Linksys WRT55AG...

Aspect · 16 Sep 2006 at 10:10

...is a piece of crap. Just when i think i have it running smoothly, it suddenly goes **** up. Its giving me some ip conflict crap now, and i cant get a wireless connection over 1mbps for more than 20 secs.

Its too late to return it too. Im thinking Belkin or Netgear now, which is the best?

f666 · 16 Sep 2006 at 10:19

out of those 2 netgear

Aspect · 16 Sep 2006 at 11:13

fraseredwards said:
out of those 2 netgear

Any particular reason?

shine · 16 Sep 2006 at 11:36

Aspect said:
...is a piece of crap. Just when i think i have it running smoothly, it suddenly goes **** up. Its giving me some ip conflict crap now, and i cant get a wireless connection over 1mbps for more than 20 secs.

Its too late to return it too. Im thinking Belkin or Netgear now, which is the best?

Have you updated the firmware?

tolien · 16 Sep 2006 at 11:58

Aspect said:
Its giving me some ip conflict crap now

So there isn't an IP conflict?
If it doesn't work, there's always Linksys support and/or RMAing it to them...

Can't say I'd touch Belkin, but they have their fans.

Aspect · 16 Sep 2006 at 12:00

shine said:
Have you updated the firmware?

Yeah did it the other day.

Aspect · 16 Sep 2006 at 12:01

tolien said:
So there isn't an IP conflict?
If it doesn't work, there's always Linksys support and/or RMAing it to them...

Can't say I'd touch Belkin, but they have their fans.

Thing is, its set to auto configure the ip's. So i cant work out how the hell they can be trying to access the same one.

tolien · 16 Sep 2006 at 12:09

Aspect said:
So i cant work out how the hell they can be trying to access the same one.

They shouldn't, but to some extent it depends how it (and your machines) are configured. Is every bit of kit on your network set to get an IP using DHCP?

The obvious one would be to check the DHCP range, and make sure it isn't trying to dish out the router's IP to something else.

Aspect · 16 Sep 2006 at 12:11

tolien said:
They shouldn't, but to some extent it depends how it (and your machines) are configured. Is every bit of kit on your network set to get an IP using DHCP?

The obvious one would be to check the DHCP range, and make sure it isn't trying to dish out the router's IP to something else.

Ill have to try later, ive lost patience with the bloody thing. Im using my old wireless-b router for now.

f666 · 16 Sep 2006 at 14:52

Aspect said:
Any particular reason?

belkin doesn't have the best reputation and my personal experience of their products has been poor

how about speedtouch or draytek ?

Curiosityx · 16 Sep 2006 at 20:03

Have you actually tried to source the issue causing the IP conflict?