Thread: Is ntl disabling routers?
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Old 26-02-2006, 16:30   #3
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Re: Is ntl disabling routers?
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Originally Posted by lesrose
About 2 weeks ago my ntl cable 2 Mbit service started playing up. Speed dropped dramatically, to the extent that email client timed out while waiting. I am using a Belkin F5D6231 router, wired via ethernet to the cable modem and 2 PCs. Speed suddenly drops to as low as 40 Mbits/sec, so I connect the modem directly to one PC and it comes up again. Back via the router and it's OK, only to drop again later on. I have replaced the router with new Belkin ones - twice! Still getting the same problem. Can so many routers be faulty? I have been running this setup for 2-3 years without problems. ntl tech support is of course pretty useless as they are not remotely interested in routers. The cable modem was replaced last week but speed problem is the same.
NTL are not blocking routers. Mainly because they do actually allow up to three PCs on your connection, and partly because they can only really guess you have a router (unless the engineer sees it).

TBH, it sounds like you have a faulty network card in the PC, or possibly a faulty network cable.
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