My home network consists of three computers plugged into a Linksys wireless router. Occasionally, about once a week lately, I’ve noticed very slow network speeds. At first I’d reboot my desktop machine, but that didn’t seem to help. Now I’ve found by power cycling the router, my network speed returns to normal. My daughter has confirmed that her laptop is faster after the router restart too.
My question is, is this a common occurrence? And, is there any other solution other than power cycling?
udaman wrote:
> My question is, is this a common occurrence? And, is there any other
> solution other than power cycling?
i think posting to a Linksys forum might bring a more authoritative
answer–but, my experience with a you-never-heard-of-it brand wireless
router: yes, power recycle often works to clear strange (slow,
halting/jerky, flat don’t work!, etc) problems otherwise not fixable…
but, since you say the three are plugged in, you might try disabling
the wireless port, since you might be letting your next door neighbor
use it to jam up your ability to use the pipe while he down/uploads
kiddie-porn…and, any day now the police are gonna break down your
door and haul you and your hard drive to court…
solutions other than power cycling? if a power cycle works, why look
further…i mean, it is just like a reboot reading the OS from ROM and
getting everything right again, right?
on the other hand, it might be the signal that it may be close to the
end of its useful life (worn out/leaking capacitors or whatever) …