pjc0715 Posted February 24, 2005 CID Share Posted February 24, 2005 I am having big throughput problems with my dlink DI-524 wireless router. I have XP Pro SP2 and cable modem with Cox. The problem is with my desktop which is hardwired to router. When I first installed it, no problems for about 2-3 weeks. All of a sudden, I started having problems getting to certain sites randomly. Meaning, one second I could get to a site, next second I couldn't. I would test by going to a big site i knew was up like google, but I couldnt get there either. A second later, I could get there. Another big tip was the weather.com extension for firefox would timeout. Anyways, I took the router out of the equation and haven't had any problems. Then I saw that there was a new firmware update for the router put on dlink's site last week which I downloaded and installed on the router. Hooked everything back up and had no problems for about 4 days, then same problems coming up again. In addition, I was having problems (the first time the router went on the fritz) with my windows shell, explorer.exe. It would do some funky stuff, most noticibly, the taskbar at the bottom of the desktop would turn gray. Sometimes it would start blue like normal, turn gray, back to blue, then to gray. Sometimes it was mixed, some sections blue , some gray. Other times it wouldnt load at all. Only way to navigate my hard disk then would be through Ctrl Alt Del and then new task. Also, randomly my audio controller would stop functioning. I went into device manager and it was still listed as working properly, but any audio file I tried opening would trigger an error message (but I could hear windows startup and shutdown sounds). ANYWAY, these problems went away when router was taken out, reappeared when I put it back in. So, anybody have a clue what is the deal here??? Also, I must say I saw on another thread on this site that someone had to change the setting on their NIC to 10baseTX Full Duplex because the auto-sense setting didnt work with the DI-624, which as I understand it, is basically a 524 with a few more features. I tried this about an hour ago and since then I havent had trouble getting to any sites, windows shell loads normally and I'm currently listening to a basketball game over the net, so maybe this was the answer. I just don't see how a router could be causing all these problems, and how something simple like changing that setting on the NIC could fix it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netmasta Posted February 24, 2005 CID Share Posted February 24, 2005 I had the same exact problem with my DI-624 and I did the same "nic fix". Here is D-Link's official word on that: Problems keeping a constant connect to the router Print This is typically an issue with older 10/100BaseT network cards. The problem is the older cards have a hard time establishing a connection speed with the router unit.You can resolve this issue by locking down the speed of your Ethernet card. To correct this problem in WINDOWS XP Step 1 Go to Start> Control Panel > and select Network connections. Step 2 Right click on your network card (for 2000 and XP only)and select Properties. Step 3 Select the Configure button. Step 4 Under the Advanced tab you will see two boxes; Property and Value. Note: Depending on the type of Ethernet card you are using the headings in the Property box will be slightly different. Step 5 Select each heading in the Properties box until the Value box displays the speed of your Ethernet card (it will look like this: Auto-Negotiation, 10Mb Full, 100 MB Half, etc..). You want to select 10mb Full Duplex. Step 6 Keep clicking OK until you get to the desktop. Your computer may ask you to reboot depending on the version of Windows you are running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjc0715 Posted February 24, 2005 Author CID Share Posted February 24, 2005 so you had the exact same problems, including the shell crashing and audio controller problem also? If so, that's great! I havent had any problems since changing that setting on my NIC , so if that was the solution, that is good news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netmasta Posted February 24, 2005 CID Share Posted February 24, 2005 Actually I just had the nic problem. As your other problems, I haven't had those kinds of problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjc0715 Posted February 24, 2005 Author CID Share Posted February 24, 2005 anyone have ideas on these other issues? I havent really found anything doing google searches. maybe they arent related to the router, but they seem to be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjc0715 Posted February 25, 2005 Author CID Share Posted February 25, 2005 after making the change on my NIC, I am still having trouble getting to sites, randomly. Maybe this router is defective? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guoliang Posted March 8, 2005 CID Share Posted March 8, 2005 I have a DI 624 router. I've got a similar problem as to not being able to make connection frequently. I also noticed that every time the prolem shows up all the lights on the router go off and windows reports that network cable has been unplugged. Within seconds it come back on. I have no clue as to what's going on. Anyway I've just reconfigured NIC setting. I don't know whether it solves the problem yet. I hope so. after making the change on my NIC, I am still having trouble getting to sites, randomly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted March 8, 2005 CID Share Posted March 8, 2005 hmm.. you might want to check your setting.. http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=267991 check that link out.. there a known issues with router!!! Many problems have been confirmed with level 3 tech support.. If you want to know what they are I can post them later.. Most of them have to do with interference.. these should be corrected when the next firmware update is released.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjc0715 Posted March 8, 2005 Author CID Share Posted March 8, 2005 well i read those that thread .. my problem isn't quite the same. The router doesn't reboot .. it just randomly can't get to sites. like there's too much noise on the line for the signal to come through. I also thought it might be a DNS problem because there are a couple sites I can get to usually no matter what. Other times I have awesome connectivity and speed. I posted my speeds on another thread and I am sometimes getting almost 8 Mb/s on a 4 Mb/s connection. It's just that when I can't get to those sites sometimes, it really blows. And it usually happens when I am researching something for school. I'll try changing some settings and see if it has an effect. thanks for the info above Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted March 8, 2005 CID Share Posted March 8, 2005 no problem.. what firmware are you running? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjc0715 Posted March 8, 2005 Author CID Share Posted March 8, 2005 3.02, the latest version released just a few weeks ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finnthedog00 Posted May 3, 2013 CID Share Posted May 3, 2013 The Dlink DI-524 is an inept device overall. I've had problems with one of them myself when it wouldn't let me set WPA-PSK, and only by resetting it and running the wizard would I be able to set WEP. Now its showing up as no signal and cannot connect. My advice to spend the extra and grab a good Cisco (linksys) router. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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