Q: I have a Netgear WGR614v4 wireless router with two wireless devices connected. Both works . Internet connectivity, their spacing, etc. The problem is that probably at least once an hour, my AOL IM disconnects and then immediately reconnect for no apparent reason. This is on both machines (for reference in case of interest, a machine is less than 10 meters from the router and the other is probably 45-50 feet). I have not noticed from the mainstream surfing the Internet, but I suppose it could happen because AIM disconnects and recovers within half most of the time.
I had 802.11b router Netgears that is almost identical to the model currently 11g got and never had any problems like this with. I upgraded to the latest firmware on Netgears site earlier and it made no difference, which leads me to believe I was a setting on both computers or somewhere in the router configuration I set incorrectly or something. Me do not know much about networking, so Im not really sure where to start solving a problem like this. Id really appreciate any help that anyone could make so I might get this fixed.
Re:I have WGR 614v5 and updated the firmware because I was having the same problem with two separate compoters running xp and zone alarm pro on a wired network and i had to set the firewall control on za to med and not engage the internet lock when away from computers and this solved my problem and also set my security in ie to med defaults and my problem has gone away but befor these changes I basocally had the same problem good luck to the rest of you with this problem. Also when I tuned the za off the problem would go away.
Re:fixed my aim probs but internet still goes horribly slow and sometimes pages don't even attempt to load (just get an instant server not found error)
looks like i'll be hooking my computer up directly to my cable modem for now until i get a new router :\. my parents are out of town so they won't miss their wireless 
Re:HD crashed again on my router. Curse moving parts, looks like I'm back to using the Netgear.
Performed the flash upgrade yesterday, I've been steadily connected to AIM since. :thumbsup:
Re:Originally posted by: guy
Hi,
I've been testing firmware 5.0_07 for a day or so and the AIM disconnect problems seemed to have gone away. So far so good. It is available here http://kbserver.netgear.com/products/wgr614v4.asp but is listed as version 5.0_04.
let's hope this works. i'm tired of the aim disconnects and extremely slow web browsing. i have none of these problems when hooking my computer up directly to the cable modem.
Re:Originally posted by: guy
guy: Are you experiencing the same same problems on the v1 (I assume that is the version that is just wgr614) and v5? I have a v3 router also but it does not experience any problems. I would check the ChangeLog to see if anything has changed that might apply to you. Then again, I like upgrading firmware because I'm obsessive like that. In my case, it fixed my AIM problem.
i don't use aim, but on my v1 i have cable internet and am running a backup server on it. noticed that it would crap out after a significant download. but the cable modem would be fine. it would be in the router.
mb i should update firmware on that one.
the v5 one, i just set up recently with my DSL connection. haven't used it very long. only about a week.
Re:guy: Are you experiencing the same same problems on the v1 (I assume that is the version that is just wgr614) and v5? I have a v3 router also but it does not experience any problems. I would check the ChangeLog to see if anything has changed that might apply to you. Then again, I like upgrading firmware because I'm obsessive like that. In my case, it fixed my AIM problem.
Re:i have two of these, a wgr614 and a wgr614v5
both are in the 1.xxx firmware versions.
worth upgrading firmware?
Re:Hi,
I've been testing firmware 5.0_07 for a day or so and the AIM disconnect problems seemed to have gone away. So far so good. It is available here http://kbserver.netgear.com/products/wgr614v4.asp but is listed as version 5.0_04.
Re:I gave up. {EDIT: No I didn't. See below.}
Re:i have the router and have the same problem. aim disconnects randomly then reconnects, and also, websites load quite slowly and sometimes fail to load at all (then i would click refresh and it would load fine). i thought it may be my bandwith but download and upload speeds are great 600KBdown/45KB/up. i tried removing my router and connecting my computer directly to my cable modem and voila…great connection without drops and internet load problems. wonder when there will be an official fix for this…i don't feel like buying yet ANOTHER router. i've already been through 2 linksys and now this.
