>From the top of my head, this may well happen if the wifi channel setting in the N600 is set to automatic rather than specifying one. It could be deciding that the frequency it is on has become too crowded and switching to a different one every 20 minutes?
Second culprit could be since its a dual band router, the way the apples airport range generally work is by creating two networks such as "Apple" and "Apple (5Ghz)" If the netgear combines the names then your devices might be flipping between the two different networks it sees, so try maybe turning off dual mode and only using the 5Ghz faster option. If you are only connecting Apple gear and not worrying about support for old laptops or games consoles (original nintendo ds and equipment getting on for 10 years old) it will probably run fine with just the fast option. While you are looking in the wireless settings turn off a setting called WPS if you see it if it has it. (Its the thing where you can push a button to join the network) Its has an inherent huge security vulnerability, potentially worse than using a WEP pass key, but won't make a difference to your signal dropouts. On 12 September 2012 21:13, nigel proctor <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry, one last question. > > I can log in to the wireless connection from my iPhone and iPad with the > password I set, but it asks for the password again if either device hasn't > used the network for 20 minutes or so. > > I only had to log in the once with the BT HomeHub.....is this a security > feature of the N600? > > > On 10 Sep 2012, at 18:06, Sam - MacAmbulance wrote: > > Hi Nigel > > Try the following : > > > 1. Connect your computer to the N600 with an ethernet cable, turn off > wifi > 2. Connect the N600 to the phone line with the supplied cable & ADSL > microfilter > 3. Browse to http://192.168.0.1 or http://192.168.1.1 whichever asks > for a username & password > 4. Log in with "admin" as the username and "password" as the password > 5. Go to ADSL Settings in the top left menu : > - VPI : 0 > - VCI : 38 > - Multiplexing : VC based > - DSL Mode : multimode > 6. Click Apply > 7. Go to Basic Settings : > - Do your internet connection require a login : Yes > - Encapsulation : PPPoA > - Login : usually [email protected] (technically it > doesn't matter with BT Broadband but you need to put something in, if > there's a specific value it needs to be, call BT and ask for your ADSL > connection username & password) > - Password : BT (same as above) > 8. Click Apply > 9. Go to Router Status, if all's well you should see : > - Modem > Modem Status > Connected (if it says connecting then > either you got the settings in ADSL settings wrong or there's a problem > with your phone line) > - ADSL Port > IP Address > should be something other than just a > dash (if there's nothing there, you may have to call BT for the > username & > password to use in the Basic Settings section) > 10. You can also click on 'Connection Status' at the bottom of the > page and it'll tell you a reason : > - "LCP is allowed to come up" means there's been no response from > BT's servers > - "CHAP Authentication failed" means you've got the password wrong > (call BT for it) > 11. Go to Wireless settings and give your network a name & password, > don't leave it on the default settings. > 12. Turn wifi back on and join your new network > > > Hope that helps, in fact it's a fairly appropriate guide for anyone > setting up a NetGear router. Most ISPs will give you an ADSL username & > password, it's just BT that usually authenticate by the phone number > instead. O2 broadband uses quite different settings but still compatible > with a NetGear router in most cases. It's just Sky Broadband that restrict > you to their routers. > > Regards > > Sam > MacAmbulance > > Providing affordable Apple & PC services > > Sam Mullen > 07747 778022 > http://www.macambulance.co.uk > [email protected] > > On 10 Sep 2012, at 17:49, nigel proctor wrote: > > Hello smuggers > > I am trying to install a Netgear N600 modem Router to replace my BT > HomeHub 3 as I am fed up with the poor wireless connection. > > I am unable to establish an Internet connection due to the convoluted > Netgear 'smart' wizard. > Does anyone have any experience of using one of these and could offer sone > help? ie, do I require login? ....didn't with the HomeHub > > > TIA > > Nigel Proctor > H T White & Co Ltd > [email protected] > 07792000619 > ....sent from iPhone > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > > > nigel proctor > [email protected] > H T White & Co Ltd > www.htwhite.com > 07792000619 > sent from iPhone > > > > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. 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