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WiFi/LAN Router Help????? I'm desperate here.?
I've been having a problem for about a week with a slow DSL connection. To start off, I'm running phone company DSL through a Westel modem and a Netgear WNR2000v2 B/G/N router. I've been running this setup for about a year and a half with no problems at all... until last week.
The connection will be horribly slow, like 56k slow, and nonexistent for my laptop, Wii, PSP, etc over WiFi. When I reset the modem and router, the problem is fixed... for about 15 minutes and then it's back to dial-up speeds again. Any ideas for a solution to this problem? Pleeeeeeeeeease help. I'll try just about anything at this point. It's getting to the point that it's affecting my job.
P.S. I've checked the WiFi logs in the router menu and I don't appear to have any freeloaders, for the record.
In advance, you ladies and gentlemen are awesome.
1 Answer
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Hi,
This could be an interference issue. A fix would be to change your wifi channel. Wifi uses radio frequency waves on the 2.4Ghz band. This means that if you have another electronic equipment like a cordless phone that operates on the same band, then you will encounter interference which totally messes up your connection speed.
Anyway, if you don't have other electronic devices physically close to the router, you might want to change the channel of your wifi router. You can choose from channel 1 to 14. Most wifi routers use 11, but you are free to choose other channels. Before you change channels, verify the wifi status of your neighborhood / area. There are free wifi scanners that you can download that will show you your wifi and other wifi in your area and the channels being used. Here's one of them > http://www.metageek.net/products/inssider/ Download it and let it scan for a few seconds, and then view the statistics.
Once you've done that and noticed that your wifi is using the same channel as most wifi in your area, then consider to change channels.
To change channels, you will need to access your router's web-based interface. Connect your router to your PC/laptop via cable, open your Internet browser and type your router's IP Address. It will then ask for your username and password, enter them and you're in. Go to the wireless setting and under the channel options, select a different channel, click on Apply.
To check your router's IP Address > Press and Hold Windows Key (near the left ALT on the keyboard) + R > Type cmd > ipconfig > browse up and look for Default Gateway - the numbers beside it is your router's IP address
To check your router's username and password > They are usually written on the side or bottom part of your router. If you changed them, and you don't remember what you've placed, you would have to reset your router. To reset your router, use a pen / the end of a paper clip and push that into the reset hole/button at the back of the router, hold it there until the router lights blink. Once it's reset, your username / password is back to default (check the router's side / bottom).
Hope this helps.
