DEEJAYKEG Posted February 1, 2012 Member ID: 1238 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1207 Topics Per Day: 0.22 Content Count: 6083 Content Per Day: 1.10 Reputation: 4985 Achievement Points: 50728 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 03/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 11, 2024 Posted February 1, 2012 Since my telephone line was "upgraded" to 21CN (!), the frequency of dropped DSL connections has increased and I suspect the router I use is the source. I currently have a Netgear DG834G. My ISP is supplying Netgear's N-150 to new customers but I read varying reviews of its performance too. I'm considering buying a new one and would welcome any feedback about the DSL router you use. I like LinkSys kit (Cisco) but, again, people's experiences with their routers seem to vary greatly. Alternatively, if anyone has had similar problems with the DG834G and solved them (I'm wondering if the damned thing times out for some reason), please post. Thanks. Awards
Nutcutter Posted February 1, 2012 Member ID: 1540 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 13 Topic Count: 40 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 856 Content Per Day: 0.16 Reputation: 100 Achievement Points: 4812 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/28/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 6, 2017 Birthday: 09/20/1969 Posted February 1, 2012 Here is a post on someone having similar issues. Maybe your log will give you some hints. As far as a new modem I dont have dsl but have had issues with Netgear and prefer Cisco.
DEEJAYKEG Posted February 5, 2012 Member ID: 1238 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1207 Topics Per Day: 0.22 Content Count: 6083 Content Per Day: 1.10 Reputation: 4985 Achievement Points: 50728 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 03/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 11, 2024 Author Posted February 5, 2012 Thanks for the post, Nutcutter. Awards
2_MANY_BEERS Posted February 5, 2012 Member ID: 96 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 108 Topic Count: 1049 Topics Per Day: 0.18 Content Count: 8817 Content Per Day: 1.54 Reputation: 3309 Achievement Points: 62219 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 19 Birthday: 06/30/1954 Device: Windows Posted February 5, 2012 I just bought a netgear 900 today and it is working great.
Labob Posted February 5, 2012 Member ID: 42 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 50 Topic Count: 338 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 8389 Content Per Day: 1.47 Reputation: 6126 Achievement Points: 54468 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 13 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 22 Birthday: 01/30/1959 Device: Windows Posted February 5, 2012 Hard to tell whats what with this. It could be a filter it could be if your wireless your now on a bad channel. I would say though that if your line has inproved it will not be whats causing your new problems but showing you a problem that was there already and now your just seeing it. So I would look for a update for that router change the channel you using for wireless. Besides all that its is a miracle that any of this shit works Awards
DEEJAYKEG Posted February 6, 2012 Member ID: 1238 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1207 Topics Per Day: 0.22 Content Count: 6083 Content Per Day: 1.10 Reputation: 4985 Achievement Points: 50728 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 03/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 11, 2024 Author Posted February 6, 2012 Labob Hard to tell whats what with this. It could be a filter it could be if your wireless your now on a bad channel. I would say though that if your line has inproved it will not be whats causing your new problems but showing you a problem that was there already and now your just seeing it. So I would look for a update for that router change the channel you using for wireless. Besides all that its is a miracle that any of this shit works The connection is dropping between the router and the telephone exchange (a few hundred metres away!). It isn't at set intervals as far as I can see but there does seem to be some regularity to it. An engineer has been to my home and installed a new master phone socket to which the router is directly connected. It's not just my PC losing the connection but all PCs and other networked devices on the home ethernet. (We don't use wireless at all.) Compared to the crap we had to put up with in the past, this is a minor problem... (Hell, I guess you remember having to dial up a BBS with the phone and then activating the 300 baud modem by pushing a button before putting the phone down carefully? For you young people, that's 300 BITS per second not kilobits or megabits!) Awards
ChknFngr Posted February 6, 2012 Member ID: 922 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 72 Topic Count: 149 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 3472 Content Per Day: 0.62 Reputation: 1286 Achievement Points: 23224 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 12/23/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 16, 2021 Birthday: 10/01/1975 Posted February 6, 2012 i use a netgear router too, but i cant really tell you what exact model as its kinda rebranded with my isp. its working fine but it also use a special bios and my guess is they got rid of some options. anyway, i have zero problems with it, but im not specialist and i dont do really special things 'yet', wish i knew more about all this stuff. oh yea and its a cable router anyway so not adsl2, bah i had problems with adsl2+ connection too, thats why i moved to cable, and its like night and day. Awards
