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Can a NAS cause wireless router issues?

Asked by metadog (378points) January 11th, 2011
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Hi! I have a Netgear RangeMax Wireless N Router. I have a 2002 Dell P4 Desktop in my kitchen with a new Netgear USB wireless antenna, a HP laptop and a Moto Droid all accessing the web wirelessly. I have a Mac and a Western Digital NAS hard wired to the router. Lately the Dell and the HP have been sporadically dropping the wireless signal (hard to tell on the Droid). I want to point my finger at the new NAS, but I don’t know enough about it to know if it can cause problems like this. Any thoughts? Thanks!

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You may want to assign static IP addresses to each of your devices and reserve those IP addresses on your DHCP server. Create a block of IP adresses that dynamic wifi clients can use. This will prevent IP address conflicts.

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