[Fayde]

I've spent the last 3 hours looking through the threads in this section, both old and new, in a desperate attempt to uncover the cause of my internet troubles. I've failed.

I'm using a NetGear Wireless ADSL Router DG834GT. There are three computers all hooked up to it, 2 via networking cards, and my own using a Belkin 54g USB Adapter. It's difficult to explain the situation, but I'll do my best.

At around 2pm, regardless of how many computers are connected to the network, the internet dies. Connectivity to the router from all 3 of the computers is either Very Good, or Excellent during this time. They can all still access the internet, but the network utilization is very low (around 0.2%, 54 Mbps Link speed) when trying to access web pages. This means that some pages can take up to 4 or 5 minutes to fully load, or just not load at all. At around midnight, again regardless of how many PC's are making use of the network, functionality seems to be almost completely restored and the internet works quite well.

I've tried disabling firewalls, port forwarding for the games that people want to play and scanning for viruses and third party programs that might be eating up our internet useage during this time, but none of these things have had an effect.

One thing that I've noticed is a frequent response to connection problems like this, is whether or not people are using file sharing programs. To my knowledge, one of the other computers as well as my own have both, at one time, had file sharing programs installed. I no longer have any file sharing programs installed or accessing the internet in any way, so could this still be the cause of this problem?

Another thing I've thought about is the fact that between 2pm and 12am, these are likely to be peak hours. What I mean is that my ISP may be having to provide for a hell of a lot of other households, effectively compromising the efficiency of my connection? Due to the fact that I've tried so many different things to determine the cause of this problem, I'm leaning further and further towards blaming it on my ISP.

Sorry for such a long post. I've tried to cover as much as I can, and after reading a load of the previous threads of this type, I thought I might try and stay one step ahead of the game, instead of provoking the same questions that have been asked of the people before me.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. After months of gritting my teeth and searching for a solution, I'm at my wits end.

[la1]

Are you using encryption on your wireless ? maybe your neighbors are surfing your connetion.

[Fayde]

Yah, I am using encryption. TKIP. Whatever the hell that means.