Strange Belkin Wireless Problem

Hi

I have a brand new Belkin Wireless G router (F5D7230uk4). It works
fine as a wireless router, connects successfuly to the internet via
cable modem and allows acces via wireless networking. However,
whenever I plug another PC in via a wired port, within 60 seconds the
internet and wireless lights go out, the other lights go orange and
both wireless connectivity and internet connectivity are lost. I have
tried this with two different PCs and a couple of different cables, so
I don't think it is down to a faulty cable or network card. Actually,
if I plug both PCs in to wired ports they can connect to each other
quite happily, but the wireless network disappears.

Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.


Cheers,

Paul

Peavy <paul@vaswani.me.uk> wrote:

> I have a brand new Belkin Wireless G router (F5D7230uk4). It works
> fine as a wireless router, connects successfuly to the internet via
> cable modem and allows acces via wireless networking. However,
> whenever I plug another PC in via a wired port, within 60 seconds the
> internet and wireless lights go out, the other lights go orange and
> both wireless connectivity and internet connectivity are lost. I have
> tried this with two different PCs and a couple of different cables, so
> I don't think it is down to a faulty cable or network card. Actually,
> if I plug both PCs in to wired ports they can connect to each other
> quite happily, but the wireless network disappears.
>
> Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Do you have the router's DHCP client turned on? Otherwise, try turning
it on. And, seeing that you are on a cable modem, you may have to
re-establish your lease (register a MAC address) on your ISP's set-up
page - if they have such one.

"Peavy" <paul@vaswani.me.uk> wrote in message
news:1159005516.088346.250020@k70g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> Hi
>
> I have a brand new Belkin Wireless G router (F5D7230uk4). It works
> fine as a wireless router, connects successfuly to the internet via
> cable modem and allows acces via wireless networking. However,
> whenever I plug another PC in via a wired port, within 60 seconds the
> internet and wireless lights go out, the other lights go orange and
> both wireless connectivity and internet connectivity are lost. I have
> tried this with two different PCs and a couple of different cables, so
> I don't think it is down to a faulty cable or network card. Actually,
> if I plug both PCs in to wired ports they can connect to each other
> quite happily, but the wireless network disappears.
>
> Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Here in Holland, the first point of contact needs to have a specific name.
If it's the computer it needs a name beginning with cc and then a bunch of
numbers. Maybe something to look at.

On the other hand, if you use NTL, you're on your own (bad experiences in
the past).

--
Spete

"Peavy" <paul@vaswani.me.uk> wrote in message
news:1159005516.088346.250020@k70g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> Hi
>
> I have a brand new Belkin Wireless G router (F5D7230uk4). It works
> fine as a wireless router, connects successfuly to the internet via
> cable modem and allows acces via wireless networking. However,
> whenever I plug another PC in via a wired port, within 60 seconds the
> internet and wireless lights go out, the other lights go orange and
> both wireless connectivity and internet connectivity are lost. I have
> tried this with two different PCs and a couple of different cables, so
> I don't think it is down to a faulty cable or network card. Actually,
> if I plug both PCs in to wired ports they can connect to each other
> quite happily, but the wireless network disappears.
>
> Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Paul

I'm not familiar with Belkin, but if I saw that type of behavior the first
place I would look at (DLink) is for the "Ethernet to WLAN
interconnectivity" option to be enabled. Next, I'd start looking at DHCP,
IP's, and filters...

However, those LEDs "going orange" is suspicious. These are the LEDs for the
LAN port? Orange usually means that the wired connection is only at 10Mbs,
while green means it is 100Mbs. That router could very well have a bad
switch in it.

Brand new? Return it.

Axel Hammerschmidt wrote:
> Peavy <paul@vaswani.me.uk> wrote:
>
>
>>I have a brand new Belkin Wireless G router (F5D7230uk4). It works
>>fine as a wireless router, connects successfuly to the internet via
>>cable modem and allows acces via wireless networking. However,
>>whenever I plug another PC in via a wired port, within 60 seconds the
>>internet and wireless lights go out, the other lights go orange and
>>both wireless connectivity and internet connectivity are lost. I have
>>tried this with two different PCs and a couple of different cables, so
>>I don't think it is down to a faulty cable or network card. Actually,
>>if I plug both PCs in to wired ports they can connect to each other
>>quite happily, but the wireless network disappears.
>>
>>Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
> Do you have the router's DHCP client turned on? Otherwise, try turning
> it on. And, seeing that you are on a cable modem, you may have to
> re-establish your lease (register a MAC address) on your ISP's set-up
> page - if they have such one.


Are you trying to run two pc on the cable modem? One via the wireless
and one wired. If you are, then you may need to place a wired router
between the cable modem and the wireless router. The cable modem's dhcp
may only allow one connection. By placing the wired router in between,
the cable modem will connect with the wired router, which will also have
DHCP also to link to all the additional wired pc's and devices. D-link,
Lynksys, and other make these and they are usually under $50 for a four
port model.

ms <mlscott67301@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Axel Hammerschmidt wrote:
> > Peavy <paul@vaswani.me.uk> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>I have a brand new Belkin Wireless G router (F5D7230uk4). It works
> >>fine as a wireless router, connects successfuly to the internet via
> >>cable modem and allows acces via wireless networking. However,
> >>whenever I plug another PC in via a wired port, within 60 seconds the
> >>internet and wireless lights go out, the other lights go orange and
> >>both wireless connectivity and internet connectivity are lost. I have
> >>tried this with two different PCs and a couple of different cables, so
> >>I don't think it is down to a faulty cable or network card. Actually,
> >>if I plug both PCs in to wired ports they can connect to each other
> >>quite happily, but the wireless network disappears.
> >>
> >>Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> >
> > Do you have the router's DHCP client turned on? Otherwise, try turning
> > it on. And, seeing that you are on a cable modem, you may have to
> > re-establish your lease (register a MAC address) on your ISP's set-up
> > page - if they have such one.
>
>
> Are you trying to run two pc on the cable modem? One via the wireless
> and one wired. If you are, then you may need to place a wired router
> between the cable modem and the wireless router. The cable modem's dhcp
> may only allow one connection. By placing the wired router in between,
> the cable modem will connect with the wired router, which will also have
> DHCP also to link to all the additional wired pc's and devices. D-link,
> Lynksys, and other make these and they are usually under $50 for a four
> port model.

The F5D7230uk is a NAT router. I read what the OP wrote, that he plugged
the PC into one of the router's ports.

Many thanks to all of you for your suggestions and thoughts. For
various reasons I have not yet been able to try all of them out, but
will do at the first opportunity and will re-post with whatever I
discover.

Paul