DGL-4300 going slowly?

[trick0502]

i am having a lot of problems with my dling dgl 4300. this router has been rock solid for years for me but lately i am having a lot of problems. a few times a day i just lose connection (to the router). This happens on three different computer using three different wlan chipsets.

i used inSSIDer to see what is around for networks, and to see what channels they are using. i tried setting it to the least used channel but that didnt work. in fact, setting it to one channel made things worse. i have the best results when i leave spread spectrum on. right now i am on channel 9 (i know, i know!).

also sending files from one pc to another over wireless is really slow. i mean kps in the 400's. could this be caused by the encryption? security is set to wpa-personal (wpa2), should i try something different?

i turned off the super g mode since i am not using it and set it to g only (seeing as i only have g devices). there is nothing connected to the local lan ports, would this affect anything?

could it just be on its way out? it is on the older side?

 

[Nasty_Savage]

I'm using the 4500 Xtreme at the moment, I was having those same issues and a firmware update fixed it. I would check there first....

 

[trick0502]

im using the latest (and final) firmware released. it has been running better (fingers crossed) since i plugged in a wired client. im not sure why this would make a difference but it has.

 

[Mav451]

Unless you're at the upper limits of wireless (let's say 5MB/s+), I doubt encryption o/h is even entering the equation. As for losing connection to the router, that is definitely odd + you confirmed that with your testing already, hmmm.

I mean, barring a huge change (i.e. lightning storm, f/w flash), this sounds like purely a hardware issue. Check for dust? Otherwise I guess see if anything is showing up in the logs?