Network drops with more than 1 connection
My home network won’t support more that 1 connection. I’m in my living room connetced wirelessly (or I’m in my room connected through Ethernet) and my Dad is in the basement connected through Ethernet. Everything works fine for about 30 minutes then the connection drops and I have to reset the system. After I reset, the connection stays up for about 30 more minutes and then drops again. This is getting really frustrating!!! Could it be a hardware problem (my current cable modem is about 12 years old), software/firmware problem (my router’s firmware probably needs updating), or bandwidth limits placed on my account by Comcast?
Everything works fine when it’s just me trying to connect, but whenever my Dad is working from home (such as this week) and we both are online at the same time, this problem happens.
1. Update the firmware in the Router, if it needs it.
2. Make sure the DHCP setting of the router has enough available IP addresses. If you want 3 computers and a wireless printer and a PS3 all connected at the same time you need 5 IP addresses allocated for DHCP on the router.
Other considerations include securing the router with WPA or WPA2. This will prevent unauthorized wireless access. It has no impact on Ethernet connections.
UPDATED: BOOTED FROM COMCAST
