MrB
18-03-2005, 14:55
I have read through this and various other forums but cannot seem to find the answer to my problem, hence I will post here and keep my fingers crossed that readers of Cable Forum in the NTL Broadband area may have an idea what to do.
I have this week bought a Netgear MR814v2 router so that I can use wireless on two computers in our house (was hard wired ethernet). This will be linking in to an NTL Pace Set-Top Box (1MB). When I followed the instructions on Thursday, plugged ethernet lead from modem to router, the computers picked up the connection straight away and, once I had registered the Router on the NTL sign up, rebooted and it worked all day - I could access the internet and the other computer without a problem.
Friday morning I switched on the computers, could and can still see each computer and the router on the network (and can access the router settings) but it will not pick up/renew the internet connection. When I checked in the settings, it showed that the IP "expired" on the day I set up the computer (since then, I tried to renew and it came back as 0.0.0.0.0 or something similar).
I have both computers and the router set up to get the IP allocated dynamically by the ISP, have changed no other settings, but it will not let me access the internet. To problem solve, I tried changing the MAC settings so that this was spoofed from my original computer, to no effect. I also tried running the ethernet from the router to my computer but again, as the problem seems to be the modem to router rather than beyond, this only let me link computers and not see the internet. By unplugging the router, rewiring the ethernet link and rebooting I can access the internet again no problem, hence I have to assume that it is something to do with the router settings (or the router :( ).
I have read on other boards that sometimes you have to set the MTU (?) to a specific number for some ISPs but cannot find a reference to this on NTLs instructions - it is currently set at 1500. Another site mentioned changing a setting on Port forwarding as with some ISPs it is something to do with packet loss (believe the figure was 65000) but not sure what this does or if it would solve it.
I would welcome any ideas as I am at a loss :confused: what I need to do to keep the connection short of returning the router and sticking with a wired network (not really an option as the wires trail around the house and this is proving unpopular with my wife ;) ).
Many thanks
Mr B
I have this week bought a Netgear MR814v2 router so that I can use wireless on two computers in our house (was hard wired ethernet). This will be linking in to an NTL Pace Set-Top Box (1MB). When I followed the instructions on Thursday, plugged ethernet lead from modem to router, the computers picked up the connection straight away and, once I had registered the Router on the NTL sign up, rebooted and it worked all day - I could access the internet and the other computer without a problem.
Friday morning I switched on the computers, could and can still see each computer and the router on the network (and can access the router settings) but it will not pick up/renew the internet connection. When I checked in the settings, it showed that the IP "expired" on the day I set up the computer (since then, I tried to renew and it came back as 0.0.0.0.0 or something similar).
I have both computers and the router set up to get the IP allocated dynamically by the ISP, have changed no other settings, but it will not let me access the internet. To problem solve, I tried changing the MAC settings so that this was spoofed from my original computer, to no effect. I also tried running the ethernet from the router to my computer but again, as the problem seems to be the modem to router rather than beyond, this only let me link computers and not see the internet. By unplugging the router, rewiring the ethernet link and rebooting I can access the internet again no problem, hence I have to assume that it is something to do with the router settings (or the router :( ).
I have read on other boards that sometimes you have to set the MTU (?) to a specific number for some ISPs but cannot find a reference to this on NTLs instructions - it is currently set at 1500. Another site mentioned changing a setting on Port forwarding as with some ISPs it is something to do with packet loss (believe the figure was 65000) but not sure what this does or if it would solve it.
I would welcome any ideas as I am at a loss :confused: what I need to do to keep the connection short of returning the router and sticking with a wired network (not really an option as the wires trail around the house and this is proving unpopular with my wife ;) ).
Many thanks
Mr B