Why only channel 6 works for my linksys WRT54GS v.4 router?

Recently I have flashed my router with dd-wrt to solve the occasionally
drop problem.

It did not help that much. When I was playing world of warcraft, I
still occationally got disconnected. I was trying to change the channel
to 1 or 11 to avoid conflict with neighbours. But every time i changed
it. The computer can still connect to the router, wireless network
showed up as connected. Just that I could not access any webpage. I
could access the router thru the web interface at 192.168.1.1. But just
not any webpages (like www.google.com).

I don't understand why this is happening. If I set the channel at 6,
everything seems fine when I surf online for webpages. Just the
occasionlly drop during the game drive me crazy. Not very frequently,
but maybe like 2-3 times per night maximum.

"Zexi" <(E-Mail Removed)> hath wroth:

>Recently I have flashed my router with dd-wrt to solve the occasionally
>drop problem.

What *EXACT* version of DD-WRT did you install? Look in the upper
right hand corner of the status screen. Mine is:
DD-WRT v23 SP2 (09/15/06) std

>It did not help that much. When I was playing world of warcraft, I
>still occationally got disconnected. I was trying to change the channel
>to 1 or 11 to avoid conflict with neighbours. But every time i changed
>it. The computer can still connect to the router, wireless network
>showed up as connected. Just that I could not access any webpage. I
>could access the router thru the web interface at 192.168.1.1. But just
>not any webpages (like www.google.com).

Weird but not unusual. If the WAN side of the router isn't working,
you'll get exactly those symptoms.

>I don't understand why this is happening. If I set the channel at 6,
>everything seems fine when I surf online for webpages. Just the
>occasionlly drop during the game drive me crazy. Not very frequently,
>but maybe like 2-3 times per night maximum.

What does the status page show? Real IP addresses for the WAN side of
the router or 0.0.0.0 which means it's having a bad day.
Status -> Router -> Internet

--
Jeff Liebermann (E-Mail Removed)
150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com
Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558