So I'm dragging this thread back up from the grave because I still cannot get a router to work properly.

When I posted above that I was getting frequent disconnections, I was actually mistaken. The problem seems to be a DNS problem. Specifically, names won't resolve. I purchased a more expensive Cradlepoint MBR95 that I couldn't afford thinking that perhaps it would fix the problem. I was sorely disappointed.

Here's the rub: It works perfectly 99% of the time with the modem plugged directly into my computer (and have tested with several other computers with equal success). From my Mac, I can do internet sharing via Airport and it works equally well. As soon as I plug the modem into the router, I start getting problems again. There are almost no configurable DNS settings on the router, other than to supply your own DNS servers. I've done this, and it seems to improve performance but not totally fix the problem. The only other setting is:

Quote:

Force All DNS Requests To Router: Enabling this will redirect all DNS requests from LAN clients to the router's DNS
server. This will allow the router even more control over IP addresses even when clients have their own DNS servers
statically set.


I've tried to enable and disable that without much success.

The other possibility is that my ISP could have their DNS servers configured badly and the Cradlepoint isn't very fault tolerant. Every once in a while I get the same problems with the modem plugged directly into the computer and I have to reconnect to clear the issue.

The problem seems to have something to do with caching DNS requests. The first time I go to a site, the name won't resolve. Wait 5 minutes and refresh and the name will resolve, but if the site loads some of its data from other domains, they may fail, causing the site to fail to load properly. For instance, to log into gmail, google forwards to like 4 or 5 different domains. As each one fails, I have to wait another 5 minutes or so before it will resolve, then refresh and wait for the next one to fail. Sometimes, by the time I've gotten most of them to resolve, the first one will fail again. Super frustrating.

Any ideas on where to look for a solution? Should I just get a cheap fanless linux box and create my own router? My biggest hangup with doing that is that it will have to be maintained by a local guy who is very intelligent but has little computer experience and none with linux.
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~ John