[Cialug] Wireless Router Repeatedly Drops Connection

Scott Yates Scott at yatesframe.com
Sun Dec 14 20:24:39 CST 2014


That does not seem like an unreasonable assumption.  You might see if there
is a way to turn off SSID broadcast.  That might tell you more.

On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 8:20 PM, Todd Walton <tdwalton at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I have a Linksys EA6300 router (a somewhat nice home-grade router) that
> just won't stay up when I have wireless turned on.  With wireless turned on
> it will drop connection, including wired, and reset once every ten minutes
> or so.  I used to change my wireless network name and password and it would
> stay up for a couple of hours before falling back into the ten minute
> pattern. But lately I can change my wireless network name and password and
> it's back to dropping within minutes.  If I turn off wireless altogether my
> desktop computer does just fine, never losing connection.
>
> Could someone else in my apartment building be causing this? By scanning
> and trying to crack the security, perhaps?
>
> --
> Todd
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