# Router Issue

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/router-issue/16437>\
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [August 24, 2006, 10:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/router-issue/16437 "2006-08-24T22:05:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ovrwrkd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ovrwrkd/32/7586_2.png) [@Ovrwrkd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ovrwrkd)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2006, 9:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/router-issue/16437/9 "2006-08-25T09:50:37Z")

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> [@Daddie](#):
>
> 1. Reset your cable modem and router - cable modems generally are cheap pieces of shit and lose good sync to the headend server, and routers (especially cheap ones) sometimes get very packet collision happy.
> 
> 2. Update your router’s firmware.
> 
> 3. Don’t use the router’s DHCP - assign IPs manually.

1. Setup at least one form of security: MAC filtering, or WEP, or WPA, etc.

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