How to Fix a Wireless Router That Keeps Dropping the Connection

On black Friday recently I decided to post a brand new wireless router. The wireless N support would have been a nice characteristic, but the key feature for me personally was the product range booster. I like to work on my laptop in various rooms in your home and several are pretty far from my wireless router. The range booster allows you transmit the signal farther and stronger than a standard router, causing a better experience of all rooms of the home or office.

The router I ended up buying was the Cisco/Linksys WRT160N. I've owned Linksys routers for many years and have always were built with a good exposure to them.

A Linksys router for wireless internet

After a simple and quick install I was up and running wirelessly, approximately I thought. After a couple of minutes my wireless connection started giving me problems. The connection would drop every couple of minutes then get again a couple of seconds later. This was annoying and rendered the router completely and utterly useless.

Having your wireless router drop the bond often is a pretty very common condition. You may encounter this concern after several months or perhaps many years of good use out of your router. Of course often there is the possibility that something is faulty with the router itself. There is, however, one important step that could repair and obtain your router back on track. It worked perfectly inside the above-mentioned scenario and possesses worked for me personally numerous times within the past.

The right off the bat you need to do is to check whether you have the latest version with the router firmware! If you don't, then you certainly should upgrade immediately!

In simple terms, the saying firmware denotes this system or software that controls the hardware. The best place to discover the latest firmware is the manufacturer's site. In this case I went directly to the Linksys website and looked for it. To install the most up-to-date firmware you must join for a router's admin cp (typically done through a web browser) and then to go to the section that lets you perform the upgrade. After the firmware continues to be upgraded the router is rebooted and then things are hopefully in great shape. I'm scripting this article after hours of uninterrupted wireless internet connectivity.

There is one more essential steps you need to decide to use make sure the most reliable Internet connection: Go for a computer manufacturer's site and be sure you will find the latest drivers for the wireless card. Even after upgrading the firmware, you need to make sure that your device is not partially to blame for the problems. So go ahead and download and install the newest drivers for your computer's wireless card. This step is equally as significant as the firmware upgrade so you shouldn't be lazy and overlook it.

Happy surfing...