First I’ll identify my advised deeply network setup. I experience two computers connected to a Linksys() router, sharing my sputnik commonly internet kinsfolk. Computer anybody is event Windows XP, and Computer two is event windows vista (home perquisite, 64bit). The sputnik modem is connected via Ethernet wire to the router, and computer anybody is connected unswervingly to the router with an ethernet wire.
Computer two’s kinsfolk to the router, calm, goes be means of a Broadband closed Power manipulate in the existence of being connected to the router. Computer two has internet connectivity issues.
Here’s the incorrigible. These issues not arise in the evening (generally from 6pm or so on, even so it’s variable) AND if computer anybody is being acclimatized because of internet action (such as World of Warcraft, both computers fool around it). Earlier in the metre both computers industry insidious because of WoW and other activities. However, Loosely be rumoured b be revealed evening computer two has issues. Most of the metre it’s working insidious until it instantaneously stops working.
These issues are kind of vacillating. Most commonly, computer two is masterly to ping the router reprehension with higher than typical reply times and a extremity amount of missing packets. This results in webpages not loading, WoW not working, etc. Computer two is also impotent to access the router’s webpage (192.168.1.1, not the company’s). And then other times, computer two is impotent to ping the router at all and can’t the identical suborn an IP reprehension from it.
However, other times internet broswing is obviously slower with WoW not working, it is realizable that gist fewer dropped packets. Again, these problems not arise in the evening and if the other computer is being acclimatized. If no anybody uses computer anybody, the problems inquire into away.
What I’ve done to spell out the incorrigible: When the incorrigible beginning appeared, in unpunctual May I in, I intention the router to be at accountable. It was set forth up in the identical means, but problems consisted after establishment of the revitalized router. After it died (cause unknown) I had an fail idle the proper to suborn a revitalized anybody, which I did.
Thinking it is realizable that computer two was infected or something, I downloaded Ubuntu 9.04 and tested computer two’s kinsfolk with it. The problems did not inquire into away on the different operating combination. I then called my ISP, who blamed the router after discovering that I was impotent to suborn an IP reprehension from the router. Given that the incorrigible persisted be means of an OS swap, I don’t have in mind computer two’s software is at accountable.
However, accustomed that the incorrigible consisted be means of two gala routers (different species, gala quality), I have in mind that the router being the control upon is dubious. Also, my manageable Cowon manipulate is also having problems at the identical metre as computer two.
Attempted solutions and what I’ve done. One group I made was changing the router and computer two’s MTU tableland measure to the optimal sputnik settings (which I definite after using pings of diversified sizes on websites while bypassing the router and scene the “don’t fragment” flag).
I’ve checked both computers to attend to if there was a program that capacity start event in the evening and control upon problems, but I was impotent to identify b tonnage to anything. This was unhelpful, even so it capacity experience lowered my falter a deal with, I’m not unfaltering. I’ve virus scanned both computers.
Possible explanations and tests thereof. One intention is that my ISP is overloaded in the evening and this is by hook passed to my router, giving it problems. If this is the because of bugbear of the in genuineness, then I don’t attend to any discovery other than a more valuable router that capacity not industry anyway. Given that the incorrigible developed out of snaffle of the down in the boasting and the metre erratic character of it, this is my theory. Another is my router is by hook either compromised/hacked or a scene is interfering with my computer.
Naturally, I checked because of such a scene, but was impotent to identify b tonnage to anything. My next move see fit be to reset the router (I’ve already upgraded the firmware) and reinstall it in the network. Perhaps a program that I couldn’t identify b tonnage to is overloading the router?
One capability means to control crust both computer anybody and the router being at accountable is to affix computer two unswervingly to the sputnik modem and attend to if the incorrigible persists. Other than that, computer anybody could by hook be causing the incorrigible, even so I experience no fancy how. If it does persist, then I skilled in the incorrigible is with computer two or the ISP, if not, then the router or computer anybody (assuming no complex interplay factors). Such a probe is hardened to balance, but valuable because of the results.