I'm surprised that this was not mentioned directly: the need for a wi-fi extender. I would intermitently lose my connection for years, and discovered that just going through a few walls would impair the strength of the signal, causing me to lose it at times. Finally, I tried a cheap plug-in extender which would boost the singal enough to eliminate the problem. So simple, but it took years to discover the solution !
That is a good option. In my case I bought some Orbi WiFi extenders. Although it improved the connection I ultimately started to have connection issues. What fixed the problem was buying a modern router that could support up to 300 devices. The router that I had could only support 30 devices. I think that was the problem that cause my connection issues.
My Starlink equipment got rebooted 10 days ago when we had a 3-hour-long power outage. I wasn't even having any router problems. As for bad cables, years ago, my now ex sister-in-law called me up and said when she booted her pc she got 'keyboard error' but as she looked behind it, everything looked good. Ok, I'll drive over. Upon additional examination, I discovered that her keyboard cord (it was one of those curled ones) was going under the desk and to the back of the pc. And yes, it did look ok. Ah, but wait, there it was: part of the insulation was ripped/chewed/scratched away and you could see the internal wires. Yeah, her 2 cats had played with it and over time eventually stripped the insulation away and ripped one of the wires. Off we went to CompUSA (like I said, yeas ago) to get her a new keyboard. And she said she'd keep the door to the room closed from now on. I don't have any pets, but I will be running some Ethernet wires in my scuttle attic and when it comes into my office, I'm just gonna have a cable guide to cover it (more for decor than anything else). But that would keep curious animals away from it should you have it coming down your room's corner area.
Just FYI. My Archer AXE95 can be fiddled in the settings to automatically reboot once a week at a time convenient for me. Also, I have auto updates setup. I've had the thing for over a year without any issues sans for those caused by my ISP.
Another common cause of intermittent internet is a fault in the line(s) which connect your house to the ISP/IXP outside. The environment and other humans interact with them which makes them quite vulnerable to damage, especially when someone is trimming their hedge outside then they go through the wire. Happened to me most recently😒
When this happens to me, and rebooting the router doesn't work, I bypass the router by plugging the modem directly into the computer. If I then have an internet connection, then the issue is router-related.
Do you think it is possible for the ISP to purposely (Jam) the router.. all mentioned in this I have determined not to be the issue. However I have paranoid 😊 suspicions that this maybe the reason as it tends to only affect my Streaming Box (losing Internet connection) with full 5G signal strength and all other devices that are connected to the router are working perfectly. (So.. any hint or clue) How to prove this would be great ... Thanks for reading. 👍
@@askleonotenboom Well you wouldn't think so but whenever this happens it's very suspicious. (The ISP) Is also in the business of providing a cable package that I don't have... I only stream from another company TV service.. it raises questions?¿?¿.
NO! Routers, computers DO NOT get “confused”! Beyond bad settings, network issues are dead simple for the ones that care to actually know: Cause #1: Bugs and memory leaks in routers. Must get router devices that can be updated and you must be able to update them. #2: Old/cheap routers with not enough memory to keep the connections table. More memory and cpu needed to keep more states and shuffle more data. That’s it! The rest are hardware/configuration issues. Including the Ethernet switches and end devices/OS. Examples: bad power supply, bad cables or connections, overheat, old devices with bad capacitors, etc. I would not give that “advice” to delete tte network interface so it gets recreated! At that point, it is a windows issue and usually resetting the tcp stack fixes strange issues. But “weird” issues could mean a virus or data integrity issues, so I may verify hardware/cables and reinstall OS to ensure a known, safe, CLEAN, functional state!
Oh Wise One, please instruct the mere ignorant masses how to increase ram without breaking the warranty - if that is even possible at all. Personally I think you area full of 💩 as when my router goes down I just unplug for 20 sec and it's good to go (unless the ISP is down).
The random behavior of a router is when its a consumer Router like a Linksys or Belkin are a Joke or even Netgear too non mesh ones I Use a prosumer router meant to be on a year or more like a Peplink router they just work I use separate access points like the pepwave peplink access points too
