Connection Inconsistency
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Hey all,
I have been using Gargoyle 1.2.5 for some time now on my Fonera 2100, acting as a wireless bridge (but not as a repeater; it runs via ethernet cable into my PC which is on the other side of the house from my router). I initially attempted installing 1.4.x (or somewhere in this relative version region), but it was not stable for my setup, although other variables may have made this the case.
My main network device is a separate PC running pfSense, which is connected to the Linksys router which broadcasts wireless (the pfSense box allocates IP addresses, etc, and the Linksys is running stock firmware on Automatic Configuration- DHCP mode so it does not interfere). The setup has worked fairly well and given me good speeds for the past few months, but I have noticed that occasionally (and especially while gaming) the connection drops for ~20-30 seconds. LoL or SC2 will say "Attempting to Reconnect" for long enough to be disruptive before the connection returns. Furthermore, the odd time after booting up my computer, the ethernet logo will have the yellow exclamation triangle near it. One (or a few) Windows troubleshoots fix the issue, returning a "Default Gateway was not available- Fixed" message.
Should I remove the pfSense box from the equation and revert to using the Linksys as the main network device? I made the switch some months ago figuring it would be more configurable (the Linksys is na EA3500 and cannot have third party firmwares put on it). Is this a pfSense related issue?
EDIT: To my knowledge the issue is related to the assigning and renewal of an IP address to my computer. I have it set to a static IP from pfSense but it appears the main problem is the fact that there are so many intermediaries between the pfSense box and my PC; pfSense–-->Linksys---->Fonera---->my PC.
Regards,
aust77
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bump?