So this is sort of a log winded story but I'm hoping a networking guru of some assortment can assist.
The long and the short of it is I don't have a hard line connection in my apartment and I'm doing some funky things that work great 90 percent of the time.
ISP: Uverse
Modem: isp provided
Router: netgear Nighthawk r7000 (AC1900)
Extender: Linksys AC something or another....
desktop: rampage IV Gene intel gigabit lan
So a few weeks ago I got fed up with using a sub wireless adapter. I tried two different powerline adapters which worked great except for they dropped the signal on average once a day. The first time I thought maybe the one I bought was defective. It worked great through some light usage over about 3 days. I returned it and bought a different one, I had the same issue. Due to the nature of powerline adapters I figured maybe they just weren't going to work in my situation. I was then told I could use a wireless range extender that had ethernet ports on it in a location near my desktop. the range extender gets great signal and I have almost no latency issues when its working however even with this method I have the same issue. At seemingly random intervals my connection just dropped. Upon further investigation it would appear that I keep losing connection to the DHCP server. I ran command prompt and release/ renewed my IPconfig and that worked great a few times.... not a solution by any means but a band aid at least. well it just happened again and this time it required a full restart of my machine to get it running right. At this point I'm flustered and about ready to go back to the annoying usb wifi adapter... it was about as fast but every time I restarted the computer it had to be unplugged and plugged back in again for some reason ( I assume driver related). All of my other devices stay connected to the wifi during this time and have no hiccups in speed as far as I can tell with netflix running ect. Is there something I'm missing or a way to diagnose this? I'm not super amazing at network related issues so hopefully some one knows something.
-Frustrated
The long and the short of it is I don't have a hard line connection in my apartment and I'm doing some funky things that work great 90 percent of the time.
ISP: Uverse
Modem: isp provided
Router: netgear Nighthawk r7000 (AC1900)
Extender: Linksys AC something or another....
desktop: rampage IV Gene intel gigabit lan
So a few weeks ago I got fed up with using a sub wireless adapter. I tried two different powerline adapters which worked great except for they dropped the signal on average once a day. The first time I thought maybe the one I bought was defective. It worked great through some light usage over about 3 days. I returned it and bought a different one, I had the same issue. Due to the nature of powerline adapters I figured maybe they just weren't going to work in my situation. I was then told I could use a wireless range extender that had ethernet ports on it in a location near my desktop. the range extender gets great signal and I have almost no latency issues when its working however even with this method I have the same issue. At seemingly random intervals my connection just dropped. Upon further investigation it would appear that I keep losing connection to the DHCP server. I ran command prompt and release/ renewed my IPconfig and that worked great a few times.... not a solution by any means but a band aid at least. well it just happened again and this time it required a full restart of my machine to get it running right. At this point I'm flustered and about ready to go back to the annoying usb wifi adapter... it was about as fast but every time I restarted the computer it had to be unplugged and plugged back in again for some reason ( I assume driver related). All of my other devices stay connected to the wifi during this time and have no hiccups in speed as far as I can tell with netflix running ect. Is there something I'm missing or a way to diagnose this? I'm not super amazing at network related issues so hopefully some one knows something.
-Frustrated