DawnM Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 or is this issue due to our service provider? Our internet seems to wax and wane throughout the day. It will be as high as 26mbps and then it will glitch.....and will look like it is catching a website but then won't catch it....in other words part of the website will load but it won't fully load.....and then speedtest.net won't even work to show me what it is doing. We had an older router, so we bought a new one.....an N router. Turns out it does the same thing so that means that either it is our service provider (the ONLY one available to us) or well, we have no idea. When this happens (several times per day now) we unplug and reset the router and then it works again for a while. Do I need a more expensive router? I hate to buy it if that isn't our issue. Dawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsheresomewhere Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Its the company not the router. We just got a new cable company in the area and I am threatening to switch over crappy service. Ours is a case of they need to upgrade the wires in the area. When everyone comes home and gets on the computer, it decreases the speed to a turtle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang!Zoom! Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Sometimes you need to reset the router software and update it. We have a Netgear router and have to do this about every 2 months. Check and see if there is a update option for your router in the website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted June 12, 2012 Author Share Posted June 12, 2012 I have never done this.....how do you do it? Just do it wirelessly? Off to check. I believe ours is a D-link N router but I don't know the exact model. I will look. Dawn Sometimes you need to reset the router software and update it. We have a Netgear router and have to do this about every 2 months. Check and see if there is a update option for your router in the website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang!Zoom! Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 We do ours via the net, we have to basically update the account online. We have to use the CD to do it. It's not very efficient imho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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