Thanks...I'll try a direct connection from my cable modem to my PC to
see if that's stable. Last time I tried that, I still didn't have any
internet access!!!

Roadrunner had me reboot my modem repeatedly & it was somewhat better
the next day, but it intermittently still loses it's connection.

I'm betting Roadrunner will say it's a modem or PC problem and I'm not
sure how to verify that!!??



On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 21:59:01 GMT, David Fairbrother
<schoolsarge@schoolsarge.org> wrote:

>phil6666 wrote:
>>
>> I have a brand new Belkin 802.11g router which is connected by cable
>> to one PC and wirelessly to a laptop.
>>
>> 90% of the time things work fine.
>>
>> 10% of the time, NEITHER computer will connect to the internet.
>> (connection is via a cable modem)
>>
>> 2 questions:
>>
>> 1) Is it safe to assume that a new router will typically function 100%
>> of the time or not work at all?
>
>You'd need to work out if it really was the router.
>Try plugging the cable from the modem directly into one PC's network
>port and see if it is stable. If it isn't its your ISP.
>
>If it is stable then your router is having troubles, so you'd need to
>check for firmware upgrades and the like.
>
>>
>> 2) If there is a router problem, will the pc connected via cable also
>> lose it's connection?
>
>Perhaps. I had an issue awhile back with my wireless router where
>wireless clients would keep dropping out, but wired would still remain
>connected.
>
>Seeing as you're losing connection on both however, if it *is* a router
>issue then yes it will lose its connection (wait, haven't you already
>lost connection on the wired one?).
>
>>
>> thnx
>>
>> PS: Roadrunner always tells me that there is no problem with the
>> signal they are sending me. (BIG surprise!!!)
>>
>
>My ISP is twice as incompetent as yours..it happens.
>
>> Perhaps this belongs in another newsgroup, but is there a way for me
>> to help diagnose WHY I lose my connection and/or if it's a Roadrunner
>> problem, a cable modem problem, or a router problem???
>
>See above. That will at least eliminate the router from your
>investigations :)