Re: The unlikely case of the router and the television!

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From: Carey Holzman (carey_at_careyholzman.com)
Date: 12/11/04 

Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 03:42:43 -0700

I recommend replacing the router. Or, if it's under warranty, begin RMA
procedures.

Carey

"Nigel Andrews" <nandrews@clara.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1102760595.75430.0@doris.uk.clara.net...
>I have been experiencing problems with the wireless side of my Netgear
>MR314
> router.
> The wireless network has been failing late at night and returning, slowly,
> in the morning.
>
> I have been chasing all sorts of ideas but I am now, reluctantly, coming
> to
> the conclusion that the television set is having an effect!
> The wireless router is sited on top of the television, where it has been
> working quite happily for the last two years. It now seems that within
> about
> 45 minutes of switching off the television the wireless network fails. In
> the morning, despite rebooting PC and the router as well as resetting the
> router to factory config, the wireless network remains failed. But within
> 30
> to 45 mins of switching on the television the network begins to return
> pings!!
>
> It doesn't behave properly even after it returns but it is substantially
> usable, whereas it is non-exisitent beforehand!
>
> When looking at the router from a fixed cable connection it seems as if it
> is the sending side of the wireless router which is failing. The DHCP
> issues
> an IP to a PC when it is started but that PC doesn't seem to receive it.
> Subsequent release_all and renew_all fail to get the IP even though the
> DHCP
> table on the router shows it allocated.
>
> I am trying to get through to Netgear support, but if anyone has any
> suggestions I would welcome them!
>
> Nigel
>
>

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