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| Thread ID: 126263 | 2012-08-17 00:30:00 | Router problems NB6plus4Wn | dugimodo (138) | Press F1 |
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| 1295134 | 2012-08-17 00:30:00 | Hi Guys, I've been having an occasional but annoying problem with my router. Basically it stops communicating with the network and has to be reset, all the lights on it are green and everything looks ok but there is no connection either wireless or ethernet to my network. My main PC generally shows the network cable is unplugged when it happens. At first I was blaming it on one particular PC but now it seems it's random. PC's running XP and using wireles seem to cause this problem most often, particularly when downloading large files, but it can happen at other times also. It does seem to happen most frequently when There's a lot of network activity going on. So I'm wondering is the router faulty, am I just working it too hard for a home router, or what else could cause this? My network is something like this; NB6plus4Wn ----network printer ----WiFi ---Smartphone ---Tablet ---Netbook ---used for temporary connections when I'm workin on PCs ----5 port gigE switch(office) ----Main/ Gaming PC ----NAS ----5 port GigE switch 2(lounge) ----TiVo ----Onkyo reciever ----Media PC ----PS3 Looking at it like that I have too many toys, obviously they don't all get used at the same time. The 5 port switches are daisy chained so that I get full GigE speed for filesharing between the PCs and the NAS(which I'm considering ditching it's not as good as I hoped), there is only one cable available to the lounge. If anyone has suggestions about how to clean up the network I'm all ears, The Onkyo doesn't really need a connection and the TiVo and PS3(I think) could go wireless in theory (I got annoyed with setting it back up on the Tivo everytime something changed - ethernet just works). |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1295135 | 2012-08-17 01:18:00 | Two things: 1) Is it definitely the N version? I had a similar issue with the G version that was fixed with a firmware upgrade 2) Is just DHCP that stops? Do pings stop? What about pings to your network printer (Presuming it's not USB but an ethernet connection)? |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1295136 | 2012-08-17 01:25:00 | 1) yep definitely N, I've updated the firmware anyway so fingers crossed 2) Dunno, I'll try pinging it if it happens again |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1295137 | 2012-08-17 02:39:00 | Is it a USB or network printer? I'm curious to know if you have another device on the NB6Plus4Wn directly (not the AP) if you can ping the printer as well as the NB6Plus4Wn, when it stops working? | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1295138 | 2012-08-17 05:38:00 | I drew the diagram better but it won't keep the formatting, all the spaces dissappeared. Yes it's an ethernet printer and plugged directly into the router, the first 5 port switch is also plugged directly into the router and has one PC and the NAS on it as well as the 2nd 5 port switch which all the lounge devices are connected to. I will try and replicate the problem over the weekend on the new firmware and if it happens I'll try pinging the printer, or plug the netbook in and try and ping that. It never occured to me to ping anything, I just know the internet stops working and I can't connect to the routers GUI either but there is no indication that anything is wrong on the router, ppp and dsl are both up and steady. I thought perhaps there was a limit to how many simultaneous connections the router can handle before it gives up, the real issue is it won't seem to recover on it's own and has to be reset. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1295139 | 2012-08-17 06:10:00 | If you *can't* ping it, check the IP Address that it's given you via DHCP, see what that is and make a note... | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1295140 | 2012-08-17 06:14:00 | Ok it happened again, yes I can ping the printer, and even print documents ok so the network switch side of things is working. I just can't access the GUI or connect to the internet. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1295141 | 2012-08-17 10:29:00 | Sounds pretty typical of overheating and/or crashing kit. My genius router will crash and burn sometimes when transferring files using windows over my network, but using syncback it's always fine. I've only once managed to make it completely fail and lose functionality. Never had such issues with my netcomm, but then there's only ever been 3 devices accessing that at once. Sounds like you /might/ be pushing it a bit hard, but I'm not sure. Try pointing a fan at it and see if you can replicate it. |
8ftmetalhaed (14526) | ||
| 1295142 | 2012-08-17 14:56:00 | Does the router reply to pings though? The NB6Plus4Wn shouldn't be dying like that, they're pretty resilient. How old is the unit? |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1295143 | 2012-08-17 23:54:00 | No the router doesn't reply, I get a message about the host being unreachable or something like that 3 out of 4 times and the 4th ping timed out. It's only a few months old and it's been rock solid until this started happening. | dugimodo (138) | ||
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