stagger321
Occasional Visitor
Hi there,
Having strange issues that happen a few times a day on my home network, that have a me a little baffled.
Like a lot of people here I have many LAN and WLAN devices in my home - phones, tablets, netbooks etc etc
However I try where possible to use hard-wired CAT5 cabling for my static devices. I also use a couple of 5 and 8 way unmanaged switches (one in office, one near TV unit.
Where CAT5 is not possible I have deployed 4 x TrendNet 500mbps Homeplugs. One is connected to the router, another to my sons xbox, one to my NAS and the other in the office connected to a switch (connecting main PC, printer/scanner etc)
The only problem I have on this setup is the Office PC. All other WLAN, and LAN devices connect 24x7 without any issues.
The office PC however will on occasion - maybe a dozen times a day lose connection to the network - for a couple of minutes maybe, not just internet, but to the router and every device on the network.
Its almost like its losing a lease to the router.
There is nothing I can think of that is being switched on at the time to affect or interfere with the traffic.
I have tried swapping the homeplugs round, changing the router, the cat5 cables, the switches, pretty much everything except the mains (lol) to see if I can get to the bottom of the problem.
Suggestions welcome - like is there anything (ideally free ) I can run to trap where the problem lies.
Cheers
Stagger.
Having strange issues that happen a few times a day on my home network, that have a me a little baffled.
Like a lot of people here I have many LAN and WLAN devices in my home - phones, tablets, netbooks etc etc
However I try where possible to use hard-wired CAT5 cabling for my static devices. I also use a couple of 5 and 8 way unmanaged switches (one in office, one near TV unit.
Where CAT5 is not possible I have deployed 4 x TrendNet 500mbps Homeplugs. One is connected to the router, another to my sons xbox, one to my NAS and the other in the office connected to a switch (connecting main PC, printer/scanner etc)
The only problem I have on this setup is the Office PC. All other WLAN, and LAN devices connect 24x7 without any issues.
The office PC however will on occasion - maybe a dozen times a day lose connection to the network - for a couple of minutes maybe, not just internet, but to the router and every device on the network.
Its almost like its losing a lease to the router.
There is nothing I can think of that is being switched on at the time to affect or interfere with the traffic.
I have tried swapping the homeplugs round, changing the router, the cat5 cables, the switches, pretty much everything except the mains (lol) to see if I can get to the bottom of the problem.
Suggestions welcome - like is there anything (ideally free ) I can run to trap where the problem lies.
Cheers
Stagger.
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