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Anyone Elses Broadband Unstable Recently?

  • 07-12-2010 08:10PM
    #1
    Kevinf63
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 169 ✭✭


    As I said in the title is anyone elses broadband being shaky and unreliable since the snow took over? A lot of people I know in the Meath area of Ratoath have no service for hours on Eircom broadband and others on BT too. Usually comes back at around 4-5 o' clock but its a bit iffy. My broadband router either keeps flashing the DSL light with no Internet light lighting up or the Internet light on the router turns red. Anyone else that can confirm they're having problems too?
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  • #2
    allthedoyles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,891 ✭✭✭allthedoyles


    Our wireless connection is unstable at the moment .

    The Eircom router and ethernet connection is working fine


  • #3
    _Kaiser_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 29,612 ✭✭✭✭_Kaiser_


    Little bit further up the road beyond Kells but my eircom DSL seems pretty slow tonight - wouldn't suprise me if water has gotten into lines or something given how hard Meath/Cavan has been hit this week..


  • #4
    dubtom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,084 ✭✭✭dubtom


    My Eircom connection was particularly bad over the weekend. I'm used to congestion at peak times,my router red lights for a few minutes and then comes back on,but Sunday it was evening time before I got a stable connection. I assumed it was from everyone at home using the web rather than bad weather.


  • #5
    vibe666
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,016 ✭✭✭✭vibe666


    allthedoyles wrote: »
    Our wireless connection is unstable at the moment .

    The Eircom router and ethernet connection is working fine
    change the wireless channel. the most common cause is interference from another wireless router in range. chances are, one of your neighbours just got broadband and the installer didn't check what channels were available when he did the initial set up.

    download inSSIDer onto a laptop and have a wander round your house with it to see what other routers are in range and what channels they are using and use that info to find the quietest channel and use that. if the first one you try isn't any better then keep trying as it could be another non-wifi 2.4ghz device causing interference that you can't see using inSSIDer.


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