a Game kills my router ?

[thundervlad]

I have 4 Computer at my house.
3 Laptops and 1 PC.

The pc is connected through cable
1 laptop through cable and 2 wireless.

When only the laptops are connected the internet never crashes.
But when i Play on my pc the internet sometimes crashes, for the PC and for the laptops too. WITHOUT resetting the router, i plug out the internet cable from the PC, and it suddenly works (the internet for all laptops)
How can this be ?

PC motherboard Asus P5QPL-AM.
Router : TP-L WR541G

Much more tendency to crash when im gaming.
Internet speed is 10mbit

[azzey]

Welcome to the forum.

What game? What router?

[thundervlad]

i found out that the game doesnt matter.
router i specified in my first message

[LochLomonder]

I would suggest checking the IP addresses of all the laptops and PC when you have them hooked up at the same time. I would assume the router is set up to use DHCP and, on that basis, your hardware should be assigned different IP addresses. However, best to check just in case.

There may also be a problem with the PC's network card or even a duff port on the router. I'm assuming you will have more than one free port since the laptops are connecting wirelessly, so plug the Cat-5 cable from the PC into one of the free ports to see if this makes any difference.

[thundervlad]

other ports did not change anything.
its not like it doesn't work all at once, i have random disconnections also when being the only computer on.
I thought about buying a network card but i have no space for it :<

I will buy a USB network card and see if this change anything

[FTT]

Before you go and dish out money for something that may not be needed.

Try bypassing the router and connecting directly to the modem with the PC. Try to make it malfunction. If it does, then look into software first such as malware, then check hardware by trying a new network card or similar.

[thundervlad]

My PC has gone through several formats, and this problem isn't new.
And the bypassing option ill have to try on Sunday, the problem can occur once in a few hours and nobody will be waiting for it :S

Thank you very much. Ill post the result on sunday