Connection randomly drops

[kwunder]

Hi
My brother has a Belkin Router which he uses to connect to his Telewest Broadband connection (UK). Recently, it has developed a problem, where his connection will fail. This can be after 10 minutes, or after more than an hour. It's completely random. The connection drops, and the lights on the Router begin to flash. He has tried right clicking on the connection in the sys tray and selecting "REPAIR" but to no avail. The only thing that works is if he disconnects the POWER SUPPLY FROM THE ROUTER, then reconnects. Only then does the connection re establish itself, until it fails again randomly.

Any ideas ?
Cheers

 

[dbomrrsm]

Did you ever get to repair this problem as I have the same issue and cant for the life of me find a solution.

I have a NTL broadband connection (UK) and a belkin router ?

Any help much appreciated as this is really annoying.

TIA

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[endlesswinter]

just a suggestion from a wiring monkey. I have a had people tell me that they have had wireless networks big rigs would key thier cb's and drop the connection.

It could be a number of factors but the time you spend trying to figure it out why not hire a monkey to pull a cable?

 

[cyberspace]

Does the router have the latest firmware? My old netgear was like that until it was upgraded with the latest firmware.

'When all else fails.......read the manual'

 

[bpinning]

Hey,

I have lots of clients that have this problem,

Just update the firmware and drivers.

Cya,

Brett

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[dbomrrsm]

Brett

How do I do that ?

Thanks for you help.

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[bpinning]

What is your router model and what netowrk card are you using?

Usually the best place for drivers and firmware is the manufactures website.

http://www.belkin.com/support/

Then just follow the update instructions for the firmware from the manual, usually its a matter of logging into your wifi router and telling it where the new firmware file is and it does the rest itself.

Hope this helps.

Brett

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[kwunder]

Thanks for the advice.
I'll get him to try that, as the problem is ongoing...


Thanks again

 

[dublklik]

had a similar problem with a faulty power unit. Wireless would be ok and then drop and the router lights would flash. This was especially during heavy use, simple browsing would be ok. If you can get a temp power pack and see if this does anything. Another symptom was that after powering off it would take a while for the lights to come on.