I'm sorry but this will be a long post - it is driving me crazy.
Just before Thanksgiving my belkin wireless dual band router just stopped broadcasting on the 2.4 band. The 5 band still worked (my wife's phone could still connect to it no problem).
My cell is a motorola Razr maxx and only works on the 2.4. I have an app (wifi analyzer) that allows me to see what is happening with my network - specifically when i would try to connect to my network - my network name would be listed but as soon as I hit "connect" it would disappear. Only to come back into the list saying "MYNETWORK saved, secured WPA/WPA2". Every time I would try to connect same thing. Contemporaneously, I would check the network activity using wifi analyzer and could see that roughly each time I tried to connect to my network - it would drop off completely.
Ok - after scouring the internet - it does seem that a wireless router can stopp broadcasting on the 2.4 and still have the 5 band work. (btw - my pc is hardwired through the router and is not affected).
So I bought a new Linksys 3500 dual band router. I installed it and it has worked fine....up until yesterday.
Now I have the same problem. While my wife's phone still works on the 5 band it will not work on the 2.4. In fact nothing will work on the 2.4. Could I have just bought a crappy router?
I'm not sure what pertinent info to list...
Cell Stratosphere - works on 5 band not 2.4
Cell Android razr maxx - will not connect on 2.4 (5 is not an option)
Kindle - can not connect on 2.4
Roku - can not connect on 2.4
Tivo - can not connect on 2.4
Older Linksys modem works with no problem.
PC (sefl-built) running Windows 7 64 bit (w/ Norton) is not having any problems with connectivity - as it is hard-wired into the router.
I've switched the 2.4 broadcast channel from 1 through 11. Nothing.
I've cycled both the modem and the router about a dozen times - does not fix the issue.
I have reset the router back to factory settings 3 times - no fix
I am using WPA/WPA2 - but I have changed the router to run as unprotected - nothing changes.
I've even out of desperation gone back and tried restoring my system to earlier restore points just to see if anything would happen. zilch.
So did i just catch some bad luck by buying a faulty router? Or am I missing something? It seems implausible that I could have 2 routers where the 2.4 band died within 2 months?
Any suggestions? I really don't want to have to buy another router.
any help would be unbelievably appreciated!
Joe
Just before Thanksgiving my belkin wireless dual band router just stopped broadcasting on the 2.4 band. The 5 band still worked (my wife's phone could still connect to it no problem).
My cell is a motorola Razr maxx and only works on the 2.4. I have an app (wifi analyzer) that allows me to see what is happening with my network - specifically when i would try to connect to my network - my network name would be listed but as soon as I hit "connect" it would disappear. Only to come back into the list saying "MYNETWORK saved, secured WPA/WPA2". Every time I would try to connect same thing. Contemporaneously, I would check the network activity using wifi analyzer and could see that roughly each time I tried to connect to my network - it would drop off completely.
Ok - after scouring the internet - it does seem that a wireless router can stopp broadcasting on the 2.4 and still have the 5 band work. (btw - my pc is hardwired through the router and is not affected).
So I bought a new Linksys 3500 dual band router. I installed it and it has worked fine....up until yesterday.
Now I have the same problem. While my wife's phone still works on the 5 band it will not work on the 2.4. In fact nothing will work on the 2.4. Could I have just bought a crappy router?
I'm not sure what pertinent info to list...
Cell Stratosphere - works on 5 band not 2.4
Cell Android razr maxx - will not connect on 2.4 (5 is not an option)
Kindle - can not connect on 2.4
Roku - can not connect on 2.4
Tivo - can not connect on 2.4
Older Linksys modem works with no problem.
PC (sefl-built) running Windows 7 64 bit (w/ Norton) is not having any problems with connectivity - as it is hard-wired into the router.
I've switched the 2.4 broadcast channel from 1 through 11. Nothing.
I've cycled both the modem and the router about a dozen times - does not fix the issue.
I have reset the router back to factory settings 3 times - no fix
I am using WPA/WPA2 - but I have changed the router to run as unprotected - nothing changes.
I've even out of desperation gone back and tried restoring my system to earlier restore points just to see if anything would happen. zilch.
So did i just catch some bad luck by buying a faulty router? Or am I missing something? It seems implausible that I could have 2 routers where the 2.4 band died within 2 months?
Any suggestions? I really don't want to have to buy another router.
any help would be unbelievably appreciated!
Joe