adsl internet with netgear wireless router rangemax router problems

i have adsl cnnection and i'm using netgear rangemax wireless router
but my connection drops out often and sometimes goes dead and the only
way to fix it is by restartin the router,,,my modem seems to be
fine,,,, especially when i use yahoo messenger it drops out a lot.....
we have 4 laptops in the house and all 4 of us have the same prob.....
hw can i fix this permenantly.......something to do with the settings
of the router????? or is it just faulty....
thanks and regards
vineel

On 11 Feb 2007 03:56:15 -0800, "(E-Mail Removed)" <(E-Mail Removed)>
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>i have adsl cnnection and i'm using netgear rangemax wireless router
>but my connection drops out often and sometimes goes dead and the only
>way to fix it is by restartin the router,,,

What does "drops out" mean _exactly_?
Do your computers lose their connections? How do you know?
Is the router really locked up? How do you know?
Are you running any peer-to-peer filesharing (e.g., Bittorrent)? That
can cause many low end routers to fall over and die. It may help to
severely restrict the number of connections in the filesharing app.

>my modem seems to be
>fine,,,, especially when i use yahoo messenger it drops out a lot.....
>we have 4 laptops in the house and all 4 of us have the same prob.....
>hw can i fix this permenantly.......something to do with the settings
>of the router????? or is it just faulty....

Hard to say without a lot more detail.

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