Frequent disconnects - SMC SMC2804WBRP-G barricade g wireless router

9 Feb 2005 3:44 AM

tom Holden

I have observed wireless disconnects periodically before but it has
gotten really bad. Up times are frequently less than a few minutes.
This between two floors with usually good signal strength.
Re-establishing a connection can take minutes - may come after
recycling the portable adapter off/on a number of times, may come
after rescanning the portable adapter, may come after hard repowering
of router. Can even occur in the same room. Happens with both my SMC
adapetr and my daughter's notebook with a different adapter. Sure
points to either the router or some powerful interference. We do not
have a 2.4GHz telephone and one neighbouring house is now vacant so I
doubt it's interference.

Do others have this problem?

Has anyone solved it?

Regards,

Tom

10 Feb 2005 4:37 PM

gonsas

Hi! My guess would be interference, for sure. From the description that you have made, it can't be the router because after hard-reset everything remains the same. Interference does not occur only from your neighbours. Depending on the Tx power, interference can come to you from distant transmitters. For what I understood, you don't have many houses around yours. That is a perfect environment for a signal to travel long distances with low path losses. A test you can make is, using your notebook, walk/drive outside your house and search for any WiFi signal. You can use Netstumbler or the XP Client. If you find any source of interference that may be the reason that you have disconnections all the time. I have the same router as you do and it works fine. Another explanation, but far, would be a mal-functioning firmware. It is known that the newest firmware for the SMC Barricade makes the router a little unstable. Have you dne any firmware upgrades? Check with SMC's site. Hope this helps Best Regards Gonsas -- gonsas brought to you by http://www.wifi-forum.com/