Mark Bolton
03-26-2014, 10:49 AM
Hey all,
Have a situation that Im wondering if some of the tech savvy may have some input on. I have Frontier DSL here at the shop and ever since it was installed Ive had an issue where every morning when I get here, or even if I pack up my laptop and go to a customers for a while, when I return I have to cycle the modem to have internet access. The computer will see the remembered network, password, and so on, however it will log on to the network but never get passed "connected with limited access". It hits this point even after cycling but quickly switches to "connected" and all is fine. Initially when the DSL was installed (years ago) this happened and I called tech support and the tech, while advising against it, said to try taking off the password leaving the network wide open which solved the problem. I could walk into the shop at any time and have access (which I loved). I have no neighbors and am in a rural area but on a main street so technically someone could park in front of the shop and get on but I highly doubt there are many mischievous hackers sitting on a busy street in my hillbilly town but maybe so.
Back to the situation, a couple weeks ago there was an issue with one of my email accounts which required re-setting passwords and the tech wanted the password back on the router so we put one back on and poof. Here we are right back to walking in every day, and sometimes multiple times a day, having to cycle that modem and its very irritating. I just got off the line with Frontier Tech support and after explaining it the tech basically just said he can think of no work around or solution and thought perhaps the laptop was forgetting the settings or something but still nothing after telling him I mere click the on/off on the modem and its fine.
It almost seems like the modem times-out or something or goes to sleep? Just wondering if any of you have any ideas or thoughts. I would really love to have it setup to where anyone that comes in doesnt require a password but that doesnt seem to be the best solution.
Thanks for any input.
Have a situation that Im wondering if some of the tech savvy may have some input on. I have Frontier DSL here at the shop and ever since it was installed Ive had an issue where every morning when I get here, or even if I pack up my laptop and go to a customers for a while, when I return I have to cycle the modem to have internet access. The computer will see the remembered network, password, and so on, however it will log on to the network but never get passed "connected with limited access". It hits this point even after cycling but quickly switches to "connected" and all is fine. Initially when the DSL was installed (years ago) this happened and I called tech support and the tech, while advising against it, said to try taking off the password leaving the network wide open which solved the problem. I could walk into the shop at any time and have access (which I loved). I have no neighbors and am in a rural area but on a main street so technically someone could park in front of the shop and get on but I highly doubt there are many mischievous hackers sitting on a busy street in my hillbilly town but maybe so.
Back to the situation, a couple weeks ago there was an issue with one of my email accounts which required re-setting passwords and the tech wanted the password back on the router so we put one back on and poof. Here we are right back to walking in every day, and sometimes multiple times a day, having to cycle that modem and its very irritating. I just got off the line with Frontier Tech support and after explaining it the tech basically just said he can think of no work around or solution and thought perhaps the laptop was forgetting the settings or something but still nothing after telling him I mere click the on/off on the modem and its fine.
It almost seems like the modem times-out or something or goes to sleep? Just wondering if any of you have any ideas or thoughts. I would really love to have it setup to where anyone that comes in doesnt require a password but that doesnt seem to be the best solution.
Thanks for any input.