Tharin,
Please note: Items individually answered below.
Jeff
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 7:25 AM
Subject: Re: [H] Possible router faliure
I guess we can assume your cable modem and computers are fine then? Given
your description of equipment is this how you had it connected???
BEFCMU10 Lan Port ==> BEFSX41 Wan Port
BEFSX41 Lan Port ==> WRT54G Lan port
|
| ===> Desktop ethernet card
Connected to the BEFSx41
WRT54G (DHCP Disabled) ===> Wireless clients
Static IP
Normally I fix things by asking myself a bunch of questions and then
testing/verifying each one, so....
Is the equipment running the latest release of their respective firmware?
Did I reset them to defaults after upgrading?
Both routers reset to defaults and both have lates, and only, firmware
upgrades.
What is the proper MTU setting for the cable connection, is it set
correctly in the modem and router?
Hve disabled and enabled at 1500 on a couple of occasions.
Are any QOS or Speed Tuning features in the firmware of the devices
disabled? If not, try it.
To be honest I have never made any changes there and, after looking at it,
wouldn't have a clue.
Is DHCP enabled only on the "primary router"?
Yes
Are all of the ethernet cables Cat5E? Are they in good shape?
Yes
How fast will data transfer from one PC on the LAN to another? (FTP works
well)
Data transfer rates have always been very good. No numbers but large files
move very well, as fast as a normal download or better.
Was the cable modem power cycled before/after connecting a new device to
its LAN port? (Required down here. Cable company seems to lock onto the
MAC address of whatever is connected directly to the cable modem. Takes at
least a couple of minutes for it to flush out of their system.)
I have power cycled the modem several times.
Did the equipment get baked by stacking them w/o proper ventilation?
No....have excellent ventilation, as does all of my equipment.
-Tharin Olsen
Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 8:03:03 PM
Subject: [H] Possible router faliure
<SNIP>
I have removed the wired router, reset it, and tried a new setup. No
luck.
Removed wired router and tried to set up wireless as primary. I had no
luck with this as it does not recognize the wireless router. I have no
idea why.
When all routers are connected the connected PC and laptop work
perfectly, except very, very slow. My email is so slow downloading that it
occasionally times out. Please yell if you need some more info.
I am sending this to two lists to warn those of you that are on both.
Sorry for the long post, but can anyone help?
Jeff
