ive narrowed down the issue of my browser hanging after a minute to the router. i noticed that the internet would crap out on my laptop as well. a quick power cycle to my dlink dir 615 returns connectivity to both temporarily
anyone with the same router can comment on their settings? i dont want to have to buy a new router just to have working wifi on playbook at home
I have a 625 that had similar symptoms. On the Dlink site I found a newer version of the firmware, and after I updated to it, the problem went away. You might want to check if there is a newer version than you are running for the 615.
Yep, 615 here too, I too had to do the pulling of the cord ritual daily, changed to only G and haven't had one hangup or needed to pull the plug since, this was months ago.
And funny enough, first gen iPad also crapped out with the N/G setting, also hasn't faltered with just G as well.
Yep, 615 here too, I too had to do the pulling of the cord ritual daily, changed to only G and haven't had one hangup or needed to pull the plug since, this was months ago.
And funny enough, first gen iPad also crapped out with the N/G setting, also hasn't faltered with just G as well.
i read that as well
the thing is i do a lot of streaming of movies and G just doesnt cut it so i cannot downgrade to lower speed
ill look for a firmware before committing to a new router.
i already spent 10 min looking, the DLINK site is so cluttered i cannot find anything haha
and how do i even check what firmware i have on it at the moment? Im new to windows (former mac user) so excuse the ignorance haha.
I just installed the DIR 615 at my daughters house. Had the same issues at first. But once I deleted all the old settings of connections that had been made in various places over time on the laptop all seems to be working just fine. Laptop had been many places all over the world and had lots of saved connections. I think this may have confused things, not sure but it is fine now.
I also have the DIR-615.
I set mode to g & b.
But I think the big stability difference came when I set the cipher to TKIP. While this slows down the traffic for all attached workstations, at least it has given me stability.
In addition to ensuring you are on the latest firmware, also be sure to turn off the auto channel scan feature which someone else here mentioned. I found that with all the other networks in my area, the router would keep switching from channel to channel all the time and would end up in this endless loop of channel changing. The only way out of it was to reboot the router. Annoying.
Another thing to try is reset the router by pressing a paperclip tip into the reset hole and hold it down for a few seconds. This should reset your router to factory settings. Like the others guys said above, that router should work fine with the PB. I know a lot of people have recommended disabling "n" but my experience has been the PB works fine over "n" with my dlink router, DIR-825.
Last edited by PatrickMJS; 03-28-12 at 12:48 PM.
Reason: Clarify
I have a 655 and had the same issue. As others have done, I upgraded the firmware to the most recent and also set it to operate at G instead of mixed b/g/n mode. I never turned off auto channel scan though. With that said everything is working now, but I am annoyed I can't operate it at the N setting. Pointless to have spent money on an N router in that case.
I used a ActionTec PK5000 on a DSL line .I don't have the setting because I am in a different location. It was fast. I downloaded OS2 (405 mb) in 10 minutes. I did 5 PB's on the same router and they all downloaded in 10 minutes. Very impressive compared to my current location which is a lot slower with a Dlink 601.