Router probs

[cav1]

Hi all
I have set up a new router (tplink to-r460) on my ntl cable modem because my old one died. I have 3 PC's connected the main one down stairs and 2 upstairs I am finding after about 2 hours both the up stairs PC's are dropping the connection (limited or no connection) but the main one is ok. I have looked at the set up on the router and the only think I can see that it might be is the address lease time on the DHCP setting which I have disabled from the main PC not the other 2 this main one stays connected do I have to do the same from the other 2 PC's. All the PC's are running xp pro.

Cav

[cav1]

anyone help

[MovedGoalPosts]

You'd normally want all your DHCP and other networking setting to be set to auto on each PC, letting the router take care of it all. But there is no reason why you can't set a fixed IP addy for each PC, provided you follow up with creating reservations or exclusions in the router's setup so it don't try and allocate that IP to something else.

Not sure of the specifics though for your router as it's not a model name I've heard before.

[cav1]

Thanks for the reply thats what the router does:

Standard and Protocol

IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.3x, IEEE 802.1X, TCP/IP, DHCP,ICMP, NAT, PPPoE, SNTP

Port
LAN

4 10/100M Auto-Negotiation RJ45 ports ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£ÃƒÆ ’‚¨Auto MDI/MDIX£à ƒÆ’‚©

WAN

1 10/100M Auto-Negotiation RJ45 port ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£ÃƒÆ ’‚¨Auto MDI/MDIX£à ƒÆ’‚©

Network Media

10BASE-T: UTP category 3, 4, 5 cable (maximum 100m)
EIA/TIA-568 100ÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¡ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â¦ÃƒÆ ’ƒâ€šÃ‚¸ STP (maximum 100m)
100BASE-TX: UTP category 5, 5e cable (maximum 100m)
EIA/TIA-568 100ÃƒÆ’Ã†â€™ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…Â¡ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â¦ÃƒÆ ’ƒâ€šÃ‚¸ STP (maximum 100m)

LED Indicators
LAN/WAN

Link/Act, 100Mbps

Else

M1, M2

Power and Consumption

Input: 9V~50Hz 0.8A
Consumption: 3.6W(Max)

Safety & Emission

FCC, CE

Dimensions (L x W x H)

7.3 x 5.7 x 1.7 in.(186 x 146 x 44 mm)

Operating environment

Operating Temperature: 0¡Ãà †â€™Ãƒâ€*’¦~40Ãà ƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¡ÃƒÃâ€*â €™Ãƒâ€šÃ‚¦ (32¨H~1 04¨H)
Storage Temperature: -40~70¡à ƒÆ’Æ’Ãâ€*’¦ (-40¨H~15 8¨H)
Operating Humidity: 10%~90% non-condensing
Storage Humidity: 5%~95% non-condensing


Complies with IEEE802.3, IEEE802.3u standards
1 10/100Mbps Auto-Negotiation WAN RJ45 port, 4 10/100Mbps Auto-Negotiation LAN ports, supporting Auto-MDI/MDIX
Shares data and Internet access for users, supporting PPPoE, Dynamic IP, Static IP, L2TP, BigPond Cable Internet access
Connecting Internet on demand and disconnecting when idle for PPPoE
Supports TCP/IP, PPPoE, DHCP, ICMP, NAT
Built-in NAT and DHCP server supporting static IP address distributing
Built-in firewall supporting IP address filtering, Domain Name filtering, and MAC address filtering
Supports Virtual Server, Special Application, and DMZ host
Supports UPnP, Dynamic DNS, Static Routing, Flow Statistics, VPN pass-through
Supports connecting/disconnecting Internet on a specified time of day
Supports access control based on time of day, parents and network administrators can establish restricted access policies for children or staffs
Provides 802.1x authentication for WAN port
Supports ICMP-FLOOD, UDP-FLOOD, TCP-SYN-FLOOD filter
Ignores Ping packets from WAN or LAN ports
Supports firmware upgrade, Remote and Web management



Any help

[cav1]

All sorted now went with a static ip address for all 3 pc's benn connected for 2 day now with no d/c's
thanks