Problem with router

Pat pat.mysterywriter at gmail.com
Sun Oct 26 02:42:22 UTC 2008


Karl Larsen wrote:
> Pat wrote:
>   
>> I have a wireless Belkin router that I just purchased last Saturday. It 
>> is the second wireless router I've had in a few months. The first one 
>> was a TP-LINK. Both work fine for a while then quit. The router appears 
>> to connect, I get an IP address through DHCP and I can ping outside 
>> sites, but I can't get online. This happens even if I make a direct 
>> connection with a cable. If I take my laptop to another wireless 
>> connection site I can get on no problem so it seems to me the issue must 
>> be with my router. But this has happened to 2 different routers. When I 
>> connect to the router itself it says it is online. So why is my 
>> connection not getting through. This is very frustrating. Does anyone 
>> have any suggestions?
>>
>>   
>>     
>     None of this has a thing to do with Ubuntu. That said I have a Wal 
> Mart Belkin wireless router and it works just fine for 8 months now. You 
> must have something else in your system broken.
>
> Karl
>
>
>   

> Maybe, but it works fine when I'm on another LAN. It's only at my
> place, with my router, that it doesn't work. And I have an IP phone
> hooked into the system as well and it works fine.
>
>
> Thanks for your help.
>   

Can anyone recommend a good router that they've had good luck with?
> Pat Brown
>
> pat.mysterywriter at gmail.com
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>
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