My laptop wont hold connection to my router HELP!

[pretty 80s baby]

I have a compaq computer with a belkin router... I have restarted the router and modem several times. I am running windows vista.



Can somebody help me out?

Thank you

 

[pr0phecy718]

sorry, I have no idea but

you might get answers quickly in a Tech forum

 

[ridikuloz]

your laptop loses the connection or your router keeps shutting off? if it's the first one, upgrade your wifi card to a stronger one. if it's the secondone, change the router, it might be faulty.

 

[rocman23]

contact your isp

 

[sn00pee]

first, try upgrading your router's firmware.
second, make sure you're settings are good. I have a netgear router that kept periodically reconnecting on me because of the settings.
third, google it. if you done step 3 already, do it some more, and better.
if all else fails, throw that

out the window and get a better router.

 

[pretty 80s baby]

lol ok let me try upgrading the firmware

 

[kingofny04]

How do you update the firmware?

 

[soltheman]

Originally Posted by kingofny04

How do you update the firmware?

Different routers do it different. The most universal way is to log into the router itself and have it check for an update. The address to your router isusually something like 192.1.1.0. You can find it in small print somewhere on the router itself in most cases.

 

[JayDean03]

what does it say on your internet connection status while your router is on?

 

[kingofny04]

Where do I get the firmware update for linksys if there is one.?