Astronomer Posted February 6, 2012 Member ID: 2069 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 24 Topic Count: 214 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 2411 Content Per Day: 0.46 Reputation: 2409 Achievement Points: 18298 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 12/25/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2023 Birthday: 08/08/1966 Posted February 6, 2012 I recently went with a Cisco WRVS4400N (formerly higher-end Linksys) because it has a more granular confiugration, and Tiger Direct had some re-furbs at a sweet price. I like the Quality Of Service (QOS) settings. I reserved one of its switch ports for highest priority and plugged my PC into that port. This doesn't noticeably affect my wife's web surfing, but it means that my packets are prioritized as highest priority. My in-game pings are consistently in the mid-high 50's, about 5 ping points better than before I made this change. You can also create up to 4 V-LANs (I have a guest V-LAN) and up to 4 VPN Connections. The wireless coverage is awesome throughout my 2-level home (2900 Square feet) and into my back yard and beyond my property (tested with my work BlackBerry). I'm an IT consultant, and this is the next best thing to a "pure" Cisco router, at 1/8th the cost. Even better would be a Linksys router that can run 3rd party firmwares such as Tomato http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato. You essentially get the features of a $800 router at 1/10th the cost. I have one, but the wireless capability is not where I need it to be. Wired, it kicks serious butt. Awards
KaptCrunch Posted February 14, 2012 Member ID: 389 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 48 Topic Count: 317 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4887 Content Per Day: 0.86 Reputation: 4072 Achievement Points: 39535 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 51 Joined: 09/14/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 7 hours ago Birthday: 01/01/1970 Device: Windows Posted February 14, 2012 i see that only DG834Gv3 and above support adsl2+, note adsl2+ is for supporting video streaming if an ISP router best not to update firmware and have them give a new unit that supports adsl2+ netgear what version of DG834G for are 5 versons , look under unit ti find what version got. then go to link above to check firmware for your unit version .......before any updating copy all info from settings in router then disconnect all other connects and use only one port and no wifi on or connected to router Awards
DEEJAYKEG Posted February 14, 2012 Member ID: 1238 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1207 Topics Per Day: 0.22 Content Count: 6083 Content Per Day: 1.10 Reputation: 4985 Achievement Points: 50728 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 03/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 11, 2024 Author Posted February 14, 2012 KaptCrunch i see that only DG834Gv3 and above support adsl2+, note adsl2+ is for supporting video streaming if an ISP router best not to update firmware and have them give a new unit that supports adsl2+ netgear what version of DG834G for are 5 versons , look under unit ti find what version got. then go to link above to check firmware for your unit version .......before any updating copy all info from settings in router then disconnect all other connects and use only one port and no wifi on or connected to router I think this is a great excuse to buy myself a Cisco..... Awards
JohnnyQuest Posted April 6, 2012 Member ID: 1965 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 43 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1176 Content Per Day: 0.22 Reputation: 1082 Achievement Points: 8599 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 15, 2016 Birthday: 02/11/1969 Posted April 6, 2012 Since my telephone line was "upgraded" to 21CN (!), the frequency of dropped DSL connections has increased and I suspect the router I use is the source. I currently have a Netgear DG834G. My ISP is supplying Netgear's N-150 to new customers but I read varying reviews of its performance too. I'm considering buying a new one and would welcome any feedback about the DSL router you use. I like LinkSys kit (Cisco) but, again, people's experiences with their routers seem to vary greatly. Alternatively, if anyone has had similar problems with the DG834G and solved them (I'm wondering if the damned thing times out for some reason), please post. Thanks. try this..open up command prompt...type in ipconfig/flushdns,,,that will clean out traffic and hopefully get your ping down....[i've always had that problem] lol,,if nothing it will clear out the cache DEEJAYKEG 1
