Hardware Analysis Community Forums http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/71204/ 2008-08-28T20:35:40-05:00 http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/71204/ http://media.hardwareanalysis.com/halogo.gif text/html 2008-04-10T12:31:15-05:00 john albrich http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/71204/?l=1#533224 If you're using Vista, you should double check your devices are fully supported.<br /> <br /> ISPs also upgrade their services from time-to-time, and this has caused problems for some people, including causing intermittent issues. The Help desks don't have a clue as to what's going on.<br /> <br /> You should verify your modem firmware is still compatible with your ISP service. For example, I had to upgrade to be compliant with DOCSIS2.0 standard after my broadband ISP made some unannounced changes. Until I got the upgrade, I had intermittent periods of good performance mixed with periods of terrible performance, and occassional periods of what seemed like no response at all. text/html 2008-04-10T10:24:01-05:00 Jules http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/71204/?l=1#533217 With these little inexpensive modem/routers its common for them to have a hissy fit and not work (even though all the right indicator lights are on). A power surge or a small sudden voltage drop or increase can make them unhappy. <br /> Fix is to cut the power, count to 10 plug in again - goes again. <br /> If you have to be rebooting the modem/router more than say once a week then you should have a look at where you have the power plug for the router plugged into. Is it on a power board with lots of other stuff on it? Other appliances, particularly ones that draw a lot of amps like heaters or air conditioners can often be the problem.<br /> Check the ampere allowance of your wall power outlet, and then add up all the devices that you have on it when you have them all turned on - you may be horrified.<br /> Sometimes you just need a replacement<img src="http://media.hardwareanalysis.com/smilies/smile1.gif" width="14" height="14" border="0" alt=":)" title=":)"> text/html 2008-04-10T04:23:38-05:00 Kieran Blenkarne http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/71204/?l=1#533211 The router still shows activity when it seems frozen on our PCs ( happens on both )<br /> <br /> The IP given to me by my ISP is not the same as its modem address.<br /> <br /> Should I set my IP as static or automatic? Would that make a difference?<br /> <br /> text/html 2008-04-09T18:24:46-05:00 GtoX (capt Guns) http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/71204/?l=1#533164 I had a feeling you would mention this problem when i read ure topic name hahaha...<br /> my girlfriends router is the same exact way, but for all computers hooked up, altough she uses the wireless aspect of it..<br /> as for me and my 2 computers, Same problem, one of the PC's simply cant connect to the internet... a simple reset and it goes back to working fine and dandy...<br /> <br /> Altough, me and my girl both use Dlink routers...<br /> <br /> Also i have read that this is a major problem in routers, especially dlink, simply because the hardware in some weird way loops the information it recieves and sends over a period of time that it simply freezes the whole router, and the only way is to reset it... so you cant really do anytihng about it<br /> <br /> I can honestly say though, Linksys routers have never posed a problem for me of freezing.. id recommend you getting one of them instead, theyre a sister company to CISCO, which is the leading manufacturer in Routers and Switches...<br /> <br /> hoped that helped <img src="http://media.hardwareanalysis.com/smilies/smile1.gif" width="14" height="14" border="0" alt=":)" title=":)"> text/html 2008-04-09T18:13:57-05:00 Soul1601 http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/71204/?l=1#533160 Kieran Blenkarne said: <div class="quote">Hi guys,<br /> <br /> I have set up a router so my flat mate and I can share our cable internet.<br /> <br /> The problem is, sometimes, I can simply not access the internet.<br /> <br /> As in, if I open up my LAN Status, the indicators are showing I am sending bytes, but not receiving.<br /> <br /> A simple reset of my router fixes this. But I shouldn't need to do that so any ideas?<br /> <br /> Cheers.<br /> <br /> P.S: Next time it happens I will try nslookup etc, although I do not think any commands will work, because there is no activity.</div><br /> <br /> <br /> Try a ping to your Router as suggested above. Ensure 'ping' is enabled on the router so you can test that. <br /> <br /> A few questions:<br /> <b>Do both PCs lose internet access or just yours?</b><br /> If its both PCs double check to make sure the Router is not obtaining a local IP address from the modem thats the same IP address as itself. ex: if the modem is passing a routed LAN address of 192.168.1.1 ensure your Router is not trying to be 192.168.1.1 change the routers address to 192.168.x.1 x being 0 or 2 or something, Id suggest staying under 10.<br /> <br /> <b>Does the router show any activity on the port your PC(s) are on when the net drops? </b><br /> <br /> <b>Do you use QoS, an is it port assigned or just enabled for the whole router?</b><br /> If its Port assigned, try disabling it, or enabling it for the whole router instead of just one port.<br /> <br /> Check on those things an get back to us if it doesn't resolve the issue. text/html 2008-04-09T16:58:39-05:00 McFly http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/71204/?l=1#533150 I've never used anything from Level One, but the next time it happens, try to ping the router from a command prompt on your machine. text/html 2008-04-07T07:42:09-05:00 Kieran Blenkarne http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/71204/?l=1#532999 It is a wired router with wireless capability.<br /> But I have it wired and have it disabled as an wireless access point<br /> <br /> It is a Level One WBR-3408 11g<br /> <br /> I have the latest firmware for it also running on XP text/html 2008-04-06T22:03:02-05:00 McFly http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/71204/?l=1#532965 Like Tam said, wireless? Router make/model? OS? text/html 2008-04-06T08:41:54-05:00 Tam the Bam http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/71204/?l=1#532937 <br /> Is this set for wireless? If so then goto ur isp ip and change the channel settings text/html 2008-04-06T08:04:46-05:00 Kieran Blenkarne http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/71204/?l=1#0 Hi guys,<br /> <br /> I have set up a router so my flat mate and I can share our cable internet.<br /> <br /> The problem is, sometimes, I can simply not access the internet.<br /> <br /> As in, if I open up my LAN Status, the indicators are showing I am sending bytes, but not receiving.<br /> <br /> A simple reset of my router fixes this. But I shouldn't need to do that so any ideas?<br /> <br /> Cheers.<br /> <br /> P.S: Next time it happens I will try nslookup etc, although I do not think any commands will work, because there is no activity.