Originally Posted by jonbr

If you are having problem with the wireless pc losing the connection, or having to repair the connection regularly to get it to work, try the following:

Stop Windows from controlling the wireless card and
install the software/drivers supplied with the wireless card/device.

It is a common problem when using Windows to control wireless devices.

Originally Posted by levig

nopes none that I know of Akane. sorry matey. have your bro's pc next to yours better if you want to play lan games ;)

Originally Posted by timewarrior2001

Windows cant control the Belkin woreless cards because you have to use the Belkin software to install the driver anyway.
Belkin software shows it as connected but nothing will work LAN or t'internet until you do a repair on the connection.

Originally Posted by akane1984

this may be dumb but i notice that ntl 200 cable modems are sold on eBay would it be possible to run TWO cable modems in house? forget the network!

Originally Posted by levig

Darron, can you check which version of the firmware you running at present mate??? I've had this myself and checked with my teamleader and he has heard of it sometimes but havent found out why and cant really replicate it at work... I do Dutch Technical support at Belkin and the strange thing is that I've only heard of this problem 2 times now 1 myself and the other time from some1 in Holland also on cable internet. but like I said havent found out a cure for this at the moment just to give the router a reboot and its fine afterwards.

if I can find out more about this issue I'll let you know... if you want the latest version of the firmware you can go to our own (Tech Support) ftp site on ftp://supportbelkin.no-ip.org this is the place where we "dump" our beta firmwares and stuff like that, but if correct the current fw of your router is the 4.05.03 version. or if you got a new unit (1 antenna) then its 6.00.01.


oww and another thing if you call our tech number dont choose for NETWORKING stuff. just go for USB or KVM options.


and another thing ... dont mention me at all ;)

Originally Posted by SMHarman

Yea but No. The second would need to be provisioned and billed by NTL, a NTL CM shoudl not be sold on ebay and realistically has 0 value as you get it free when you get the service.

Originally Posted by DarronK

I'm running the 4.05.03 version firmware. It's a very strange problem, and the only thing I can think of it being is a problem with the DNS servers at NTL's end. I've got a friend who's on 2meg NTL broadband, and he has the same problem, but with a standard 10/100 wired router. I'm thinking that it could possibly be a problem specific to my area. Is anyone else here from the North East/North Yorkshire area and having the same problems?
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Originally Posted by DarronK

As Levig said, you can still use P2P software and IM programs, as well as pinging IP addresses. Also you dont lose any network functionality, so the logical conslusion is that it is a DNS issue, as the DNS handles converting Domain Names to the hosting servers IP address.

Could it possibly be that in some way the router is failing to update the DNS settings for wireless users only? Or maybe this does also affect wired PC's as well? Next time it happens, i'll check the wired PC and let you know. I'm going off the assumption that the wired PC is not being affected, as it's the family computer, and seen as i'm the tech guy of the family, I'd sure as hell get complaints about it not working.

It would be interesting to know if people with the same router are experiencing the same problems with different ISP's.

Levig. Is there anyway that I could reflash the bios on the router to the same version i've already got? I'm just thinking that it could maybe be a faulty bios installation, or the bios has somehow been corrupted.

Originally Posted by akane1984

well could i then have two running via NTL? would they allow that, say each connection being 1MB? how would it work?