Ok, a toughie:

Post by **GORDON** » Fri Dec 03, 2004 5:21 pm

All right.

New router, same problem.

I just unhooked it *again*, and ran the cable modem directly to my PC. I hit every link on the dtman.com front page, and had a success rate of 100%. Going through this router, about 50% of the links are "not found" until I refresh 2 - 4 times.

Either my cable modem isn't interfacing correctly with the router, or WinXP SP2 isn't communicating with the router. Keep in mind... I can reproduce this problem on 3 PC's on this network... all running WinXP SP2.

It sure would be a pain in the ass pulling out my laptop which has WinXP SP0 on it....

Post by **GORDON** » Fri Dec 03, 2004 5:32 pm

This doesn't bode well.

From a random tech support forum:

So I phoned D-Link Sales in order to get a replacement for my defective router (it's a DI-604 Rev. E). They forced me to go through tech support, so I let them transfer me over. As I waited on hold, I quickly hooked the router back up, and then waited, and waited, and waited.

30 minutes later I was finally answered by a tech support provider. I told him that the router was sporatically disconnecting from my modem, and that I updated the firmware, tried different connections and cables, and now I wanted to send it in for a replacement. He told me the problem was Windows XP's Service Pack 2, and that it affects all routers, no matter what brand or model, and that the only solution is to uninstall Service Pack 2.

Zetleft · Post by **Zetleft** » Fri Dec 03, 2004 5:38 pm

bwhahaahhahahahhahahahahha, that's for everyone second guessing me on choosing to not install that crap for 6 months at least.

Post by **GORDON** » Fri Dec 03, 2004 5:52 pm

Ok, so how do I uninstall sp2 from one of my machines? that would be easier than digging out the ancient laptop.

Zetleft · Post by **Zetleft** » Fri Dec 03, 2004 5:58 pm

microsoft

tech-recipes.com

Post by **GORDON** » Fri Dec 03, 2004 6:17 pm

Yeah, I was just thinking out loud. By the time I had hit "submit" on the post, I had figured it out.

Uninstalled SP2, still have the problem.

Now I'm left wondering if the problem is somewhere else, or if there's still sp2 crap gumming up the system.

Post by **GORDON** » Fri Dec 03, 2004 8:16 pm

Welp.

I'm posting this from a Win98 machine, going through the router, and it looks like I'm still having the issue. I click through a list of links, and 1 time out of 4 a window pops up saying "Can't connect to remote server." IIRC, the difference is the old version of IE I'm using.

Point is, it doesn't seem to be a WinXP issue.

Post by **GORDON** » Fri Dec 03, 2004 9:40 pm

Crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap crap.

Seems to be an issue with the interface between the cable modem and the router.

I'm pretty sure Time Warner tech support is going to stop talking to me when they realize the cable modem works fine when bypassing the router.

Do they still sell cable modems as Best Buy? maybe I can buy one, try it, and take it back if it doesn't resolve the issue.

Zetleft · Post by **Zetleft** » Sat Dec 04, 2004 1:21 pm

They sell everything at best buy.

Post by **GORDON** » Sat Dec 04, 2004 3:44 pm

This issue has me demoralized.

I'm like the only person in the universe with this problem.

mbilderback · Post by **mbilderback** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 9:37 am

Linux box router.

Post by **GORDON** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 11:13 am

mbilderback wrote:Linux box router.

Cakedaddy told you to say that.

mbilderback · Post by **mbilderback** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 11:20 am

No, I've been running one for quite some time. I told me to say that....er or something.

Post by **Cakedaddy** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 12:45 pm

I was going to say "No, I wasn't logged in on the wrong account when that was posted!"

I run one too, and often brag about how mine is better than his. I learn Linux, and have a more stable and robust router/firewall. Setup overhead is greater. But, they've come a lone way toward making it good and easy to use/setup.

Althought, Redhat is no longer free. So, I guess I'll have to learn SuSE and maybe setup on that before Novell pulls the 'free' plug as well. At the same time, Redhat 9 has been doing fine for me. So. . . who knows.

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mbilderback · Post by **mbilderback** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 3:05 pm

Debian's pretty good, a bit more difficult on the setup but only with Xwin. The nice thing about Debian is that if you install something with dependencies, it will automatically get the packages it's dependant on. RH Xwindows setup is lightyears ahead of Debian so I use it for my Linux toy box and I use Debian for my firewall.

Post by **GORDON** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 8:17 pm

Ok.

This problem has persisted, and I've gone a little more insane every day.

The last 2 days, I've not had to do a single refresh.................... and I haven't done anything. Knock on wood.

So who the hell knows.

Post by **GORDON** » Wed Jan 06, 2010 1:54 pm

I was looking for a different thread, but noticed this one, so I thought I'd tell you what the solution ended up being:

Back when we were running the WASTE network, I had to reload it right after I reloaded the server. I had set WASTE to broadcast my IP... or something like that. It was locking up my router at very short, regular intervals. As soon as I unchecked that option, the problem went away.

I don't know why I didn't update way back then.

It was WASTE.

Post by **Troy** » Wed Jan 06, 2010 2:25 pm

I got a Buffalo wireless router and flashed it with DD-WRT over the holidays.

The new router works flawlessly, no problems at all yet.

Post by **GORDON** » Wed Jan 06, 2010 2:39 pm

I have a new router being delivered today. The gigabit gaming router I bought a few years ago.... the power supply stopped working the other night. Swapping out another DLink power chord worked, but I don't know what the original problem is so instead of waiting for my fix to fail, leaving me without internet for several days, I just went and ordered a new router.

Went with this one, had the best reviews in that price range. Moving away from DLink for the first time.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833122326

Post by **GORDON** » Wed Jan 06, 2010 2:40 pm

Ha, I said "power chord."