Re:Finally got tired of the router dropping wireless connections (literally, no laptop could connect, apparently the router timed out; tried with IBM a/b/g & Broadcom 54G), so I exchanged it @ BBY (I had a v4 and got a v5). If you get the right CSR @ BBY, they will let you swap it out for the same thing as long as you bring them the router & power cord. Of course it helps that I used to work at that store
Re:Well, I tried setting the MTU to 1450 and 1400, and I still get the disconnection problems in AIM.
I noticed there is a selection under Port Forwarding for AIM. This is normally for when you are running a server, but I wonder if we have to set the exception for AIM anyway? File transfers still seem to work fine without it.
Also, I found the following article as the top hit for "Netgear MTU" on google:
http://kbserver.netgear.com/kb_web_files/n100603.asp
I have not changed the MTU of my workstation's NIC, this may be why those fixes haven't worked. For some reason, DrTCP reports my NIC's settings incorrectly, making me reluctant to use it to make changes. I hope this doesn't have anything to do with XP SP2.. !
Re:Actually, I'm on a university LAN right now
Super FAST!But that's good info for the future!
Re:EDIT My router's MTU is set to 1500 by default. Any benefit to increasing this
if you increase ur internet might not work or slow down, cause 1500 is for cable modems, and 1492 is for DSL modems
Re:Hey all, for some odd frickin' reason this has JUSt started happening to me too.
I've had the 5.02 firmware on it since I got it last fall. In the past few days, no laptops would connect wirelessly but my desktop stays connected wired just fine. AIM cuts off fairly frequently lately, altho its not unheard of as a daily event (school network I think).
I noticed that my router has seemed unusually warm the past few days for some odd reason. Board overheating after six months maybe? I've never heard of long term problems with Netgear routers, but….
I'm going to change the router channel as there are a few other routers in the area and try resetting to default.
EDIT My router's MTU is set to 1500 by default. Any benefit to increasing this?
Re:I have a WGR614 v4 and experience the same problem, connected via ethernet cable. Googling suggests changing the MTU, but there is no consensus on what number to use. I'll try 1450 and see how it works.
Re:and NEVER UPGRADE A ROUTER WIRELESSLY…
Re:Whatever you do don't download the 3.xx firmware if you own the v4 model I did and now I have a dead router.
Shawn
Re:Best thing to do is try to change the MTU to 1450
and also try changing your network card speed to 10half duplex, could be your nick cant keep up to the router, i had the same issues with a dlink ..give it a try
and if its wireless , change the channel to 11 ( play around with them) and set the preamble to long preamble on the router.
Re:I'm having the same problem. I read over at DSL reports that another model of Wireless router was doing the samething and they fixed it by downgrading firmwares. I'm going to try downgrading as well. I'll report back.
Shawn
Re:Hate to bump an old thread like this, but I wanted to update and make note that I turned off wireless and I'm using the wired connection to my laptop and I still get dropped from AIM. Thanks in advance for any help at all.
Re:guy: Did you have any specific settings in mind for me to check? Are you talking about WEP, MAC filtering, that sort of thing? If so, none of that is on right now while I try to figure this out. Our house is far back from the street and far from our neighbors, so I'm not really concerned about anyone getting on our network that's not supposed to be.
buckmacuck: Shouldn't be anything with dynamic address changes. I'm using static IPs for all of my machines.
Re:FWIW I see a similar problem using a DG814 – and it's not on AOL! I use MSMessenger and it does much the same – as does listening to radio (BBC here in the UK) which will periodically just dump.
Could it coincide with dynamic address changes? I'm on BT broadband which is a dynamic IP only conncetion and the IP changes all the time.
Cheers, Chris B
Re:what are your security settings?
Re:Anyone? Any help at all would be greatly appreciated.
Re:Likewise
I have no idea what might be causing this. As far as I can tell, it's just AIM that does it. I don't think I've ever noticed being disconnected from an ftp or from regular browsing. Just AIM. I'd call Netgear but I'm sure they'd just give me the runaround and not help.Re:I have the exact same problem – I have the latest firmware. It's not cool at all. If you hear of a fix let me know.
Re:Bump for any help at all.
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