Hello,
I'm new to the forum but I have a frustrating problem that hopefully somebody can help me out with. For some reason my router stops working almost every day. I'll come back from work and it will be blinking that it doesn't have internet connection. I try everything I can think of from right here at my computer but in the end I have to go unplug the router and the modem, then plug the modem directly into my roommates computer, then unplug it again and hook it back up through the router. I’ve tried just resetting the router and just the modem but it never works.
As I said before it is a Belkin Wireless G router. I have the firewall enabled, I have the security set up so that it requires a network key, the only thing I have done to the router other than that is I have the DMZ for my computer enabled for faster torrent downloading (most of the time not all the time). There seems to be no common factor for when the router decides to lose connectivity. Every time I do lose internet connection I can still see my router, so I know it isn’t me losing the signal. I check for firmware updates every time I get on to the router so I know it isn’t that. I have 10MB cable broadband connection and there are 2 pcs hooked into this router, one hard wired and mine wireless, when the router stops working both pcs lose connectivity. I’m using a Linksys wireless G network card (the antenna is a little bent, but I can still see the router so I know it isn’t losing signal). It doesn’t matter if my computer is on or off, the router still, seemingly at random, will lose internet. I have a dynamic connection type…I don’t know what else to say about it. If you need more details I will gladly provide them. I am simply out of ideas at this point…did I just buy a crappy router? (I did get the cheapest one I could find due to lack of funds). Any help is greatly appreciated.
-JDan
