netgear router problem

gaming_guy

when i download large files, the download suddenly stops for no reason. it happens on both of the computers that have been connected to it (1 wired, 1 wireless). when i used the old modem (usb one), it is fine.

the computers are both windows xp. the router is a netgear dg834g (v3 if that makes any difference) and has wpa-psk security with a strong password

albertross_2

Sounds unusual. If it is happening on a wired connection as well as wireless, the only thing I can think of to try would be to reduce the mtu to 1400 (http://192.168.01 then wan setup) on the router, but I doubt it will make any difference.

b33r

Does it happen with downloads from your browser or does it happen with p2p? I get it with p2p with our router sometimes but it kills my whole net, only way to get it back is restart and i think its something to do with the number of connections although speed limiting seems to sort it too, try lowering them in the settings for your program.

gaming_guy

b33r wrote: »

Does it happen with downloads from your browser or does it happen with p2p? I get it with p2p with our router sometimes but it kills my whole net, only way to get it back is restart and i think its something to do with the number of connections although speed limiting seems to sort it too, try lowering them in the settings for your program.

it happens on browser downloads, i dont use p2p or filesharing programs.

albertross wrote:

Sounds unusual. If it is happening on a wired connection as well as wireless, the only thing I can think of to try would be to reduce the mtu to 1400 (http://192.168.01 then wan setup) on the router, but I doubt it will make any difference.

it happens on both, wired and wireless. i have tried what you said and i will post the results later

thanks for the suggestions

superscaper

Is your firmware updated. I doubt it is the problem or that it will solve it but last time I had a "weird" problem with my netgear router it went away when I upgraded the firmware. Might be worth a try.

gaming_guy

superscaper wrote: »

Is your firmware updated. I doubt it is the problem or that it will solve it but last time I had a "weird" problem with my netgear router it went away when I upgraded the firmware. Might be worth a try.

thanks for that, i wondered when a new firmware would be available. i will try it and see what happens