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stumbelina · 06-06-2007, 21:54

Hi - This may get a little long winded. Sorry.

My setup:

NTL:200 Modem.
Belkin Wireless G router - F5D7230.
Laptop running Ubuntu and WinXP.
Ex NTL on 4mb broadband.

My infuriating problem:

I have had this running fine for nearly a year, but a few weeks ago - when the traffic shaping news hit - I had major speed problems, pings in the high hundreds and sub-dial up speeds. This was solved by Virgin moving me over to a different UBR. From that point on I have had Router Issues.

Any spike in network activity (downloading a pdf, opening a bunch of tabs at once on opening firefox, a good torrent seeder or trying to send a large email attachment) means my router drops the connection. The power light stays on, but everything else dies. Power cycling it brings it back. The modem remains unaffected. It is not overheating and it behaves the same under Ubuntu or Windows. The weird thing is that is seems worse at peak times. It can be ok all day, then at 7pm get very twitchy and start dropping every few minutes. Installing the latest firmware made no difference.

So, does this sound familiar to anyone? If I have to give up and buy a new one what do people recommend for cheap?

06-06-2007, 21:54	#1
stumbelina Inactive Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 11	Belkin Router dropping connection Hi - This may get a little long winded. Sorry. My setup: NTL:200 Modem. Belkin Wireless G router - F5D7230. Laptop running Ubuntu and WinXP. Ex NTL on 4mb broadband. My infuriating problem: I have had this running fine for nearly a year, but a few weeks ago - when the traffic shaping news hit - I had major speed problems, pings in the high hundreds and sub-dial up speeds. This was solved by Virgin moving me over to a different UBR. From that point on I have had Router Issues. Any spike in network activity (downloading a pdf, opening a bunch of tabs at once on opening firefox, a good torrent seeder or trying to send a large email attachment) means my router drops the connection. The power light stays on, but everything else dies. Power cycling it brings it back. The modem remains unaffected. It is not overheating and it behaves the same under Ubuntu or Windows. The weird thing is that is seems worse at peak times. It can be ok all day, then at 7pm get very twitchy and start dropping every few minutes. Installing the latest firmware made no difference. So, does this sound familiar to anyone? If I have to give up and buy a new one what do people recommend for cheap?