Frequent disconnects - SMC SMC2804WBRP-G barricade g wireless router

I have observed wireless disconnects periodically before but it has
gotten really bad. Up times are frequently less than a few minutes.
This between two floors with usually good signal strength.
Re-establishing a connection can take minutes - may come after
recycling the portable adapter off/on a number of times, may come
after rescanning the portable adapter, may come after hard repowering
of router. Can even occur in the same room. Happens with both my SMC
adapetr and my daughter's notebook with a different adapter. Sure
points to either the router or some powerful interference. We do not
have a 2.4GHz telephone and one neighbouring house is now vacant so I
doubt it's interference.

Do others have this problem?

Has anyone solved it?

Regards,

Tom

Hi

My guess would be interference, for sure. From the description that yo
have made, it can't be the router because after hard-reset everythin
remains the same
Interference does not occur only from your neighbours. Depending on th
Tx power, interference can come to you from distant transmitters. Fo
what I understood, you don't have many houses around yours. That is
perfect environment for a signal to travel long distances with low pat
losses

A test you can make is, using your notebook, walk/drive outside you
house and search for any WiFi signal. You can use Netstumbler or the X
Client
If you find any source of interference that may be the reason that yo
have disconnections all the time
I have the same router as you do and it works fine.

Another explanation, but far, would be a mal-functioning firmware. I
is known that the newest firmware for the SMC Barricade makes th
router a little unstable. Have you dne any firmware upgrades? Chec
with SMC's site

Hope this help

Best Regard
Gonsa

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