Did you ever try updating the firmware in it? They sit in a warehouse for a long period before someone purchases them. I'm thinking the firmware in the router needs updated.
I had issues with my Netgear router, mostly during electrical storms and power flickers. When my Netgear started going out, it would start slowly dropping connections. It was about two years old. I now have a Linksys.
Thanks for the thoughts. I have checked my firmware and I was one issue down, so I have uploaded that and run for a few days with no apparent difference. I am however on a hardwired router DG834 v2. Since when I have the problem, I have no connection to the network at all, I would be pretty certain that it is a computer problem on initialisation of the ethernet card rather than a router problem.
If this is happening after you're online for a long time, then try this tweak for your Ethernet adapter as well as your wireless card.
Go to device manager(right click my computer, left click properties, left click hardware, left click device manager). Click on Network and then right click on your wireless adapter, left click properties, power management. Uncheck the box, allow computer to turn off this device to save power.
Well, it's been a very fraught 2 weeks, with the system ceasing to communicate at all with anything else. I even tried buying and installing another ethernet card with no effect whatsoever. I therefore decied that having tried restoring the system to a state at the beginning of Sept with no result either, that I would do a complete OS re-install. However the instructions for doing that bore only a slight resemblance to what was actually on my computer. having found a utilities boot which seemed to run full diagnostics - except for network items - and, in the absence of any other ideas, I decided do to that. That also failed in the middle with a disc access error, but on rebooting after that last night my mail and ethernet suddenly sprang into life. So far it has survived two start-ups with no failures - whether this is permanent or not is anybody's guess.
PudgyOne
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September 4th, 2009 08:00
Alex Cranswick,
What is the model of the Netgear router?
Did you ever try updating the firmware in it? They sit in a warehouse for a long period before someone purchases them. I'm thinking the firmware in the router needs updated.
Have you tried these Recommended Wireless Router Settings in your wireless router? I use channel 11.
I had issues with my Netgear router, mostly during electrical storms and power flickers. When my Netgear started going out, it would start slowly dropping connections. It was about two years old. I now have a Linksys.
Rick
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September 16th, 2009 05:00
Hi Rick,
Thanks for the thoughts. I have checked my firmware and I was one issue down, so I have uploaded that and run for a few days with no apparent difference. I am however on a hardwired router DG834 v2. Since when I have the problem, I have no connection to the network at all, I would be pretty certain that it is a computer problem on initialisation of the ethernet card rather than a router problem.
Alex.
PudgyOne
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September 16th, 2009 10:00
Alex,
If this is happening after you're online for a long time, then try this tweak for your Ethernet adapter as well as your wireless card.
Go to device manager(right click my computer, left click properties, left click hardware, left click device manager). Click on Network and then right click on your wireless adapter, left click properties, power management. Uncheck the box, allow computer to turn off this device to save power.
Rick
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October 1st, 2009 10:00
Well, it's been a very fraught 2 weeks, with the system ceasing to communicate at all with anything else. I even tried buying and installing another ethernet card with no effect whatsoever. I therefore decied that having tried restoring the system to a state at the beginning of Sept with no result either, that I would do a complete OS re-install. However the instructions for doing that bore only a slight resemblance to what was actually on my computer. having found a utilities boot which seemed to run full diagnostics - except for network items - and, in the absence of any other ideas, I decided do to that. That also failed in the middle with a disc access error, but on rebooting after that last night my mail and ethernet suddenly sprang into life. So far it has survived two start-ups with no failures - whether this is permanent or not is anybody's guess.