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**Kevin T** · 21-11-2006, 20:31

A work colleague of mine has TalkTalk broadband set up through a 3com wireless router.

It's worked perfectly for months, then suddenly he lost the internet connection & got 404s all the time. He did a factory reset on the router & now has a strange problem...

The PC communicates with the router in as much that it gets an IP address & picks up the gateway as 198.162.1.1. However, you can't ping the router or access the interface via IE.

I suspected a firewall problem, but (a) he says he hasn't changed anything (b) XP firewall is disabled & (c) even when the TalkTalk firewall is set to 'allow all' the problem persists.

Does anyone have any ideas?

TIA

Cobby

21-11-2006, 20:31	#1
Kevin T Cable Forum Team Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Ashton under Lyne Services: VM M Phone, XL TV & XL Broadband Posts: 5,633	TalkTalk Broadband Router Problem A work colleague of mine has TalkTalk broadband set up through a 3com wireless router. It's worked perfectly for months, then suddenly he lost the internet connection & got 404s all the time. He did a factory reset on the router & now has a strange problem... The PC communicates with the router in as much that it gets an IP address & picks up the gateway as 198.162.1.1. However, you can't ping the router or access the interface via IE. I suspected a firewall problem, but (a) he says he hasn't changed anything (b) XP firewall is disabled & (c) even when the TalkTalk firewall is set to 'allow all' the problem persists. Does anyone have any ideas? TIA Cobby __________________ Formerly Cobbydaler The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom - Isaac Asimov