My wireless connection sometimes goes out on my laptop (once every week or
so...sometimes more often) and refreshing my connection or restarting my
computer does not always do the trick, so I unplug my router and plug it back
in.  That didn't even work the other day, so a friend suggested I reset my
router by sticking a paperclip in the reset hole in the back.  This worked
when my friend did it a few months ago, but when I did it recently it made my
"ppp"  (provider?) light go out and resetting (or unplugging) again and again
doesn't seem to work.  Why didn't resetting work this time and how do I get
my "ppp" light back on so my router can work?

Sounds like you held the switch down too long and reset your router to the
default settings. You are going to need to reenter your ppp settings before
it will reconnect. I'd suggest that it might also be a good time to check
the maker of your router for a firmware update, sounds like the DHCP server
has a bug in it to me. If you don't know how to setup your router you'll
need to contact your Internet provider and they can walk you through the
settings you'll need to make.

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Hi

1. Once a week? you are the luckiest person in the world ;). Wireless is not
a very stable form of network communication, once a week disturbance is not
a terrible thing.

2. Resetting a Router is very rarely the remedy to Wireless problems.

3. When it happens next time, check to find out which part of the system is
Not really working, then it might be that some one can find a better
solution.

I.e. what is that you actually losing, you lose the connection to the
Router, you lose the Internet but there is a connection to the Router, you
loose the Internet at the WAN port?

When Resetting a Router all the parameters are set back to default (as
mentioned above by David), if your Internet connection is authenticated
trough the Router, you need to take care of it first,
http://www.ezlan.net/broadband.html

If you use security filters you need to reconfigure them.

If the Router does not work at all, it might be Bricked (I.e. the firmware
is not functioning any more).

To UnBrick, enter into a search engine the Model of the Router and the term
Brick, like I bricked my XXX model 123.

You might find a focused answer to how Unbrick the Router.

Jack (MVP-Networking).


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