Do I have a bad router?
I just bought a used D-Link DI-624 router on ebay and couldn't be more displeased. I wanted to know if possibly my problem has anything to do with my set-up, or if I should have good cause to tell the seller how upset I am with this thing.
Are there any current known problems with the Apple Airport card? I know there was some recent buzz about some issues that resulted in a patch being offered via Apple software update. I did download and install this patch.
Here's what's happening (My iMac is wirelessly connected to the router - there are no other computers on the network other than the Windows host computer - I have Road Runner cable broadband): Connecting to the network via airport takes up to 5 trys. When connected, all is good most of the time yet throughout the day it's as if the D-Link stops routing. The airport signal icon shows strong and connected yet I cannot get on the net. After a few minutes everything goes back to working properly. Seldomly the airport signal icon will drop down to only one bar, even though the router or my computer has not been moved. The latter is not so much a problem, rather a curiosity. But the other problem is really a hassle.
Please advise.
Thanks.
That's the correct place to look, and it looks like its getting an IP address properly assigned to it.
You could try setting the router to broadcast on a different channel, and check the area for possible RF-emitting devices that could interfere with the signal.
If the router has ethernet ports I'd recommend trying an ethernet cable to troubleshoot the airport connection. If the ethernet works fine then the router's routing capabilities should be fine, and it could be either a hardware problem (loose antenna, for example) or some funky setting like the wrong channel being set or an incompatibility if the router has a different or multiple protocols enabled (b, g, n, and the like...).
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