Hixs
Distinguished Member
Evening,
So we're possibly in the market for a new router. Our current one is an Orange Livebox which is steadily getting worse (assuming it's the box). It keeps throwing out a multitude of errors -
DNS failures
Default gateway is not available
Wifi doesn't have a valid IP
Network config errors
etc etc
This use to happen occasionally, but for the last few weeks it can happen as often as every few minutes. Sometimes pulling the home plugs solves it, sometimes turning the router off at the mains solves it, and sometimes nothing works at all.
Changing supplier/getting faster internet is not an option. Orange are the only supplier, and the 1mb adsl we get is the only available option.
If a new router might help, we're in need of a dual band one as we've both recently got new laptops which support the newer 5ghz frequency. Range isn't an issue as no router will cover the house due to size and thickness of internal stone walls. We use homeplugs to extend the signal which isn't ideal due to the age of the wiring, but they work OK most of the time.
So we're possibly in the market for a new router. Our current one is an Orange Livebox which is steadily getting worse (assuming it's the box). It keeps throwing out a multitude of errors -
DNS failures
Default gateway is not available
Wifi doesn't have a valid IP
Network config errors
etc etc
This use to happen occasionally, but for the last few weeks it can happen as often as every few minutes. Sometimes pulling the home plugs solves it, sometimes turning the router off at the mains solves it, and sometimes nothing works at all.
Changing supplier/getting faster internet is not an option. Orange are the only supplier, and the 1mb adsl we get is the only available option.
If a new router might help, we're in need of a dual band one as we've both recently got new laptops which support the newer 5ghz frequency. Range isn't an issue as no router will cover the house due to size and thickness of internal stone walls. We use homeplugs to extend the signal which isn't ideal due to the age of the wiring, but they work OK most of the time.
