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#1 ·
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
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#2 ·
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Originally Posted by Elyminator View Post

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
gunner.gif
Are you using just a single ethernet out from the modem to the router and then connecting everything to the router, both hardwired and wireless?
 
#4 ·
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Originally Posted by Elyminator View Post

there were some cables plugged into the modem instead of the router but the didn't go anywhere as far as I can tell. Would that cause an issue even if there was nothing on the other end?
Nope, if nothing is plugged in on the other end it won't have an impact. Is the ISP's modem a wireless router too?
 
#5 ·
Yes it is however the router portion has been turned off.... Hmm funny thing I just turned on my Xbox and now it cant resolve dns either. This is the first time its ever done that and I've been dealing with this for weeks...
EDIT: xbox was a separate issues since fixed...
 
#6 ·
do you have any other device you can plug into the wireless range extender to see if other devices would show an issue? what about setting a static lan IP for your desktop? does your desktop have the most up-to-date drivers? try different ethernet cable?

the other idea would be to get a small USB wireless stick so your desktop can become part of the "issue-free" wireless setup you have going
 
#7 ·
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Originally Posted by flash2021 View Post

do you have any other device you can plug into the wireless range extender to see if other devices would show an issue? what about setting a static lan IP for your desktop? does your desktop have the most up-to-date drivers? try different ethernet cable?

the other idea would be to get a small USB wireless stick so your desktop can become part of the "issue-free" wireless setup you have going
I could probably plug another device in I guess that would be the next step although i really highly doubt the extender is the issue.. next time the internet drops on my I'll plug another device in and see if the issue persists on the other computer. I may end up buying a different usb wifi adapter at this point. I had one but every time the computer was restarted it has to be unplugged and put back in to get it working. It really was rather annoying.
 
#8 ·
If you did, maybe you could go into device manager and disable the ethernet port, maybe windows was giving it priority until you kicked the wireless into gear...not sure

with my old work laptop, the wireless would randomly stop working... I had to go into device manager and disable the wireless card then reenable it (or restart). never figured out why
 
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