TecHnOBoY Posted April 6, 2012 Member ID: 755 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 21 Topic Count: 120 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 2191 Content Per Day: 0.39 Reputation: 961 Achievement Points: 14309 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/17/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 18, 2019 Birthday: 01/14/1982 Posted April 6, 2012 We are using Cisco's 800 series for our customers (Business). Perfect routers! @ JohnnyQuest: ipconfig /flushdns flushes and resets the contents of the DNS client resolver cache. During DNS troubleshooting, you can use this procedure to discard negative cache entries from the cache, as well as any other entries that have been added dynamically. this command is used when you have problems resolving hostnames like xtremeidiots.com. (eg when the IP of the server has been changed and your cache contains the old IP address). This has noting to do with traffic or latencies For interested: /displaydns: Displays the contents of the DNS client resolver cache, which includes both entries preloaded from the local Hosts file and any recently obtained resource records for name queries resolved by the computer. The DNS Client service uses this information to resolve frequently queried names quickly, before querying its configured DNS servers. /registerdns: Initiates manual dynamic registration for the DNS names and IP addresses that are configured at a computer. You can use this parameter to troubleshoot a failed DNS name registration or resolve a dynamic update problem between a client and the DNS server without rebooting the client computer. The DNS settings in the advanced properties of the TCP/IP protocol determine which names are registered in DNS. Awards
simplemod Posted April 6, 2012 Member ID: 623 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 21 Topic Count: 62 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1072 Content Per Day: 0.19 Reputation: 417 Achievement Points: 7809 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 10/24/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 27, 2018 Birthday: 10/26/1982 Posted April 6, 2012 I may be in the market for a new router myself. I have a Cisco Linksys E3000. NOT happy with it. It worked fine for several months, maybe even about a year. Now I can rarely get my laptop to connect to it, and Mercy has to be in the room with it to connect her kindle to it as well. I have tried my Droid X on it too. It will show a great strong signal until I try to connect something to it, then BAM, it's gone for a few seconds. I finally did some research on the symptoms, only to find that a TON of others are have the same problems. Some say firmware, but also it's less than a 50/50 chance it will help. Most are saying that doesn't help either. Some say temps are causing it, I just put an old dead flash drive under the front of it to elevate it so maybe some heat could escape, less than an hour ago, cause it was fairly warm to the touch. We'll see if that helps after it cools for a while. It works fine on the wired connections, just unreliable for wireless.
DEEJAYKEG Posted April 9, 2012 Member ID: 1238 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1207 Topics Per Day: 0.22 Content Count: 6083 Content Per Day: 1.10 Reputation: 4985 Achievement Points: 50728 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 03/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 11, 2024 Author Posted April 9, 2012 UPDATE: Having done the research and with the connection dropping up to four times per day, I reached the point where I could wait no longer! There were so many conflicting reviews of the Cisco/Linksys model I was considering that I found an alternative that should do the job and enable use of QoS too. I hope to have a Belkin N600 DB installed here within 48 hours! Awards
Labob Posted April 9, 2012 Member ID: 42 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 50 Topic Count: 338 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 8389 Content Per Day: 1.47 Reputation: 6126 Achievement Points: 54468 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 13 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 22 Birthday: 01/30/1959 Device: Windows Posted April 9, 2012 Ahhhh so might it be this is your CI problem ?? Awards
DEEJAYKEG Posted April 10, 2012 Member ID: 1238 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1207 Topics Per Day: 0.22 Content Count: 6083 Content Per Day: 1.10 Reputation: 4985 Achievement Points: 50728 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 03/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 11, 2024 Author Posted April 10, 2012 Ahhhh so might it be this is your CI problem ?? I think that highly unlikely unless there is something within the firmware that differentiates XI's servers so one only experiences CI when connected to them. The dropped connections have been a feature of ADSL and have worsened since ADSL2+ was connected. The CI problem has only occurred in the last two days or so and doesn't affect European servers. Chile mentioned earlier that other Brits were experiencing them on an XI COD4 server. It makes me wonder if there's something amiss with the pipeline out of Gameservers' data centre. Awards
DEEJAYKEG Posted April 12, 2012 Member ID: 1238 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1207 Topics Per Day: 0.22 Content Count: 6083 Content Per Day: 1.10 Reputation: 4985 Achievement Points: 50728 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 03/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 11, 2024 Author Posted April 12, 2012 The new router's installed. It was a half-hour job and largely automated. I only had to type in VCI, VPI and account details before altering the default admin password and updating the firmware. It seems to work OK and the line has not dropped since installation. (As per the thread in the COD5 forum, the "CI" problem was not connected to local hardware but British Telecom!) Awards
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