Posted by Tricky Dicky on 02/02/06 21:26

Mine does not include a modem - you just plug the ethernet cables into it
between the cable modem and the PC

I got it replaced this morning and will try it out tomorrow - shop assistant
said it sounded like a PSU problem

We will wait and see what happens next

Cheers

Tricky





"RobertJM" <robert@rockNObottomSPAM.plus.com> wrote in message
news:43e273f9$0$3622$ed2e19e4@ptn-nntp-reader04.plus.net...
>I had problems with my belkin, kept resetting itself, I presumed some kind
>of heat problem, anyway I found their online 'live' support quite helpful
>and after trying a few of their suggestions ended up with them replacing
>the unit with a newer model (7632).
> However after about six months I now seem to be getting lost connections
> with this one, though it might be my line as the phone led flashes when it
> happens.
>
>
> --
> RobertJM
> "Tricky Dicky" <tricky@nospam.clara.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:1138834409.28288.0@damia.uk.clara.net...
>>
>> "Colin Wilson" <void@btinternet.com> wrote in message
>> news:MPG.1e4b3e4b9bbd5da6989835@news.individual.net...
>>>> At the moment all I am getting is a power on light - zilch from any
>>>> other
>>>> indicators on the top. I have taken the router out of the equation full
>>>> stop
>>>> at the moment and have even pulled the power cable to let it cool down
>>>> (surely not a heat problem!). Luckily I still have my software firewall
>>>> installed.
>>>
>>> Just asked a mate who has a bit more experience with them...
>>>
>>> "the belkin are pretty stable and shouldn`t do it... never had that on
>>> at least 4 of there models.. he could do with checking for heat on the
>>> router.."
>>>
>>> What firmware are you on ? ("try reinstalling with latest firmware")
>>>
>>> If you have wireless enabled but aren`t using it, try disabling it for
>>> now, just to help narrow down any strange behaviour :-}
>>>
>>> His last words for now are, sadly...
>>>
>>> "it sounds like a hardware fault with the router.. xchange may be the
>>> order of the day"
>>
>> I let everything cool down and then plugged it all together and for a
>> while everything was working and then I lost the LAN again. It does
>> indeed look like it is something flaky in the router.
>>
>> I didn't have any software tools with the router just the installation
>> disk which put drivers onto my PC. This does smell like hardware issue
>> rather than a DHCP or networking problem so back to the shop it goes.
>>
>> Anyrate, thanks Colin and thanks to your mate
>>
>> Tricky
>>
>
>

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