I finally installed the router I had and now it’s worse than my dial-up. I have my other computer that has dsl and the computer I use has dial-up. I had to fianlly install the router due the phone calls missed. The router works fine, but here’s my problem. The router disconnects me so much from the internet and the signal says it’s low or very low. How do I have a “high” signal or “medium” signal? What’s with this low signal? Why the disconnections? When I’m on dial-up I never get disconnected. I’m back on dial-up because I’m tired of the interruptions.
What is the router and rest of the hardware involved? Is it a wireless connection?
It’s a Trendnet Router. I have a router plugged in so I guess it’s not wireless and I have a piece plugged into my usb. USB adapter. I’m sorry if this sounds dumb, but I know nothing about routers. It’s a miracle I hooked this up. It came with 2 cds to download. I switched the plug for the dsl to the back of the router to make it work and it does.
Well, perhaps this will help:
All routers will plug directly to your cable/dsl modem. A ‘wireless router’ is a router that can provide internet access to your computers without the computers being connected with a wire to the router. If your router has a little plastic aeriel coming out of it, this is what you’ve got.
The ‘connection strength’ is only applicable to wireless connection. When you use network cable, it either works or it doesn’t. If the USB adapter you plugged in to your PC isn’t plugged in to anything else, then it’s a wireless adapter. (Probably one of these.)
Assuming the above, this basically means that your router and the USB adapter you’ve put in your PC are too far apart, or there’s some interference with it.
I’d personally recommend plugging your PC in to your router with network cable, but if that’s not an option, you can try re-positioning either the router or the USB tranceiver for better reception, or changing the frequency (channel) your router uses. Your manual will have instructions on how to accomplish the latter.
As to your question about why it disconnects so much more, well, before it was directly wired - now you’re using radio frequencies. The one is much more reliable than the other.