Networking Problemas

[v-vo]

Me here again,

yet another problem..

In the apt building I staying, we have a 10mb flow connection downstairs..
A LAN cable is connected to a downstairs router (common Linksys ones uz see everwhere) from which two other LAN cables connect from the downstairs router (via 2 of the 4 Lan ports) n those go to other routers..same types..(upstairs n back)

now, with that said, this is my problem..
it seems, internet works fine for a couple mins..then, BOOM..cant load any pages, BUT u can still chat via msn and download stuff once u started the download n signed onto msn BEFORE u cant load pages..
Temporary solution to this - unplug Downstairs router, plug it back on..n sites load once more......for a couple mins..n same thing again.. switched around routers...flashed over the routers..same scenario..
This happening months now..

So i'm wondering if this is fixable?

on a side note..there are 10 apts downstairs, 10 upstairs and about 4 or 5 in d back..to give an idea of the 'load' on the routers

Thanks for all the help in advance.

[v-vo]

bump

[Sky]

all requests, data transfers etc wrt the interpasses through that one router, despite having 2 other routers. After 16 clients these routers kick people off randomly and give trouble in general. You need a better router to handle so many clients.

[v-vo]

i figured..should be gettin new ones soon..hopefully.

[wagonrunner]

all requests, data transfers etc wrt the interpasses through that one router, despite having 2 other routers. After 16 clients these routers kick people off randomly and give trouble in general. You need a better router to handle so many clients.

that's true. they also do the same rubbish when traffic stays high for long periods of time.
the way i worked around it however was with <a href="http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/index">DD-WRT</a>.
since loading this on my WRT54G, it has been taking the jamming, and still responding to my usage queries without needing resetting.

[v-vo]

all requests, data transfers etc wrt the interpasses through that one router, despite having 2 other routers. After 16 clients these routers kick people off randomly and give trouble in general. You need a better router to handle so many clients.

that's true. they also do the same rubbish when traffic stays high for long periods of time.
the way i worked around it however was with <a href="http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/index">DD-WRT</a>.
since loading this on my WRT54G, it has been taking the jamming, and still responding to my usage queries without needing resetting.

well we using DD-WRT too..same problem..

[wagonrunner]

A LAN cable is connected to a downstairs router (common Linksys ones uz see everwhere) from which two other LAN cables connect from the downstairs router (via 2 of the 4 Lan ports) n those go to other routers..same types..(upstairs n back)

in ports 1-4?
or in the internet port?

[v-vo]

1-4 yep

[orie34]

think u need to check dhcp pool in each router, seems it may have a conflict,

[benko]

or to be more specific only enable dhcp on one router and use the others as switches unless you require some weird bridging mode setup (you're on your own there)

[buzz]

attach the 2 routers to the other 2 PC's and configure ICS ?


but all would still run through the same interface tho

[xauss]

If all 3 routers are configured with the default LAN IP, then thaz your problem.

They would all have a LAN IP of 192.168.1.1

So downstairs router would have 192.168.1.1 on its LAN interface and an internet IP from the Flow on its WAN interface (internet port). This is fine.

Upstairs and Back would also have 192.168.1.1 on their LAN interface, but would have a 192.168.1.x IP on their WAN interface. They would get "confused" because they essentially trying to "route" traffic within the same network (192.168.1.x)

Try to change the LAN IP of the Upstairs and Back router to something like:

Upstairs: 192.168.20.1
Back: 192.168.10.1

Reboot everything just to be sure. It shouldn't drop off anymore.