Netgear router problem..

[alavahalf]

We have a Netgear wireless router...it never gives a problem as a rule.
All of a sudden the only other computer on the network (which has a PCI wireless card in it, also netgear) has started to drop it's internet connection.It seems to work fine for a short time, then just cuts out for no apparent reason.
The main computer is connected to the router and the phone line with a wire...is operating fine.

[clydeserani]

Hi Alavahalf.
Could just be that the Router has moved position even slightly. When my Netgear Router inadvertently gets moved even by a centimetre or two, my son is unable to connect via his X-Box. Worth a Shot...or a Half...lol.....

No seriously though, that could be the problem...
Hope you get it sorted..

[alavahalf]

Funny you should say that...now the wife admits to dusting the top of the computer...just where the router sits

[ACtheTROLL]

clydeserani is right
it might be wireless .. but think of it needing line of sight

telly, microwave, fridge - even rain can interfere but a metal box is a killer,

[alavahalf]

I dont get this bit...If it needs line of sight...why does it work okay when using a laptop anywhere round the house or garden.
Cant test it now as my son has gone to sleep and the wife has gone off muttering something about me doing the cleaning in the future.

[ACtheTROLL]

I said think of it like. it does - not that it actually does

the radio frequency used has low penetration ,,, and as such you have to imagine a line from router to machine - and consider what's in between

a pci card is generally stuffed into the back of a PC which is made of metal
on a lappy it's at the side of the screen ... covered in plastic

wireless is 60% magic ... if you have reception fine ... but there are so many external things that can mess it up
I've once had a laptop that intermittently wouldn't work on the left side of a desk ... but was fine anywhere else in the room

it turned out to be a "noisy" phone charger

you can't beat a length of wire - if the router sits on the box ... use a cable ... far more reliable

[alavahalf]

AC..I think your right about the wire...all afternoon I fiddled with this..
One miute it's running fine and unbelievably quick for wireless...then two minutes later it has lost it's connection and wont re-connect, it's very frustrating.
Think it's time to start lifting carpets and floorboards.
Thanks for the help..!

[alavahalf]

Problem solved....have run 50 ft of cat5 round the room...it has'nt dropped the internet in 2 days..

Dont you just love it when something goes right....thanks to everyone for your help...