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[turbine_2]

Ah, it does sit on the windowsill and gets the afternoon sun...

Ah, yeah, that'll kill it in pretty short order. They're usually marginal on heat dissipation anyway (and often input power too).

Best way to tell if you're on ADSL or ADSL 2+ is to look on the bottom of the router, it should tell you. What router do you currently have?

 

[cookie]

Ah, yeah, that'll kill it in pretty short order. They're usually marginal on heat dissipation anyway (and often input power too).

thomson 585 is common free router from several ISPs and is very susceptible to heat.

some say tipping it up at one end to allow better airflow helps, but that's not been my experience. usually it's the wireless that packs up. is it by chance the model you have?
is the router dropping the connection to the exchange, or is it the wireless link to your pc that's failing?

i forgot this issue when i made my earlier post saying "it's never the router"

 

[brassmonkey001]

Ah, yeah, that'll kill it in pretty short order. They're usually marginal on heat dissipation anyway (and often input power too).

Best way to tell if you're on ADSL or ADSL 2+ is to look on the bottom of the router, it should tell you. What router do you currently have?

It's a Netgear DG834G and it just says Wireless ADSL Firewall Router so I guess it's ADSL not ADLS2+ then?

I've moved it from the windowsill and hung it on the wall instead. It'll get no sunshine or heat there.

So I guess I should be looking t replace it with an ADSL2+ jobbie then?

Thanks for the kind offers Cookie and David BTW.

 

[GS_or_bust]

Perhaps a silly question, but are you sure it is the router to exchange that is dropping out and not the wireless connection to your PC (unless you are wired). I had Netgear wireless kit and I kept having to reboot it cos the wireless would stop communicating. I swear by Draytek kit now.

Edit:

Just noticed cookie said the same thing earlier.

 

[brassmonkey001]

Perhaps a silly question, but are you sure it is the router to exchange that is dropping out and not the wireless connection to your PC (unless you are wired). I had Netgear wireless kit and I kept having to reboot it cos the wireless would stop communicating. I swear by Draytek kit now.

Edit:

Just noticed cookie said the same thing earlier.

I'm not sure of anything if I'm honest.
What I do know is that I had two computers running and connected and then both dropped connection to the internet so at least I know it's not the computer itself at fault.
The one is Windows 7 and the troubleshooter thing showed a diagram that indicated the computer was connected to the router OK but the router to the internet had a big red X through it.

 

[turbine_2]

It's a Netgear DG834G and it just says Wireless ADSL Firewall Router so I guess it's ADSL not ADLS2+ then?

Okay, that router does both ADSL and ADSL2+. Looking at TalkTalk's website I believe that you'll be on 2+

Some info on your router http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netgear_DG834G

What would I go for? Well, personally I do like the BT Voyager 2110 but you will need to keep it out of the sun. Other than that, as I said before I really don't like the Thompson Speedtouch range, I'd probably go for a dlink as they're the ones that I've had best experiences with. If money were no object it would be cisco.

 

[(RIP) Kaister]

you may find you need cable if it's HD movies you plan on watching.

with my linksys g i can just stream 720p movies across 2 rooms and 1 floor

wireless n should raise the capability to 1080p apparently.

 

[cookie]

with my linksys g i can just stream 720p movies across 2 rooms and 1 floor

wireless n should raise the capability to 1080p apparently.

mine would stutter last time i tried to stream 720p on my n router, but that was using an inferior player to the one i have now.

i'll try it out again, i think

 

[turbine_2]

mine would stutter last time i tried to stream 720p on my n router, but that was using an inferior player to the one i have now.

i'll try it out again, i think

Something else to bear in mind is what else is using the wifi on the router and the capability of that something else. Stick something like an iPhone on that can't do N speeds and the speed of the wifi may drop to G speeds for all wifi devices.

 

[cookie]

Something else to bear in mind is what else is using the wifi on the router and the capability of that something else. Stick something like an iPhone on that can't do N speeds and the speed of the wifi may drop to G speeds for all wifi devices.

good point, i'll have to look into it.

it's a bit complicated as my n router (airport extreme) just does that band and is invisible to older iPhones that don't have n capability. g connectivity was provided by, g only, separate o2 wireless box II.
that has now been replaced with a Billion that may do both and drag the speed down as you suggest.

 

[brassmonkey001]

Something else to bear in mind is what else is using the wifi on the router and the capability of that something else. Stick something like an iPhone on that can't do N speeds and the speed of the wifi may drop to G speeds for all wifi devices.

G? N? What are they and do I need to worry about them?

 

[cookie]

G? N? What are they and do I need to worry about them?

they are 2 standards for wi-fi. N, which is newer, is faster than G.

N spec routers are usually backwards compatible for G devices that want to connect, but tend to run on the slower speed when a slower device is connected. a few (? i only know one) are dual band and avoid the issue.

might as well get N if buying. perhaps not worry about dual band.

 

[brassmonkey001]

Bah! Started playing up again.

 

[markbmw]

Try changing your filter first where the cable plugs into the BT socket.
I had a similar issue and after trialing 3 routers I found out that the problem was the filter.