Comments on: Wireless Tips – Does your wireless router keep disconnecting or dropping the connection?

By: Manish

Manish — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:48:46 +0000

Hi, had lots of problem, my wifi connection out of the blue suddenly started to drop the connections almost instantly after i turned it on and guess what helped!? Just retyping the encryption key, it worked like magic , but i wonder how it got changed in the first place on it’s own!

By: Char

Char — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:51:09 +0000

I came across this article while having my toshiba laptop drop the connection every 10 min or so and woudnt re connect unless i restarted and this compleatly fixed my problem. I havent had a dropped connection in over a week. Thank you so much for addressing this problem, and giving such exact instructions and links to the web sites. Kudos to you!

By: Rick M

Rick M — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:44:30 +0000

Two more things to look for if you’re still dropping connections. Most wireless routers broadcast at 2.4ghz. Make sure you don’t have any other devices that broadcast at this same frequency lying around. 2.4ghz cordless phones, baby monitors, wireless alarm systems, etc. You’d be surprised how many wireless devices use the 2.4 ghz freq. I replaced my water sprinkler controller last week and the wireless module for it….you guessed it. 2.4ghz. Didn’t buy it.

Second thing to check is to make sure your encryption key is entered in EXACTLY correct. Seen lots of connections drop randomly because in the encryption key, a “c” was entered as a “C”. Different values. Close but not close enough. BTW, you can’t go by what is stamped on the outside of the router. You have to login to the router and put in the encryption key EXACTLY how it is inside the router.

Lots of fun and games….

By: Beckey

Beckey — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:32:39 +0000

Still having the same dropping problem, and using the latest driver for my usb wireless network adapter. Any other suggestions??

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