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I'm using Windows XP.
Every hour or so my wireless router goes down, and everyone can't connect to Internet for a couple of minutes. If I right click on my network connection, and choose Repair, I usually get Internet back quicker.
Is there a way I can automatically have it try to repair the connection once it goes down? Can I write a program to do this if there isn't a built-in setting?
EDIT: My router is a Linksys WRT110 with firmware version 1.0.04. I have cable Internet. The signal is 100%. I live in an apartment complex, and there are about 15 other Wi-Fi networks visible to me, not sure if that makes any difference.
2Somebody's going to ask, so... what's wrong with your router? Wouldn't it be better to fix that? – Nathaniel – 2010-02-10T06:56:36.980
@nathaniel Yea, I would like to fix that preferably, I don't know whats wrong with it though. I had this problem, then I bought a new router and still have the same problem. I don't know if its because they are cheap routers or if its something else. And I know its not my computer because my roommate's computers get disconnected too. – Kyle – 2010-02-10T17:03:45.310
"Cheap routers" is a good starting point. You have several options, and a few things you should do anyways. Options: buy a better router (we don't what you have), upgrade your router firmware to something like Tomato or DD-WRT, and whatever router you use, make sure that it is configured, secured, and physically located (nothing blocking signal, good antennas) correctly. – Joe Internet – 2010-02-10T20:49:23.387
Maybe your router have a "Keep Alive" option, this option reboots the router every given time. Also the memory of the router can be full so it reboots automatically.
As Joe Internet says you could upgrade the firmware to DD-WRT so you can have more control over what happens with the router. – octa – 2010-02-10T22:09:52.443
@Octa I checked and I don't use a Keep Alive setting. – Kyle – 2010-02-12T15:58:08.767