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WNDR 3700 Problems!
Hello.
I have a Netgear WNDR3700 router. For the past year or two it has worked great. Now I continue to have problems and honestly to the point of buying a different router. First, here are my configurations followed by my problems with the router..
Configuration:
Laptop and iPod Touch are the only two items that I run wireless. Everything else including my TV, Blu-ray player, PS3 and Xbox 360 have a physical wired connection. I have a cable connection from Time Warner Cable (RoadRunner) and that is connected to the router. I pay for the so called "Turbo" RoadRunner package and suppose to get up to 15 Mbps. This is NOT the case. MY router configuration looks like this:
On the Basic settings configuration page I have both the IP and DNS set to receive IPs automatically from my ISP, no domain name or password set, and I use my laptops MAC address for access to router. I have WPA2 security set. For the added security, I enabled wireless card access for both my laptop and iPod using their appropriate MAC addresses. On the LAN page, I changed the IP from the basic 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.11.11 and also have DHCP enabled from 192.168.11.12 to 193.168.11.254. On the WAN page, I enabled DMZ for my PS3. I used 192.168.11.200 for the DMZ IP. Finally, on the QOS setup page, I enabled QOS using LAN Port 1 (which my PS3 is wired into).I have my NAT type set to OPEN. That is pretty much it.
Problems:
1.) When I go to use my laptop, sometimes it has a wireless signal and other times it cannot connect to the internet but I can access local network. I normally unplug the modem and turn off the router, then fully power up the modem and then turn on the router. Sometimes this works and sometimes it does not. :(
2.) I CONSTANTLY get dropped connection and/or cannot connect to host errors while on the PS3. Sometimes it just freezes. When I do have a connection on the PS3, I check my download, upload, and ping using both speedtest.net, pingtest.net and speakeasy.net and always have sub par speeds. Sometimes I am lucky to even have a 1 Mbps connection. My ping is always high. Usually I ping anywhere from 100 to 200. I have by-passed the router and went directly to the modem with both the laptop and PS3 and have no connection or speed issues.
3.) When I have no wireless internet connection on the laptop, I will run Windows troubleshooting problem and sometimes it will say it cannot find a problem. Other times, and most commonly, it will say it cannot connect to DNS servers.
Can anyone PLEASE help as this is a huge annoyance and very bothersome. I greatly appreciate any comments. Happy Holidays Everyone!:)
I have a Netgear WNDR3700 router. For the past year or two it has worked great. Now I continue to have problems and honestly to the point of buying a different router. First, here are my configurations followed by my problems with the router..
Configuration:
Laptop and iPod Touch are the only two items that I run wireless. Everything else including my TV, Blu-ray player, PS3 and Xbox 360 have a physical wired connection. I have a cable connection from Time Warner Cable (RoadRunner) and that is connected to the router. I pay for the so called "Turbo" RoadRunner package and suppose to get up to 15 Mbps. This is NOT the case. MY router configuration looks like this:
On the Basic settings configuration page I have both the IP and DNS set to receive IPs automatically from my ISP, no domain name or password set, and I use my laptops MAC address for access to router. I have WPA2 security set. For the added security, I enabled wireless card access for both my laptop and iPod using their appropriate MAC addresses. On the LAN page, I changed the IP from the basic 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.11.11 and also have DHCP enabled from 192.168.11.12 to 193.168.11.254. On the WAN page, I enabled DMZ for my PS3. I used 192.168.11.200 for the DMZ IP. Finally, on the QOS setup page, I enabled QOS using LAN Port 1 (which my PS3 is wired into).I have my NAT type set to OPEN. That is pretty much it.
Problems:
1.) When I go to use my laptop, sometimes it has a wireless signal and other times it cannot connect to the internet but I can access local network. I normally unplug the modem and turn off the router, then fully power up the modem and then turn on the router. Sometimes this works and sometimes it does not. :(
2.) I CONSTANTLY get dropped connection and/or cannot connect to host errors while on the PS3. Sometimes it just freezes. When I do have a connection on the PS3, I check my download, upload, and ping using both speedtest.net, pingtest.net and speakeasy.net and always have sub par speeds. Sometimes I am lucky to even have a 1 Mbps connection. My ping is always high. Usually I ping anywhere from 100 to 200. I have by-passed the router and went directly to the modem with both the laptop and PS3 and have no connection or speed issues.
3.) When I have no wireless internet connection on the laptop, I will run Windows troubleshooting problem and sometimes it will say it cannot find a problem. Other times, and most commonly, it will say it cannot connect to DNS servers.
Can anyone PLEASE help as this is a huge annoyance and very bothersome. I greatly appreciate any comments. Happy Holidays Everyone!:)
6 Replies
1.) When I go to use my laptop, sometimes it has a wireless signal and other times it cannot connect to the internet but I can access local network. I normally unplug the modem and turn off the router, then fully power up the modem and then turn on the router. Sometimes this works and sometimes it does not.
if you have not hard reset there router, do that first and see behaviorjmizoguchi wrote: if you have not hard reset there router, do that first and see behavior
Thank you for your reply. I did hard reset the router and I continue to have the exact same problems. Sometimes I have a wireless connection, other times I only have Local Network abilities. The PS3 will not accept the DMZ IP and even if I allow the PS3 to setup network connections using "Easy Mode", it fails to connect. The only changes I made in the configuration page are:
- Changed router login IP to 192.168.11.11
- Enabled Wireless Access Card List for laptop and iPod Touch
- Set DHCP range from 192.168.11.12 to 192.168.11.254
- Named both 2.4 and 5 GHz SSIDs to different names.
- Enabled WPA2-PSK [AES] security and entered SSID passwords for both 2.4 and 5 GHz connection.
- Enabled DMZ IP to 192.168.11.150 (for PS3 IP use)
- Set NAT Filtering to Open
- Turned on QOS Internet Access ON
- Set QOS rule for PS3 by LAN Port 1 (which the PS3 is connected to).
I am at a total lose and TBH very upset. I hope I can get this working correctly again. Again, thank you dearly for your solution attempts.- Can anyone help Please?
- make sure you do not have channel interference issues as well
jmizoguchi wrote: make sure you do not have channel interference issues as well
What is the recommended channel for 2.4 GHz? I have used 1, 6, and 11 with the same results. I continue to either have no internet access or it will work for a short period of time. Anything else you see wrong? Is my DHCP range acceptable with my DMZ IP and router login IP change?:confused:- http://www.metageek.net/products/inssider/
you need to use tool and see what is the surrounding like.. if you live in saturated area, you may need to to explore using 5ghz instead of 2.4Ghz because of channel issues, 1,6,11 is non overlap channel and should use those only unless you are in Europe which uses unto 13 channels
