Internet dropping

[the86d]

Yes everyone can bypass mac filtering and you can also change your subnet and ip range but it is still a layer of security in place while you troubleshoot an intermittent connection issue. I don't understand how a harder WPA2 code would solve a problem if there is a driver or encryption issue.

Don't know what you mean by a question mark after change wifi channels. If the problem is in the 2.4 ghz range, cordless phones, alarms, microwave overns, baby monitors and bluetooth interfere with those freqs.

If the encryption was crack and the cracker was using a know-good MAC, this would prevent them from connecting, even if they could still disassociate (as I don't think you can stop a MAC disassociation). I have seen the same MAC used twice on the same net (wired, [don't ask why, it was in error ]), and it caused traffic-issues...

Typically there are 3 freq-ranges used in the US typically, switch to manual, and try each? The question mark designates maybe-try, as interference on the same channel by neighbors might be circumvented this way.

I had a similar issue where only 2 802.11* device was having issues, and bouncing the connection. (I haven't cracked the router to see if it had bursting caps like the 1st gen FiOS routers tended to do, but that was an issue with the 1st-gen FiOS routers, and apparently the 2nd-gen had issues with too much either wireless traffic, or too many devices on said wireless.) The old, non-802.11g FiOS Router was stated by VZ that it couldn't handle that much traffic. They sent me a 802.11n router, and I have not had issue since.

Does the router have the Red-Trim (is it 802.11N), or have a big-white button on the front?

Do you have issues immediately upon a power-cycle of said router (1-2nd-gen had to be cycled when you noticed issues [maybe a memory-leak])?

(When I reference FiOS routers, assume the Actiontec, not the Westell, or the D-Link... unless I mention a NIM. )

[catmman]

No more than two routers on the same channel. You need to walk the four corners of your property. You will not be able to tell if phones or other devices are interfering. Yes there are only three channels that don't overlap but the others are safe to use. Have seen what you are talking about but only seen that problem in the mountains or in travel areas. I am sure the person hacking your wifi would get just as mad as you are after a few days and get tired of dropping off. Too bad N isn't what everyone thought it would be.

[Justintoxicated]

If it is a wifi problem and you think it is interfearance, use wifi-analyzer on your android phone to check for other signals as you walk around. BTW Channels overlap, so you want to pick one as far from the others as possible.

Also don't use BOTH G and N, wireless G connections will eat up your router and slow all othrr devices down, so make sure your switching everything to N if your going to use N.