Folks, got a small problem (which is escalating as tempers rise) in the house at the moment and struggling to think what the problem is and/or a solution.
Currently have AOL as an ISP with a 4Mbit connection which goes into a D-Link DSL G604T router.
There are currently 4 devices attached to it via wireless:
1 x Laptop running Windows 7
2 x Laptop running Vista Home Premium
1 x Laptop running Windows XP Professional
There is also:
1 x Desktop running Windows XP Professional
1 x Xbox360
1 x PS3
1 x iPod Touch
The ONLY items using a wired connection are the desktop and Xbox360.
More often than not, if there's a lot of traffic going through the router (like downloads!!) the router just stops and everyone loses connection. The only way to get back on is to turn off the router and back on again.
Yes I'll admit, 2 of the users are using P2P software to download stuff, and I've tried setting the maximum download speed of the app (uTorrent) to not download more than 400Kbps.
What bothers me is that I'll be in this house full time from next week and 50% of the time I'll be required to work from home, really can't be having the internet going down because of heavy traffic (it does still go down every now and then, even if there's no downloads).
It seems as if the more traffic there is, the router just stops dead.
I'll be bringing my own router this week (NetGear 834G) so don't know if this will rectify the problem, but if it doesn't, then I'm going to be in a bit of a situation of having a router that frequently packs in on me.
Any thoughts on what the problem could be and/or how to rectify it?
Currently have AOL as an ISP with a 4Mbit connection which goes into a D-Link DSL G604T router.
There are currently 4 devices attached to it via wireless:
1 x Laptop running Windows 7
2 x Laptop running Vista Home Premium
1 x Laptop running Windows XP Professional
There is also:
1 x Desktop running Windows XP Professional
1 x Xbox360
1 x PS3
1 x iPod Touch
The ONLY items using a wired connection are the desktop and Xbox360.
More often than not, if there's a lot of traffic going through the router (like downloads!!) the router just stops and everyone loses connection. The only way to get back on is to turn off the router and back on again.
Yes I'll admit, 2 of the users are using P2P software to download stuff, and I've tried setting the maximum download speed of the app (uTorrent) to not download more than 400Kbps.
What bothers me is that I'll be in this house full time from next week and 50% of the time I'll be required to work from home, really can't be having the internet going down because of heavy traffic (it does still go down every now and then, even if there's no downloads).
It seems as if the more traffic there is, the router just stops dead.
I'll be bringing my own router this week (NetGear 834G) so don't know if this will rectify the problem, but if it doesn't, then I'm going to be in a bit of a situation of having a router that frequently packs in on me.
Any thoughts on what the problem could be and/or how to rectify it?
