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From: Gary Bell on 9 Oct 2005 15:09 I am a complete beginner at networking computers. I suspect the basics are pretty easy really and it is just me who is a complete buffoon! However, the problem: I have a Belkin Modem Router (F5D7632-4) set up. A desktop using a Belkin PCI card and a Laptop with Centrino. Both running Windows XP. Both work perfectly - but not at the same time! It is either the one or the other - both show a connection, but only one can use the internet connection etc. I have obviously missed something so extremely fundamental. So can someone please help? gb (answers in a plain brown envelope etc.)
From: Jeff Liebermann on 9 Oct 2005 16:21 On Sun, 09 Oct 2005 20:09:35 +0100, Gary Bell <gb(a)hatchpool.com> wrote: >However, the problem: I have a Belkin Modem Router (F5D7632-4) set up. A >desktop using a Belkin PCI card and a Laptop with Centrino. Both running > Windows XP. > >Both work perfectly - but not at the same time! It is either the one or >the other - both show a connection, but only one can use the internet >connection etc. > >I have obviously missed something so extremely fundamental. So can >someone please help? How long has this been going on? I notice exactly the same question in the DSLReports.com forum at from 09/15/05: http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/remark,14372647 I agree with the very last answer. You have your DSL modem plugged into a LAN port instead of a WAN port. Your client computers are getting their IP address from Pipex.net instead of from your router. It works one at a time because Pipex will only assign one IP address at a time per connection. -- Jeff Liebermann jeffl(a)comix.santa-cruz.ca.us 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558
From: Gary Bell on 9 Oct 2005 17:20 Jeff Liebermann wrote: > On Sun, 09 Oct 2005 20:09:35 +0100, Gary Bell <gb(a)hatchpool.com> > wrote: > > >>However, the problem: I have a Belkin Modem Router (F5D7632-4) set up. A >>desktop using a Belkin PCI card and a Laptop with Centrino. Both running >> Windows XP. >> >>Both work perfectly - but not at the same time! It is either the one or >>the other - both show a connection, but only one can use the internet >>connection etc. >> >>I have obviously missed something so extremely fundamental. So can >>someone please help? > > > How long has this been going on? I notice exactly the same question > in the DSLReports.com forum at from 09/15/05: > http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/remark,14372647 > I agree with the very last answer. You have your DSL modem plugged > into a LAN port instead of a WAN port. Your client computers are > getting their IP address from Pipex.net instead of from your router. > It works one at a time because Pipex will only assign one IP address > at a time per connection. > Thanks for the response Jeff, but in this case it isn't possible as it is a modem/router and the DSL connection is directly from the telephone micro filter so therefore different, I checked of course just in case anyway. What is even more strange, I connected the laptop directly by cable into a LAN port and it wouldn't work over that (not even connect to the router setup on 192.168.2.1) when the desktop was OK on the wireless side.... I disabled the desktop and the laptop worked fine again, both on Lan and wireless. gb
From: Jeff Liebermann on 9 Oct 2005 18:14 On Sun, 09 Oct 2005 22:20:26 +0100, Gary Bell <gb(a)hatchpool.com> wrote: >>>However, the problem: I have a Belkin Modem Router (F5D7632-4) set up. >Thanks for the response Jeff, but in this case it isn't possible as it >is a modem/router and the DSL connection is directly from the telephone >micro filter so therefore different, I checked of course just in case >anyway. I guessed it was a different model because I couldn't find an F5D7632-4. Nothing on the support page. I did find a F5D7631-4 | http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Merchant_Id=&Section_Id=201522&pcount=&Product_Id=248470 which is as you describe but not yet available. There are references to a F5D732-4 all over the internet, so I guess it exists, but I couldn't figure out exactly what it is. Could you double check the model number? >What is even more strange, I connected the laptop directly by cable into >a LAN port and it wouldn't work over that (not even connect to the >router setup on 192.168.2.1) when the desktop was OK on the wireless >side.... I disabled the desktop and the laptop worked fine again, both >on Lan and wireless. Well, that just proves it's not the wireless part of the puzzle. If it's not a wiring issue, it might one of the dozen or so theories expounded in the thread I previously mentioned: | http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/remark,14372647 See if anything sounds familar. Since the model number and symptoms are exactly the same as yours, methinks contacting the OP in that thread may help. You might consider scribbling down your settings and peforming a grand reset to the router. Sometimes that helps (when I can't think of anything better to try). -- Jeff Liebermann jeffl(a)comix.santa-cruz.ca.us 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558
From: alien on 10 Oct 2005 09:13
"Gary Bell" <gb(a)hatchpool.com> wrote in message > Thanks for the response Jeff, but in this case it isn't possible as it is > a modem/router and the DSL connection is directly from the telephone micro > filter so therefore different, I checked of course just in case anyway. > > gb If Your DSL is ADSL you shouldn't have a filter installed before the modem/router. The filters only get used for your house phones. alien |