Windows 7 W7 killing router?

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stregone1017

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Hi all, I'm new here and having a go at W7.

My problem: When ever i do certain things online that require large amounts of bandwidth my router seems to crap out and i have to restart it for it to gain internet access again. If i plug directly to my modem everything is fine so thats how i've come to the conclusion that its my router. It only seems to happen when im playing video games like WoW and occasionally CS:S, generally anything where there might be large ammounts of packet transfers. Heres a little info to help.

Router: linksys BEFSR41 v2 firmware 1.45
Network card: Realtek RTL8168B/8111B Family PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet
running w7 RC 7100

I've also tried unchecking IPv6 for good measure since my router is old, and forwarding any and all used ports for the applications that seem to kill it. For the record this doesnt happen in my XP or Vista 64 install.

Any ideas?
 
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When the router drops have you looked at your W7 events log? Check for an error condition during the time frame that you have the problem. Go to control panel, select admin tools, event viewer.
 
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As I said before man. Your problem sounds like the problem a lot of older Linksys owners are having, and it's not the router cutting out, it's your windows settings causeing your network adapter (in your PC) to crash, if you've got another PC you can plug that into the router to see if it stays connected when the Windows 7 machine has DCed.

I've yet to find a concrete solution but it seems to have something to do with older routers/cards not likeing IPv6 so you should start by disableing that from the Network and Sharing Center. I've also read posts from a few people claiming they managed to fix it by forceing W7 to rollback to Vista drivers but that hasn't worked for me. I also put my W7 PC on a static local IP which seemed to make it a bit more stable but I might just be imagineing it.
 
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eddiepscetti said:
Maybe check the firmware on the router as well and update it if necessary?
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Yeah actually...a few people have said that replaceing the Linksys firmware with the Tomato third party one helped. Make sure you know what you are doing though or you could brick your router.
 
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Its not the adapter, i have 3 PC's on the router and they all disconnect. I physically went and check the router during a disconnect and it was restarting itself after what im guessing was a forced crash

As i stated in my original posts ive tried many different firmwares, however not the tomatoes one, and i have tried disabling IPv6 to no help either.

Ill check the events later and post results if there are any, as well as most likely try the 3rd party firmware
 
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Could this be an MTU size issue? What is the router MTU size? May be caused when a retransmit occurs and W& sets MTU larger than router can handle????
 
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Hello,

I have read through the entire thread, I would like to forward an update on my (seemingly similar) situation.

I had an AirLink101 MIMO xx525 wireless (and wired) router, that failed here (worked great at my GF house)

I replaced it with a D-Link DIR-615 wireless N router (with a internal four port switch) it worked for a while then did the exact same thing as the AirLink101 router, which was random disconnections and reboots.

I placed an old UPS fan that I salvaged from a Gigantic college backup unit years ago (it is 110v ) about the size of a larger case fan from a PC and it is simply blowing over (and under) the D-Link router.

I haven't had one reboot or disconnection from my network since.

as for my network: One old VAIO with Ethernet connection running WIN 7RC, one newer Vista machine with an Ethernet connection, one newer Toshiba laptop running Win 7 RC with a wireless N connection and one new laptop running VISTA with a G connection.
I did change the router setting to broadcast on ch 11 and to use WPA-AES, as the WPA2 seemed to hose it up faster.

as of today I am up and running with no seeming problems

now I will admit I have some experience with network configurations and problems as I have been a BETA tester for about 8 years, for MS, NovaStor (some heavy duty backup systems tape drives SCSI and network backups WHEW) and others

and it seems sometimes the simplest resolutions are the resolutions.

so Please don't flame me when I put forward a solution as it worked for me.

I also listened to one person that said that a OS cannot Overload a router and on the surface I accept that, however my solution seems to be working (here) with two different routers of different manufactures and I have never had this problem until Win 7 RC (even the BETA worked without a problem, figure that one out)

Good luck in all your quests for solutions.

Jones
 
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