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kizandtango - Oct 30, 2005 - 8:50 am
Simple problem really. once a day, my router drops connection to any computer its connected too, either when i first start the computer up, or halfway through a gaming session, or just when browsing. biut it works again as soon as i restart it and often doesnt drop again.
any ideas?
im using a belkin DSL modem and router with built in firewall, connected to an iMac G5 via airport, an Xbox viad cable and a laptop via cable running XP. help if ya can ! cheers
any ideas?
im using a belkin DSL modem and router with built in firewall, connected to an iMac G5 via airport, an Xbox viad cable and a laptop via cable running XP. help if ya can ! cheers
philippe99 - Oct 30, 2005 - 10:28 am
Pete, welcome to macosx.com
And welcome to the mystery of the routers.
I face the same problem you encounter: my router is connected
* to a DLINK Access point which redistributes the Wifi signal to a G3 and a G5
* through an Ethernet cable to another G3
And sometimes, let's say one time a month, all the machines loose the connection.
What I have discovered is that I can reduce -but no zero- the number of lost connection by assigning to each machine (included the DLINK) a stastic IP adress in the router's allowed range ("DHCP with static IP")
I do not play online games, but this borrying me also because my router is also dedicated to VoiceDSL: so rebooting the router will shutdown for some minutes my telephone line.
But, to be honest, this occurs only once a month
I already have discussion with my officie's system manager and he always reply that, either with home PCs or office big machines, when a piece of harware has to redirect streams from one source to several, it is quite normal that sometimes "the router looses its mind".
In my office (20 Unix machines and nearly 40 Windows ones), the main two routers which deliver IP adresses to all these machines are automatically rebooted every Sunday at 01 am. The complete reboot (including the access to our Web site) takes less than 2 minutes
Regards
Philippe
And welcome to the mystery of the routers.
I face the same problem you encounter: my router is connected
* to a DLINK Access point which redistributes the Wifi signal to a G3 and a G5
* through an Ethernet cable to another G3
And sometimes, let's say one time a month, all the machines loose the connection.
What I have discovered is that I can reduce -but no zero- the number of lost connection by assigning to each machine (included the DLINK) a stastic IP adress in the router's allowed range ("DHCP with static IP")
I do not play online games, but this borrying me also because my router is also dedicated to VoiceDSL: so rebooting the router will shutdown for some minutes my telephone line.
But, to be honest, this occurs only once a month
I already have discussion with my officie's system manager and he always reply that, either with home PCs or office big machines, when a piece of harware has to redirect streams from one source to several, it is quite normal that sometimes "the router looses its mind".
In my office (20 Unix machines and nearly 40 Windows ones), the main two routers which deliver IP adresses to all these machines are automatically rebooted every Sunday at 01 am. The complete reboot (including the access to our Web site) takes less than 2 minutes
Regards
Philippe
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