WNR2200 - Have to reboot everyday

[mcayland]

FWIW my Dad had a similar problem and with a bit of research I found the following:

http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.lin....general/82742

This suggests that it's a router bug meaning that if the wireless channel setting is set to Auto on a 802.11n capable router, it doesn't allow connections at 802.11g (54Mbps) speeds after a certain time.

I gave my Dad the instructions to switch the wireless channel selection from its default of "Auto" to a fixed channel such as 6 and according to him since he did this its been running fine with no drop-out for 3 weeks now

Note the end of above thread suggests that a bug report is to be raised to Netgear but I have no idea on what the status of this is - at least last time I checked a couple of weeks ago there were no new firmware updates available.

[KenosisStern]

Thanks! I had the exact same problem, and switching from "Auto" to a fixed channel seems to have solved the issue. To recap:

1. Log into the WNR2200 router administrative GUI, the "NETGEAR genie":
   
   • http://192.168.1.1
     
   • username "admin"
     
   • default password "password"
2. Select Advanced to display the "Advance Home" page.
   
3. Either select Wireless Settings on the Advanced Home page, or in the menu select Setup > Wireless Setup. This displays the Wireless Settings page.
   
4. Change the selected value for the Channel dropdown list to any value other than "Auto".
   • Channels 1, 6 or 11 seem to be recommended, ref.: http://compnetworking.about.com/od/w...ifichannel.htm
5. Click Apply to commit the change.

Again, thanks to user mcayland for pointing me in the right direction!

-KS

[kenbrase]

I had to reboot every couple of days but I went and blocked all other open wireless networks on my adapter. Haven't had to reboot for 2 weeks now.

[kenbrase]

I had to reboot daily and changed the mode to 54Mbps and haven't had to reboot since.