I'm connected to the internet wirelessly through an airport extreme (the older UFO, 802.11g kind) and I find my internet access is commonly temporarily "stopping". One computer is hooked directly into the airport, and one is connected wirelessly. The airport is then plugged into a modem, that itself plugs into the phone line (at&t dsl).
Sometimes my airport status in the menu bar lists itself as "disconnecting" then will reconnect after 20 or so seconds. Other times there is no visible status change but any file I'm downloading will stop. If it occurs when I'm playing an online game, such as WoW, I will pause and then be disconnected from the server. Other times I will simply "lag out" for 10-20 seconds then everything will move in fast-forward as I catch back up to the server.
During such outages I've found that I can browse and transfer files over the local network. Which would seemingly eliminate the router as the problem? Could such "pauses" be caused by the modem?
Rev. A G5
10.5.4
And all the latest airport firmware as far as I can tell.
Sometimes my airport status in the menu bar lists itself as "disconnecting" then will reconnect after 20 or so seconds. Other times there is no visible status change but any file I'm downloading will stop. If it occurs when I'm playing an online game, such as WoW, I will pause and then be disconnected from the server. Other times I will simply "lag out" for 10-20 seconds then everything will move in fast-forward as I catch back up to the server.
During such outages I've found that I can browse and transfer files over the local network. Which would seemingly eliminate the router as the problem? Could such "pauses" be caused by the modem?
Rev. A G5
10.5.4
And all the latest airport firmware as far as I can tell.
