491 ✭✭✭Foxwood


    looperman1000 wrote:
    esat recommended i used a nailed up connection rather than an on demand, also to change my wireless channel from 11 to 5 or 6. yet the router was already operating by default on channel 6. Did this cos we have wireless phone handsets in the house.
    Im at my wits end, i might just go with network cabling rather than wireless, or get a new wireless router at the weekend.
    From your description earlier, your problem is between your PC and the ZyXEL. Have you looked at the logs on the ZyXEL to see if it gives any indication if the problem is purely down to the wireless signal dropping out (which could be a problem with your PC, with interference or with the ZyXEL), or whether the problem is the ZyXEL itself rebooting (overheating, powersupply issues).

    The Logs for ZyXEL devices are usually available under the Maintenance/Logs menu.

    There are a number of Firmware upgrades available on the ZyXEL website - it would be worth checking out if there is one for your modem (I'd check, but you haven't said what your model number is).


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    Foxwood
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,491 ✭✭✭Foxwood


    parasite wrote:
    I have had a similar problem for the last few weeks, the DSL light on the zyxel modem stays green but the internet connection drops at random intervals, sometimes 10 minutes, at the most a couple of hours. I'm not sure if the problem is the modem, router(linksys WRT54Gv5) or the modem being in bridged mode. I have factory resetted everything, no change. Any ideas?
    If the connection is dropping out for minutes at a time, the problem is most likely between your modem and the exchange. You need to log into the modem and check the Line Statistics when you're having this problem, and see what they say.

    It's possible to connect to a bridged ZyXEL from a PC through the WRT54G, but it's generally easier to connect directly to the ZyXEL if it's in bridged mode. (the ZyXEL and the Linksys both default to 192.168.1.1, as far as I can remember, sp getting through to both at the same time isn't going to work by default. You may need to set a static address on your PC t otalk to the ZyXEL when it's in bridged mode, though).


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