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Nov 28, 2005, 7:04am

Hi,

Had this problem ever since getting wireless in my house...

Basically, ill be surfing on my laptop wirelessly happy about 11 meters away
from the router, and every maybe 20 minutes ill be surfing and a webpage
will time out, and outlook express times out while send/recv mail.
the little popup window comes up in the corner and says 'default is now
connected' .... and then its ok for another while...

It's annoying because everything on the laptop signs off (msn, aim etc...)
and it interupts me while surfing.
Also, the world server thats on the PC with the router, gets stuffed up too,
i dont know why because its not on the laptop so it should, but anyway, it
never restarts itself, i always get 'World already running' for about 2
minutes after the laptop does this, and then it will Run normally.

The computer with the DLink Wireless DI-524 Router is always fine, always
connected with no timeout stuff.

I know the router isn't too far from the laptop as its just 11 metres or so
most of the time. and its always on a desk.

Anyway,
ANY HELP would be loved.

Cheers,
Ry.

Nov 28, 2005, 6:13pm

[View Quote] > Hi,
>
> Had this problem ever since getting wireless in my house...
>
> Basically, ill be surfing on my laptop wirelessly happy about 11 meters away
> from the router, and every maybe 20 minutes ill be surfing and a webpage
> will time out, and outlook express times out while send/recv mail.
> the little popup window comes up in the corner and says 'default is now
> connected' .... and then its ok for another while...

Did you find any correlation of the "going offline" and the size of the documents are you transferring?

>
> It's annoying because everything on the laptop signs off (msn, aim etc...)
> and it interupts me while surfing.
> Also, the world server thats on the PC with the router, gets stuffed up too,
> i dont know why because its not on the laptop so it should, but anyway, it
> never restarts itself, i always get 'World already running' for about 2
> minutes after the laptop does this, and then it will Run normally.
>
> The computer with the DLink Wireless DI-524 Router is always fine, always
> connected with no timeout stuff.

I guess then it is connected by Ethernet cable.

>
> I know the router isn't too far from the laptop as its just 11 metres or so
> most of the time. and its always on a desk.
>
> Anyway,
> ANY HELP would be loved.
>
> Cheers,
> Ry.
>
>

How old is your DI-524?

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Andras
"It's MY computer" (tm Steve Gibson)

Nov 29, 2005, 1:11am

I experience the same issue, though less frequently. I use a linksys WRT54G.

My drops tend to be more subtle. Generally, I don't notice anything *except*
the balloon that says it's now connected to my network. And it doesn't occur
while transferring a file, or any such in particular.

I don't run a world server so I don't have a problem with anything visually
like that. Sometimes the connection balloon doesn't even popup but people
will greet me in MSN as though I had been gone.

Would be nice to know the problem anyway - unstable router? Computer?

Maki Kato
AWNews / Support AW / AWGate.com

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Nov 29, 2005, 2:10am

The Router is quiet new, less than a year old...

I usually find that if I leave the laptop 'idle' this dosen't happen but
when I'm on AW or surfing it happens, the amount of data being transferred
also affects sometimes.
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Nov 29, 2005, 12:37pm

[View Quote] The reason I asked it because recently I had to fix 3 DLink routers power supply.
All 3 showed the same error: when transferred more than 20-30 kb (large email, file transfer), it reseted itself. My first thought was the power supply and replacing that helped for a short time.
The actual bug was an electric capacitor which seemed to lose its ability over time (drying out) inside the router. Those routers were 2 years old and of course out of warranty :(
If you have the knowledge and tools, you can check the router's internal 3.3 rail, if it is stable or not (with an oscilloscope), or just return it if it is still under warranty.

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Andras
"It's MY computer" (tm Steve Gibson)

Nov 30, 2005, 8:38am

I've sent a letter of Warranty Service to DLink here in Australia by fax, I
hope to send it back and get it fixed or send it back and get my money back
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Dec 1, 2005, 10:59am

Just letting everyone know, I went out and purchased a NetGear Wireless
Router, and everything is running smoothly. I will be sending the DLink back
to base for a Refund.

Obviously, what Andras said above is what is happening... I quote her
here.......
"The reason I asked it because recently I had to fix 3 DLink routers power
supply.
All 3 showed the same error: when transferred more than 20-30 kb (large
email, file transfer), it reseted itself. My first thought was the power
supply and replacing that helped for a short time.
The actual bug was an electric capacitor which seemed to lose its ability
over time (drying out) inside the router. Those routers were 2 years old and
of course out of warranty :(
If you have the knowledge and tools, you can check the router's internal 3.3
rail, if it is stable or not (with an oscilloscope), or just return it if it
is still under warranty."


Thanks for all the help all, and Andras what would I do without you :D
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Dec 1, 2005, 2:26pm

[View Quote] Him? :p

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Mauz
http://mauz.info

Dec 1, 2005, 2:50pm

Sorry. I think it's twice I've done that :D

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Dec 1, 2005, 4:47pm

hhehehe... dont mess with Andras.......rotfl

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