wi fi freezing different from dropping

[tvanuffelen]

Here's the problem, my wifi xoom just loses connection. The icon goes from blue to a grey (sometimes stays blue) and I no longer can get online, I go to my laptop and it has lost it's connection as well. From there I go to my router and all the lights are happy and blinking like there is no problem. I pull the power on everything wait 30 sec and plug it all back in and all devices are able to get online again. Now if this was just a problem once a week it would be a minor irritation but at this point it is happening multiple times a day.
Has anyone ran into this problem before? Might it be my router (it is about 5+ years old) or might it just be some settings I need to adjust?
Any feedback would be much appreciated.

 

[Castorshells]

I would change the channel your router is on.


If that doesn't help I would change your SSID to a different name. Re-do your connection settings on your devices with the new name and try again.

 

[tvanuffelen]

Thanks for the tips, i'm not used to having to work the router has always worked fine but since I bought the xoom this has been a regular occurance.