10pm Wireless ?!?

BoB3rt · 24 Jun 2008 at 22:13

hey.

i have this problem were every evening at about 10pm my router or laptop starts playing up.
Its claims it has connection but no packets are sent or recieved and it takes like minute to catch up again... its strange that it only happens around this time. (it keeps doing this for the rest of the night every few minutes - Frustrating)

any throughts on this?

router is a Netgear DG834G....

DJMK4 · 24 Jun 2008 at 22:15

Could be something relating to the peak time for your ISP maybe? Contact your ISP to ensure that there is no huge packet loss after 10pm.

BoB3rt · 24 Jun 2008 at 22:22

yeah i was thinking something like that but i didnt think it would be likely. i will give it a go any how.

do they check for packet loss in the area or just to my address?

thanks

IAmATeaf · 24 Jun 2008 at 22:58

Log onto the router itself and check it's stats. Also if you're running XP then try getting something like NetStumbler and see what other wireless routers are on in the neighbourhood and what channels they are using, if there are a few with the same channel then try changing yours.