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crazybones · 05-05-2006, 17:01

Progress made. The Linksys router is fine and I have found that the problem lies with cable between the cable modem and the router. If my pc is connected directly to the NTL 250 using the same cable, I can gain an IP address and access the internet. If I then put the Linksys router on the same cable, I can't get an IP address.

I then substituted a spare 2m CAT5 cable and found that the Linksys router worked fine, so I know that its a cable issue. Either the cable (10M) is too long and the losses are too great or there's a compatibility problem, possibly as the existing cable is not CAT5. In view of the speed, I did not think that CAT5 is necessary, but maybe the NTL 250 requires it? I'm going to try and substitute a 10M CAT5 cable and if that doesn't work, I'll buy a shielded CAT5 cable.

05-05-2006, 17:01	#7
crazybones Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 73	Re: Linksys Router WRT54GSUK V4 with Ntl 250 Modem Progress made. The Linksys router is fine and I have found that the problem lies with cable between the cable modem and the router. If my pc is connected directly to the NTL 250 using the same cable, I can gain an IP address and access the internet. If I then put the Linksys router on the same cable, I can't get an IP address. I then substituted a spare 2m CAT5 cable and found that the Linksys router worked fine, so I know that its a cable issue. Either the cable (10M) is too long and the losses are too great or there's a compatibility problem, possibly as the existing cable is not CAT5. In view of the speed, I did not think that CAT5 is necessary, but maybe the NTL 250 requires it? I'm going to try and substitute a 10M CAT5 cable and if that doesn't work, I'll buy a shielded CAT5 cable.