wireless network drops after 1 day :(

[bhome83]

so i have a wireless WRT54G v.6 linksy router with a wireless linksy network card and internet, file sharing work fine for the first day or two, but then the entire connection drops and i cant connect on any of the computers in the house. I have 1 computer hooked up wirelessly, and other two are wired. have xp professional on two computers and xp home on the computer hooked up wirelessly. running windows firewall as well. whats weird is that i can access files on any computer but can't get the internet to work even though it says it has a connection at excellent speed. im back to my old dlink wired router. i tried to talk to linksy support but they keep telling me my computers are too far apart, which i believe is BS, because the wirless computer is only upstairs, and have heard of people who have had much larger houses and their connection works fine. any ideas on whats going on? just weird it would work great one day, the the next day the connection entirely drops on all computers.

[Tony Williams]

Try reseting the router and then only use whatever is wired and see if it still drops. If it still does there may be a problem.

[DynamicTech]

It sounds to me like your internet connection is being dropped by your router, and your router is not reconnecting with your ISP. You might double check your WAN settings and make sure your router is configured to connect using your username and password. For example, I'm using DSL. My router is set to use PPPoE, obtain IP automatically, my username and password are set, and auto-reconnect is set to on demand. I hope this helps, D.

One other thing, if you are using DHCP, make sure you have a routing protocol enabled like RIP. Good Luck!|

[glc]

If it's a cable modem, unplug the power to the modem for 20 minutes - and make sure the router is set to obtain an IP address automatically.

[bhome83]

ive reset the router and just tried using the router for my wired computer and see if connection still goes down. will take it from there then. thanks guys!

[Tony Williams]

If it does still drop try a firmware update.