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| [DSL-2740B] - Random Wifi Disconnect Hi,
I've had my D-Link 2740B for about 3 years now, and it has worked great up until now. About 2 days ago, however, I started encountering a strange problem. I booted up my laptop and tried to get it to connect to my wifi - it has never had a problem before. This time, however, it didn't connect. When I tried to connect manually it asked me for a username and password, which I found strange since it usually just asks for the Key. I decided to see if it was just a problem with the laptop, so I took my iPhone 3Gs and tried to connect. Same thing: Usually it will just ask for a password and then connect, but this time it was asking for a username and password. I decided to just reboot the router and see if that fixed it - which it did. I was able to connect perfectly, nothing strange. Unfortunately this only lasted for about 15 minutes, or when I let my phone/laptop idle. After that, it does the same thing again.
I rebooted the router again, and it fixed it again. The next time it happened I changed a setting on the router and saved it - that fixed it, but then it failed again. Next I tried not changing any settings, but simply hitting save in an option menu on the router - that fixed it. Again, only temporarily. So I decided I should try upgrading the firmware, which I did - to the following:
Board ID: 96358GW
Software Version: AUS_4.15
Bootloader (CFE) Version: 1.0.37-10.1
Wireless Driver Version: 4.174.64.12.cpe1.1
Again, that only fixed it temporarily. I feel I am running out of options here. The only things I can think of right now are trying to reset to factory defaults and seeing if that helps, but any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated. The only thing that I changed was getting a new phone, and it worked normally for 2 weeks, so I doubt that is the problem. Also I tried kicking the router and bribing it with candy.
It is a D-Link DSL-2740B, I am running Windows XP SP2. As I said before, there have been no changes at or around the time this started happening. I've installed no new software or hardware.
Thanks for any help
b1177 | |
| [SOLVED]
Resetting to factory defaults and reconfiguring worked.
However, if anyone has any suggestions as to why it happened in the first place I would be interested to know!
b1177 | |
| reply to b1177
Could be a sign that it's going bad, 3 years for a SOHO device like Dlink - in my opinion, you should consider yourself lucky it's lasted that long.
Make sure it's not located where it's getting too hot (like ontop of a TV or a cable box, or a toaster, near a heat duct, space heater, etc) excessive heat makes electronics unhappy. | | |
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