Hi i have a netgear DG834G router supplied by my isp Its been fine for three years now it keeps intermittantly dropping the internet connection. The green power light internet light and wireless light are all and remain on, however the pages won't load. It is obviously working just now I am using it to send this, it can stop at anytime. It stopped working about an hour ago for the hundreth time this week, I disconnected the power and left it for thirty minutes then reconnected the power and it started working again, this does not always work though. I hope someone may have a solution to this. Thanks.
You could try a firmware update, if this is no better it may be time to ask your ISP for new router.
As a little aside, i read this week about router antennas. it was saying that you can get problems connecting if you are too close to the router, and the angle of the antenna are set wrong, If you have 1 antenna, try it at a 45 degree angle and not just vertical, if you have 2 set them at 90 degrees from each other in a V
This was in the Micro Mart magazine
I received a new router a DG834G from my ISP it has helped but i am still having problems about once every two days. I am going to tough it out for another ten days as apparently it can take a few days for the router to learn about the line. It has been raining very heavily here for the last month or so and i think this may be contributing. Thanks for your help.
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Ok thanks I'll give that a try.
Ok I'll try that as well, I have noted my settings and will try the firmware update in the morning, thanks again
Hi I tried the firmware update and also made sure the antenna was at an angle, the router is working just now but, it did drop off the internet connection three times since the update.
I have contacted my isp also mt telephone provider and the telephone line is ok, they are giving me a new router which should arrive in the next three days, I'll let you know what happens.
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