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Netgear WNDR3400v3 keeps dropping connection
I have a Netgear WNDR3400v3 wireless router. I've had it for a few years. Lately, it's been dropping Wifi. The network just disappears randomly, sometimes repeatedly. Most of the lights on the router...
I hope you didn't pay much for it.
that router was released in 2010 and wasn't even a gigabit router.
Its only got a 10/100mbps connection.
Unless your on a pretty slow dsl connection, that connections a limiting factor.
It was decent when it was released but not overly powerful or decent spec'd.
Not sure who sold it to you for "a lot of money" but they did a poor job if it was only a couple years ago.
You could always try a different power supply. Maybe yours is bad. Check around and see if one of your other devices has a matching power supply. (exact same voltage and polarity, needs at least the same amperage but can have more)
If that doesn't help, I'd actually be looking at a new device as that is several generations behind on technology/security and performance.
If you're on a even half decent connection, you'll notice a significan speed difference going from that router new a newer one.
I bought it new at Meijer in 2018. Says it can handle "Up to 300mbps" Cost me $85
Speed tests give me about 100mbps down on Wireless (On the 5ghz)
Haven't tried hard wiring anything to it for awhile, but it's slightly faster when I plug a computer into it using an eithernet cable, however it is slower than the actual connection, and therefore I hard wire the computers directly to the modem for the fastest possible connection on those. This unit is strictly used for wireless.
When it's not acting as I described, it seems to perform just fine. The full model is Netgear N600 WNDR3400v3