Hello Everyone. I know that there are better forums out there than a bunch of beer drinkers to ask about tech issues. But I have a problem that I thought maybe someone here might be able to help with.
I have a wireless router at home that is terrible. We used to have a linksys wireless router that worked pretty well, but it fizzled out after a few years, so I replaced it. I picked up a Netgear router, and it had done an okay job for the first few months that we used it.
Recently though, we've been losing our connection 2-3 times an hour. I contacted the tech people there, and they had me reconfigure a few things, and it sucks even more now.
Now, it takes longer to start up when we open our laptops, the signal is weak, and we still lose our connection intermittantly. Also, it seems that our iPhones will not connect to it wirelessly. The other thing that I use the router for is for XBOX360 connection online, but that is a wired connection, and I haven't notice any real difficulty with that.
Is this a case where I simply have a crappy router with crappy technology? Is there a specific type of router I should look into getting for what we are using it for? Is this a case where I just need to further reconfigure the router (if so, does anyone know anything about that?)?
Thanks for any help.
I have a wireless router at home that is terrible. We used to have a linksys wireless router that worked pretty well, but it fizzled out after a few years, so I replaced it. I picked up a Netgear router, and it had done an okay job for the first few months that we used it.
Recently though, we've been losing our connection 2-3 times an hour. I contacted the tech people there, and they had me reconfigure a few things, and it sucks even more now.
Now, it takes longer to start up when we open our laptops, the signal is weak, and we still lose our connection intermittantly. Also, it seems that our iPhones will not connect to it wirelessly. The other thing that I use the router for is for XBOX360 connection online, but that is a wired connection, and I haven't notice any real difficulty with that.
Is this a case where I simply have a crappy router with crappy technology? Is there a specific type of router I should look into getting for what we are using it for? Is this a case where I just need to further reconfigure the router (if so, does anyone know anything about that?)?
Thanks for any help.