TG582n Router updated now connection is poor
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TG582n Router updated now connection is poor
13-02-2016 5:27 PM
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I also use it to connect remotely to work servers and SQL servers and that is now taking several attempts to do so. Once a connection is made, it usually stays live however.
I only noticed the router had been upgraded when Destiny on the PS4 (on LAN) complained about a NAT type 3. When I went on the router, the password had been reset to the standard one and the firmware had been updated.
The internet connection itself seems solid and using LAN appears to be fine so it would seem to be wireless that has become an issue since the firmware was changed.
I'm not sure what could have changed with regards to wireless - I set it back to manual channel 13 from automatic as it was before. (Everyone around here is engaged in "Router Warfare" and my little TG582n is a bit underpowered. I'm now trying channel 10.)
Is there anything PlusNet can see that is flagging any issues or is there a way I can have it rolled back please, as it was working fine?
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13-02-2016 6:53 PM
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In theory, it's better to be on the same channel as other routers, rather than a nearby channel that partly overlaps. Because the channels on the 2.4 GHz band are 20 MHz wide, but spaced 5 MHz apart, that generally leaves three non-overlapping channels to stick to, 1, 6 and 11. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WLAN_channels
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13-02-2016 7:47 PM
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I've put it back to automatic channel settings now. It picked 11.
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13-02-2016 8:48 PM
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Many thanks.
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14-02-2016 2:17 PM
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John
Re: TG582n Router updated now connection is poor
15-02-2016 12:09 PM
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I'm getting intermittent issues. PlusNet's sites respond fast, others are variable, sometimes working, sometimes not. Many part load or just not at all. Reboot PC and works okay for a bit, though could be coincidence, then stops.
I'll try changing DNS server settings, though I don't like depending on a public DNS outside of the ISP.
If that fixes it, it's easy to jump to the conclusion PN's DNS servers at fault, and maybe they are, but seems suspect that it started with the firmware update.
Out of interest with the forced firmware update I need to recheck some old DNS resolution issues that are down to the router and were causing issues with my mail server - https://community.plus.net/forum/index.php/topic,145091.0/topicseen.html
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15-02-2016 12:42 PM
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15-02-2016 3:18 PM
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15-02-2016 3:32 PM
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15-02-2016 5:05 PM
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Thread locked.
Please refer to this topic http://community.plus.net/forum/index.php/topic,148555.0.html
To argue with someone who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead - Thomas Paine
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