• Mac overloads router internal bandwidth.
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Alright Facepunch, back again with a problem. Whenever my sister downloads anything bigger than 100mb on her Macbook Pro, Im not exactly sure what happens to the router but terminates everyone else's connections on the network and continues her download. after its done her connection is shut off aswell and I have to restart the router to get it back up and running. Obviously this is terrible in any instance, and I'd like to know how to solve it. The router is an old WRT54G router. I am wired and so is one of the other connections so its not blutooth interference or w/e
Hold the reset button on the back for a wile. A reset to factory fixes any problem with the router (I have the same one).
[QUOTE=Blarg190;23117848]Hold the reset button on the back for a wile. A reset to factory fixes any problem with the router (I have the same one).[/QUOTE] .... Thats what I do to fix it. Im trying to see how to prevent it in the future.
Have you tried flashing the router with the latest firmware?
[QUOTE=liquid_phase;23119370]Have you tried flashing the router with the latest firmware?[/QUOTE] hmm, no I didnt think of that. Anything dangerous about that?
If the power goes out it could fuck up but other than that no.
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