I live in a large house with several other individuals, and I'm installing, and will be managing a wired and wireless network. I'm running into a bit of a conundrum. Occasionally, traffic to and from the internet will be delayed up to 1500ms, or rarely, dropped. At first I thought it was the cable modem, until I had it replaced. Then I thought it was the wireless router, until I tried several different ones. Out of curiousity, I tested the voltage in the house, and was only getting about 107 volts. I plugged in a UPS and hooked up the cable modem to it and all was fine until the UPS took a dump. Instead of purchasing a new UPS, I picked up a voltage regulator and connected the cable modem to that. It worked for a good while.
Now I'm encountering the same problem. I've noticed that if I power-down the wireless router, and start it up again, everything's fine for a minute or so, and then pings to the outside world start rapidly increasing. I'd like to think it's the voltage to the router, but if that were the case, you'd think that a ping to any other machine connected to it would also have similar latency, but this is not the case.
I'm considering the possibility that the voltage regulator is just not adequate, because if I reset the router, everything is good for a short while, and sometimes after resetting, everything is good for a long while.
The only other possible problem that I can think of would be in a line I ran from the cable modem, to the wireless router - I used UTP and ran it through the basement. I'm wondering if I'm picking up interference somewhere on that line. If this were the case though, I'd think it would happen more often; It usually only happens late in the evening/early morning, when I'm the only one on/awake. I think I may try running another line, or using shielded cable to see if thats possibly the problem.
Other than that, I'm out of guesses. Has anyone else experienced any sort of similar problem?
Now I'm encountering the same problem. I've noticed that if I power-down the wireless router, and start it up again, everything's fine for a minute or so, and then pings to the outside world start rapidly increasing. I'd like to think it's the voltage to the router, but if that were the case, you'd think that a ping to any other machine connected to it would also have similar latency, but this is not the case.
I'm considering the possibility that the voltage regulator is just not adequate, because if I reset the router, everything is good for a short while, and sometimes after resetting, everything is good for a long while.
The only other possible problem that I can think of would be in a line I ran from the cable modem, to the wireless router - I used UTP and ran it through the basement. I'm wondering if I'm picking up interference somewhere on that line. If this were the case though, I'd think it would happen more often; It usually only happens late in the evening/early morning, when I'm the only one on/awake. I think I may try running another line, or using shielded cable to see if thats possibly the problem.
Other than that, I'm out of guesses. Has anyone else experienced any sort of similar problem?
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