Problems With My Wireless Belkin Router And NTL - Page 3

cr0wner · 30-03-2006, 17:38

Finally solved this problem for me today, and I think it is the old school NTL modems at fault.

Borrowed an NTL modem from a friend and plugged it in instead of mine. And connection to the internet via the router was pretty much instant.

Because the original modem was perfectly happy to connect my PC to the internet directly it never occured to me that the modem could be the problem. I still dont understand how that could be. But where as no amount of power cycles, mac cloneing or arcane methods would get the thing to talk to the router, within 2 minutes of trying a second modem it was all up and running, connecting my PC to the internet via the router.

My original modem was a 4 year old NTL:Home 120 where as the one I borrowed from a friend was a much newer ntl:250.

So maybe a lot of these aparently unsolvable issues are because theres something peculiar about NTLs old cable modems.

?

Anyway. Problem solved for me. Just bought a recent NTL modem off ebay for ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£4.99.

JediMaster · 01-04-2006, 18:06

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Originally Posted by cr0wner

Finally solved this problem for me today, and I think it is the old school NTL modems at fault.

How can that work? The MAC Address will be Different.......

Anyway....
I just got a New Belkin F5D7230uk4 off Dell. My sister had 2x Dell Laptops & a Belkin F5D7230uk4 Today. I went to install it & the Dell Desktop is WIRED to the Router.... It works for 15 min or so. Then "ORANGE Light" story...

Windows XP on all... NTL 1MB (Silver Box 120 I think)......

Should I return Item? I have a EBuyer Cheap ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£30 Router myself & it works a TREAT. I got a Belkin F5D7230uk4 for my sister & its CREPE

cr0wner · 01-04-2006, 18:50

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Originally Posted by JediMaster

How can that work? The MAC Address will be Different.......

Dont think the Mac address has anything to do with it. Maybe it used to, but if you read NTLs help stuff (on their web site) these days it says that theres no need to worry about cloning a Mac address as they dont limit the connection anymore only one originally registered piece of network hardware.

jimbo2415 · 03-05-2006, 16:26

hello people first time on here but i tihnk i have the solution to ur problem which is there is no solution. basically after months of trying to fix my belkin i decided to take it back beacuse of the the orange thingy and it turns out that its a fault with the design.they either work or they dont work. so try ur look with another box or invest in a different make.

JediMaster · 04-05-2006, 10:14

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Originally Posted by jimbo2415

hello people first time on here but i tihnk i have the solution to ur problem which is there is no solution. basically after months of trying to fix my belkin i decided to take it back beacuse of the the orange thingy and it turns out that its a fault with the design.they either work or they dont work. so try ur look with another box or invest in a different make.

Dell refunded me the Cash & told me to keep it

So I went to PC World & got a Linksys one.. Works a Treat

Oh.. Welcome to the Forum & Thanks for the reply

coracle · 26-05-2006, 12:47

Just to add my experience

I bought a belkin F5D7230uk4 wireless router from dabs. This was delivered on the 18th May. In conjunction with ntl broadband it would often fail and require rebooting (all lights except the modem light would go off).

On the 20th I called Belkin support, explained the problem and they said they would replace the router.

On the 24th I recieved a F5D7231-4 wireless router as a replacement and was told I didn't have to return the original. I've used it for a couple of hours now and things seem much better. I've got my fingers crossed in the hope that I don't have similar problems with this router. Thanks Belkin!

26-05-2006, 22:47

I dont know why people use Belkin.. there products as of late have been really poor in quality and have never been a patch on Linksys.

As sugested, try one of the Linksys models. You will not be disapointed.

sjb2 · 16-06-2006, 22:16

First time on the forum...getting lots of hassle from the family:

Help! Loads of people seem to have had the dreaded NTL & Belkin Router problems (all lights but modem light shutdown and no internet access is possible). Have to power down the router to fix.

Not sure what the advice is : replace the Belkin, get Linksys, sort out connection settings, give up!

JediMaster · 18-06-2006, 10:10

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Originally Posted by sjb2

First time on the forum...getting lots of hassle from the family:

Help! Loads of people seem to have had the dreaded NTL & Belkin Router problems (all lights but modem light shutdown and no internet access is possible). Have to power down the router to fix.

Not sure what the advice is : replace the Belkin, get Linksys, sort out connection settings, give up!

I told Dell it was Faulty, they refunded the Money & said Keep the Router. I went for the Linksys one & it worked 1st time....

Andybarnsley · 11-06-2007, 16:41

With my experience With Belkin They are the Worst and Cheapest made Routers Available, Ive used one for quite a while and i had the Orange Light and resetting problem
after calling the belkin Support Number many times i still had the same Problems and all they kept telling me to do was reset the router.
I eventually went out and bought a D link Router Connected it up in 5 minutes and all was fine from the beginning.
i did a search on google "Belkin Orange Light" and Couldnt belive how many people were having exactly the same problem as me , and so far i havent seen anyone post a Cure for it !
Anyway Belkin are now in my bad books !

Wouldnt have another one Given.

Andy

Gareth · 11-06-2007, 16:55

Blimey, that's one helluva bump... this thread's almost a year old

ps - welcome to CF, Andy

Andybarnsley · 11-06-2007, 17:05

Cant fault a good bump now and again lol
Its about 1 year since i been having trouble with this ..and this was one of the many Forums that ive read trying to fix it.
Anyway all sorted now

Im thinking of putting the Hammer to the belkin , Filming it and perhaps posting the Funeral on youtube
anyway Cheers

Andy

11-06-2007, 18:59

Well it's a relief(?) to find it's not just me. Got exactly the same problem (all lights except modem going out). The router worked fine for ages, but recently I've a) changed from WEP to WPA security, b) changed from STB to SACM for Virgin connection. Tried upgrading the Belkin firmware - no better. Virgin seem to have been doing some network upgrades around here recently, as my speedtest results have improved significantly. However, at the same time, the rate of router freezes has increased. Looks like Linksys here I come. Might even go for a pre-N so I can use the 20MB upgrade wirelessly.

sjb2 · 12-06-2007, 21:17

I took everyone's advice and got rid of Belkin and changed to NetGear instead (my local shop didn't have any Linksys in stock on that day).

Haven't looked back : it's been brilliant since.

If anyone is still suffering from the dreaded orange light problem then it looks like Belkin haven't solved the problem.

DocDutch · 13-06-2007, 21:57

just out of interest... there is a version number on the bottom of the router that you have problems with. what is that number, that is if you still have the unit.