Wireless Connection tends to cut out...

[AFurryReptile]

I've got a Linksys WRT54GS hooked up to 1 computer with a lan cable, and to 2 others wirelessly. The house is currently hooked to a wireless type of broadband internet (not satellite).

It is very hard to hold a connection when a heavy load is on one of the wireless computers, such as gaming or downloading, and is at often times unbearable when all three are playing games like World of Warcraft. It will freeze up intermittently, on all the computers at once, for about 20-30 seconds, and disconnect you. You can then log back in immediately, as if nothing had happened.

I've noticed that when the internet is frozen, I am no longer connected to any other computers in the house. Each becomes available again after the lag goes away. This leads me to believe it may be something to do with the router. If it is, can I fix this router, or is there a better one that I should be using?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

 

[spidey07]

It's wireless, that's what you are going to get. Try changing channels to 1, 6, 11.

Wireless is slow, wireless is not wired, and in every aspect is just sucks.

 

[AFurryReptile]

it does the same on the wired connection, and I've tried different channels, and updating the firmware.

 

[degibson]

Broadband internet is subject to all kinds of electromagnetic interference -- a huge number of things can screw around with your internet connection itself: other nearby broadband users, electrical storms, bunnies, anything basically. If you want a reliable connection that doesn't have blonde moments, you should switch to a fully wired connection.

 

[JackMDS]

Take a look at rthe card saving and uncheck the power saving.

http://www.ezlan.net/example/powersav.jpg

 

[AFurryReptile]

Thanks Jack, so far that has worked... we'll see though, it has had its good and bad days. Thanks a lot though!

 

[NickOlsen8390]

I work for a wireless ISP, and 99.9% of the time everything works great. the only people that have problems are the people way far out. But if your within say 6mi of the tower. your normally good. we have people that have uptimes on there radios of over a year. and in fact, our wireless is more stable and faster then the DSL and Cable that is here. When we get a call that someones internet is down its because they did something, like unpluged the POE or the router.