Router vs TWC woes

[axel4488]

First of all, Time Warner sucks more than any other company I had the displeasure of dealing with.

Now thats out of the way here is the problem. My Dell Inspiron 1545 and unknown Dell model Tower both connect to my router via wifi that then connects to a cisco modem given to me by TWC. These two computers have horrible pings/lag/ and connectivity stability whereas my roommates HP Pavillion DV6000 has no problem whatsoever. I have gone through the laptop thoroughly and have updated every driver, OS service pack, deleted registry errors and cleaned the whole computer. Yet, I still have the lag, disconnect, then attempt to reconnect every 10-15 seconds. What am I missing?

Specs:
Dell Inspiron 1545
Windows 7 64-bit SP1
2.10 ghz intel dual core
WLAN 1317 Card.

Netgear N600 WNDR3400
2.4 and 5 GHz capability
1 year old.

TWC Cable
15MBPs up 5MBPs down
cisco 2100 cable modem

[SouperMan]

My wife had something similar happen. Try turning of -N support on your laptop and Netgear router. I did this on her Dell, and we did not have dropped connections.

I did not have a need for -N support in my house, but you can try this to isolate the issue. Believe me, I tried the whole gamut-driver updates, BIOS updates, registry hacks...

[axel4488]

With a combo of your help ^^ and a crucial update that the router needed, we are up and running again. Thank you.

Curious though as to why the router did not update itself automatically since I have it set this way.

[SouperMan]

With a combo of your help ^^ and a crucial update that the router needed, we are up and running again. Thank you.

Curious though as to why the router did not update itself automatically since I have it set this way.

The router won't update without your consent, this is why it won't do it automatically for you. If it did, it might disrupt the Internet at a inopportune time

Glad it worked out!

[ibanezfoo]

See there, not TWC's fault after all...