Wireless Router Problems

Everyone knows the frustration that wireless router problems can cause. The internet is so essential to the way people live their lives that to be without it even for a short period can cause mass disruption. If you rely on your wireless internet connection for work then frustration is compounded further and the problems become more infuriating.

This website contains a list of the most frequent questions related to wireless router problems and will hopefully provide adequate fixes to get you up and running again.

Do I need a special code to connect my wireless router to a Time Warner modem?

There isn’t a special “code” that I’m aware of and I’ve done a bit of research that hasn’t turned anything up. Now days all cable modems are plug and play straight out of the box and programmed to work with all broadband routers.  You may need to configure the wireless router slightly to set up security settings and the like but this should be it.

I’ve got so many wireless router problems that I just want to reset the router to its default settings. How do I do this?

One method is to hold down the reset button for 15 seconds with the power on, which should cause all the lights to flash thus indicating a reset.

Another method is below:

* Turn off everything including the modem, the router and the computer.

* Connect the modem to the router’s WAN/Internet port.

* Connect the computer to one of the router’s LAN/Network ports.

* Turn on the modem, wait for a steady connect light.

* Turn on the router, wait for at least two minutes.

* Turn on the computer.

This will solve a variety of wireless router problems.

Is it possible for a wireless router to cause problems for my digital TV antenna? Analog seems fine but my digital TV has gone really fuzzy since I installed my router.

Digital TVs and WiFi bands are on quite different bands (~450MHz – 650MHz) vs (2.4GHz or 5.0GHz for WiFi) so they should conflict with each other at all. That said, if the wireless router is very close to the TV antenna then it could be overloading the digital TV causing distortion. To be sure I suggest you move them 10 feet apart this should sort the problem.

In my wireless router settings I have a noise (dB) rating. What is this and when does it become a wireless router problem?

The noise level refers to the amount of interference to your wireless signal transmitted from your router. The lower this figure is the better, as the less interference the quicker your internet is able to perform. Ideally, all noise levels should be 0dB but that is unlikely to happen. A router can broadcast a signal with up 70dB of noise and still perform without a problem.

Noise is often caused by electromagnetic fields in close proximity to the router. One way of reducingthis is to disconnect all the ringer wires from your telephone sockets, therefore breaking the electromagnetic field it creates. Modem telephones don’t’ require the ringer line to be connected to ring so this won’t cause any other problems.