Problem with router

Karl Larsen k5di at zianet.com
Sun Oct 26 12:12:42 UTC 2008


Pat wrote:
> Karl Larsen wrote:
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>> Pat wrote:
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>>> 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?
>>>
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>>>     
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>>     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
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>> 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.
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>>     
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> Can anyone recommend a good router that they've had good luck with?
>   
>> Pat Brown
>>
>> pat.mysterywriter at gmail.com
>> www.pabrown.ca
>>
>> L.A. Heat & L.A. Mischief, hotter than ever!
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    I recommend you get the Belkin router from Wal Mart. Cheap and it 
works great.

Karl


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