Posted: 3/18/2011 3:52:40 PM EDT
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First let me say that I live in a very rural area so I have only three options for internet-dial-up, cellular or "high speed" wireless. Dial up isn't really an option, and I would kill my 5 gb cap if I went the cellular route.
So I have "high speed" wireless. I put it in quotes because I have the quickest package and it is only 512K. The signal comes from a tall point 8 miles from my house and then I have a planar antenna on my roof that runs a cat 5 into the house to a small box (let's call it a modem for simplicity) that plugs into the wall and then another cat 5 to the router. My service is intermittent-meaning that the signal drops once or twice an hour for a minute and then it returns. If I have the modem feeding right into my computer, the computer deals with it just fine. I get the little pop up saying that I have no connection. When it returns, the computer picks it back up just fine. If I have my router in the mix, it doesn't recover. I have to reset my router. Waiting a minute every hour or so is something that I can live with, but resetting the router and re-entering my setup settings is HUGE PAIN in the ass. One of the wired LAN connections doesn't work and it is old so I don't mind replacing it. It is a Netgear 54 MBPS Wireless Router WGR614 v6 Does anyone have an idea of a router that might be better able to deal with this? The other thought I had was to put a wireless card in my desktop and use it as an access point. It is always on so that wouldn't be an issue. Thanks Jared |