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From: Soundbytes on 7 Apr 2008 14:34
Hello
Saturday I bought a Belkin N series router F5D8233, my last router
was also a Belkin which worked fine but like all good things as soon as the
warranty runs out it stops working (strange that!!) anyway, the new one
works fine, set up was easy etc, but I have a little problem, My PC is cable
wired to it, but the rest of the home is wireless, my computer connects
straight away when I turn the PC on, the Laptop and the kids PC's don't, I
have to repair the connection using Windows XP repair tool everytime they
turn on, if not they get limited connectivity. Windows says that the ip
address needs renewing everytime the PC's are turned on, but only the
wireless ones.

Anyone know what the problem is?

All the PC's use windows XP SP2, all te network cards are realtek, they all
worked fine with the last router.

Thanks

Gordon



From: Scraggy on 8 Apr 2008 04:10
Soundbytes wrote:
> Hello
> Saturday I bought a Belkin N series router F5D8233, my last
> router was also a Belkin which worked fine but like all good things
> as soon as the warranty runs out it stops working (strange that!!)
> snip


FYI

I also use Belkin eqpt. Mine is guaranteed for life and, when my previous
router died, got it replaced by the latest, similar product FOC.

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



--
I don't care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as
members. Groucho Marx


From: Mahatma Coat on 8 Apr 2008 13:15
Soundbytes wrote:
> Hello
> Saturday I bought a Belkin N series router F5D8233, my last router
> was also a Belkin which worked fine but like all good things as soon as the
> warranty runs out it stops working (strange that!!) anyway, the new one
> works fine, set up was easy etc, but I have a little problem, My PC is cable
> wired to it, but the rest of the home is wireless, my computer connects
> straight away when I turn the PC on, the Laptop and the kids PC's don't, I
> have to repair the connection using Windows XP repair tool everytime they
> turn on, if not they get limited connectivity. Windows says that the ip
> address needs renewing everytime the PC's are turned on, but only the
> wireless ones.
>
> Anyone know what the problem is?
>
> All the PC's use windows XP SP2, all te network cards are realtek, they all
> worked fine with the last router.
>
> Thanks
>
> Gordon
>
>
>
I'm no expert here but from similar problems I've had in the past are
you sure the wireless pc,s are compatible with wireless N? You may have
to set the routers wireless type to G or whatever your pc's use. When I
got a wireless G router an old laptop with A wouldn't work with it,
though the other later machines did. I had to set the router to mixed
and then it all worked.

Mat
From: P.Schuman on 9 Apr 2008 13:31
Soundbytes wrote:
> Hello
> Saturday I bought a Belkin N series router F5D8233, my last
> router was also a Belkin which worked fine but like all good things
> as soon as the warranty runs out it stops working (strange that!!)
> anyway, the new one works fine, set up was easy etc, but I have a
> little problem, My PC is cable wired to it, but the rest of the home
> is wireless, my computer connects straight away when I turn the PC
> on, the Laptop and the kids PC's don't, I have to repair the
> connection using Windows XP repair tool everytime they turn on, if
> not they get limited connectivity. Windows says that the ip address
> needs renewing everytime the PC's are turned on, but only the
> wireless ones.
>
> Anyone know what the problem is?
>
> All the PC's use windows XP SP2, all te network cards are realtek,
> they all worked fine with the last router.
>
> Thanks
>
> Gordon

step thru the basics -

#1 - When the wireless computers are on,
what "wireless network" does it indicate is available
by clicking on the icon usually in the tray
or doing a "View Avail Wireless Networks" command ?

#2 - do the computers have WEP or WPA previously defined for security ?

#3 - does the wireless router have any security turned on by default ?
WEP or WPA ?

you get the idea...


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