Troubleshooting my intel wireless router... help!

So my roommate's router, and Intel 802.11 a/g, is giving us problems.

The symptoms:

1. When plugged into the router from a computer, you can use the signal just fine, but it will cut out for a few mins once or twice an hour for no apparent reason.

2. When plugged into the router from a Playstation 3, it will not detect a signal at all.

3. When connecting to the router wirelessly from a computer, it will connect, but it will be "limited or no connectivity", and the signal is unusable. However the signal rating in Windows is a full 5 green bars.

We know it is not the cable box, because we plug straight into that using the Playstation 3 and it works just fine.

We also know both our laptop's wireless capabilities are fine. I connect to a Intel 802.11g w/ SpeedBooster at my other home for a flawless connection.

Finally, when accessing the network settings page via "192.168.1.1" in Internet Explorer, we don't know where to begin in fixing this, or if that is even the correct place to go.



Thanks,
Derek

 

Anyone? No?

 

Check to make sure that you've either windows, or your wireless card(not both)managing your connection to the router. Try resetting your router,should be a little hole the size of a pin on the some where press it in and hold it for 15 to 30 secs let it reset then power it down and back up.Also check for firmware updates.

 

** Correction: the problematic router is Intel Wireless B**

 

Resetting the router did nothing.

Windows alone is managing the connection, has the same problem when I switch to Intel.

What firmware would I look for and what would that do?

 

This normally indicates you do not have internet. Can be caused by several things. Run "ipconfig /all" and see if you have a valid gateway and dns serves. If you can ping a site by IP means the gateway is working. If you can not ping by name your DNS is not working. The gateway should be the routers admin IP. The DNS will be IP address outside of your local net and have a public IP.

 

But we have internet at all times, because like I said, the connection is flawless at all times when connected straight to the cable box. And that would mean we do not have internet 100% of the time. Which isn't true, because it works most of the time when plugged straight into the router.

So unless you're talking about something else and I didn't understand...

 

This is from your PC. So if the wireless is not working some of these values will be wrong.

Do a connection from one of the lan ports on the router. Then run ipconfig /all record the settings. Then disconnect and try your wireless, run ipconfig again. You will see the difference.

Now if your running mixed mode b/g it's highly possiable you are use a encryption scheme that the 11n does not support.

Switch over to 11g you will have less problems. Most routers have problem running mixed mode. If you must run in mixed mode, see of dd-wrt firmware will run on your router. It will clear up a lot of connection problems.

 

You can go to your router manufacturer's website to look for firmware updates, or if possible use 3rd party software,also check for your wireless cards driver updates. Post you setting here and then maybe we can help you more. Ipconfig/all > right-click > select all > press enter and paste it in a reply here. Name and make of your router,notebook, would help also.