Puzzling technicolour wireless disconnection
Quote from: penfold This seems to point to the router more and more. Not seen sure about these things but could the routing tables be corrupt and if so why does it eventually come back to normal and only seem to affect my android devices. Very puzzled now...
I guess it could be corruption of the routing table, and maybe that fixes itself when the entries expire and are deleted. One assumes the table content should be self maintaining, with older entries (expired or not) removed if space is needed for a new one. The router should be able to do that without corrupting the table. But if a software bug leads to two tables overflowing into the same memory
there could be corruption. As to why only Android devices… Does the laptop always work when phones, etc are affected? Phones might be served different (mobile) pages from those served to the laptop.In case the software image has been corrupted I suppose one could try a factory reset. Otherwise ensure the latest software is being used.
Thanks for the continued input spraxt, I appreciate the insights... Its an odd issue to be sure is this... I wish I could do more testing, but its random when it happens. I have noticed thinking about it that things do start to get a little laggy before this happens. Its like the internet is running out of steam 
I would have thought if this was more widely spread then it would have been picked up by others... it seems to be sites I use regularly that are affected, internet works fine on sites that are rarely used, but I was confused that the Wikipedia web page would load but not show the pages of anything else, even thing I would not search for in a million yrs. Do you have upnp switched on on your router. I did switch mine on a while back after having issues with the sky app not finding the sky box. In the end this was not the issue but something to do with dnla sharing over the local LAN. NPRs cli page pointed me in the right direction. If I downgrade the firmware is it best to do the downgrade and then factory reset?
I would have thought if this was more widely spread then it would have been picked up by others... it seems to be sites I use regularly that are affected, internet works fine on sites that are rarely used, but I was confused that the Wikipedia web page would load but not show the pages of anything else, even thing I would not search for in a million yrs. Do you have upnp switched on on your router. I did switch mine on a while back after having issues with the sky app not finding the sky box. In the end this was not the issue but something to do with dnla sharing over the local LAN. NPRs cli page pointed me in the right direction. If I downgrade the firmware is it best to do the downgrade and then factory reset?
@sprayxt and penfold: LOL major hijacking of my original post 
but no problem..... 
I've been on a xmas & new year break, so greetings one and all.
Since my last post the topic has broadened out quite a bit ..but no-one else seems to have the original issue which is strange. Is it worth my while pursuing it with the PN staff via that ticketing thingy? Last time I tried that route I got nowhere.. they were so busy
In the meantime, I'll try that option suggested way back of shutting down the wireless pc when the wireless connection disappears and rebooting it.
but no problem..... I've been on a xmas & new year break, so greetings one and all.Since my last post the topic has broadened out quite a bit ..but no-one else seems to have the original issue which is strange. Is it worth my while pursuing it with the PN staff via that ticketing thingy? Last time I tried that route I got nowhere.. they were so busy
In the meantime, I'll try that option suggested way back of shutting down the wireless pc when the wireless connection disappears and rebooting it.
Hi, welcome back and Happy New Year.
Yes, penfold and myself did broaden the topic (as you kindly described it) but the main topic hijacking problem is when different branch discussions are mixed together, and fortunately that was avoided here.
Returning to your own branch I think there were two outstanding suggestions:
I doubt that raising a ticket would achieve much unless the hardware team get involved since the problem seems to be your side of the master socket. It could be a hardware fault which one or both of those suggestions might throw light on. If a hardware fault is suspected the Digital Care Team might be able to help. Hopefully they'll pop in here next week. Is your router still within its 12 month warranty?
Yes, penfold and myself did broaden the topic (as you kindly described it) but the main topic hijacking problem is when different branch discussions are mixed together, and fortunately that was avoided here.
Returning to your own branch I think there were two outstanding suggestions:
Quote from: spraxyt In the absence of anything better to suggest you could try doing a factory reset on the router. TR069 (if active) should connect it to Plusnet again but any other changed settings would be lost.
Quote from: spraxyt If the router is restarted with nothing connected to it (Ethernet cables unplugged at start up) does the wireless turn on and continue working normally?
I doubt that raising a ticket would achieve much unless the hardware team get involved since the problem seems to be your side of the master socket. It could be a hardware fault which one or both of those suggestions might throw light on. If a hardware fault is suspected the Digital Care Team might be able to help. Hopefully they'll pop in here next week. Is your router still within its 12 month warranty?