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iBook + Airport Troubles
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<blockquote data-quote="Stephen G" data-source="post: 149101" data-attributes="member: 9826"><p>Ya, I definetely have experienced the Microwave + Phone issue previously. However, the issue is that very rarely do both computers lose connection. Also, when one computer does lose connection, it can take up to 30minutes to regain it. Typically I end up resetting the router to get it working again. Whenever I have had phone/microwave trouble at home, my network recovers as soon as the interrupting signal dissapears. Not so here.</p><p></p><p>Plus, even if there are any phones or microwaves interfering (I do not suspect this), they are outside the range of my network..</p><p>That is, any phone/microwave causing issue is not in between my router and computers. Also, during any network outage of my own, I am able to access other peoples open wireless networks.</p><p></p><p>To me these are all symptoms of a bad router.</p><p>Unfortunately, I bought this router about 2-3 weeks before I was going to use it (college).. then we did not have cable installed for a week. We then had an internet problem that didn't get diagnosed for about 2 weeks. By the time I even got to the point of noticing it wasn't working.. I had the router for well over a month, plus it had a rebate on it, so I had cut the UPC off the box and mailed that in. Can't really return it now.</p><p></p><p>The strangest thing to me though is that it did actually work well for about a week or so, solid. Then one day I noticed someone in my apartment had plugged in directly to the router, and the routing table for IPs was juggled around a bit. Since then I have had nothing but trouble. Even after several resets and emtpy the DHCP table, not much luck.</p><p></p><p>I am looking at a Linksys currently (WRT54GC), as I know they are typically excellent. I am being much more careful about the reviews this time, even though my SMC had glowing reviews on many sites...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stephen G, post: 149101, member: 9826"] Ya, I definetely have experienced the Microwave + Phone issue previously. However, the issue is that very rarely do both computers lose connection. Also, when one computer does lose connection, it can take up to 30minutes to regain it. Typically I end up resetting the router to get it working again. Whenever I have had phone/microwave trouble at home, my network recovers as soon as the interrupting signal dissapears. Not so here. Plus, even if there are any phones or microwaves interfering (I do not suspect this), they are outside the range of my network.. That is, any phone/microwave causing issue is not in between my router and computers. Also, during any network outage of my own, I am able to access other peoples open wireless networks. To me these are all symptoms of a bad router. Unfortunately, I bought this router about 2-3 weeks before I was going to use it (college).. then we did not have cable installed for a week. We then had an internet problem that didn't get diagnosed for about 2 weeks. By the time I even got to the point of noticing it wasn't working.. I had the router for well over a month, plus it had a rebate on it, so I had cut the UPC off the box and mailed that in. Can't really return it now. The strangest thing to me though is that it did actually work well for about a week or so, solid. Then one day I noticed someone in my apartment had plugged in directly to the router, and the routing table for IPs was juggled around a bit. Since then I have had nothing but trouble. Even after several resets and emtpy the DHCP table, not much luck. I am looking at a Linksys currently (WRT54GC), as I know they are typically excellent. I am being much more careful about the reviews this time, even though my SMC had glowing reviews on many sites... [/QUOTE]
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