Using a router as an AP

[Storm3y]

Hi,

The WiFi signal in parts of our house is terrible. I recently setup an old dlink router in AP mode and plugged it into our BT Hub.

We seem to be getting disconnected from the internet when connected to the new WiFi ever 30 mins. I have to manually disconnect us from the wireless network and reconnect to fix this.

Could this be because I've used a straight through cable instead of a crossover?


Cheers

 

[Storm3y]

I wonder if this is a DHCP issue. You did remember to turn off the DHCP server on the AP, right?

Yup disabled DHCP.

30 minutes would be short for a DHCP issue.

It could be the refresh interval for the encryption. If you can, change the timer and see if the disconnect happens at the new interval. It'd also be worth temporarily trying different, or no, encryption.

There may be clues to what's happening in the windows event log.

Will try that and report back.


Cheers

 

[Storm3y]

What dlink is it and do you have a modern android device connecting to it? I ask becaise I had the same issue with a dir-655 when I was connecting a galaxy s4 to it. Upgrading the firmware has solved the issue.

Using the DIR 615, was doing this with and without android devices connected.

 

[Storm3y]

My issue was with the DIR-615 too.

Seemed like it was the laptop, all our mobile devices and other laptops are fine!