My router has randomly decided to play up...

Hunders · 21 Apr 2008 at 18:22

For some reason I have not been able to view certain websites lately, some examples being: www.wow-europe.com and www.mr2oc.co.uk

Other websites, like OcUK and googlemail are fine.

As a test I unplugged my router, which is a Linksys WRT54GS, and hooked my PC up directly to the modem. Sorted, everything seems to be running fine and I can access the websites that I am unable to with the router connected.

Does anyone have any ideas on why all of the sudden, out of the blue, my router would decide to not show certain websites?

Cheers.

Nebzor · 21 Apr 2008 at 19:54

I appear to be having the same problem.

I am running an oldish Belkin router and both my PC and my laptop cannot visit certain websites (for example, these forums and wikipedia.org (even though I can get a tracert to wikipedia)), but when I connect from my laptop using my phone as a modem these websites work fine.

I have checked with my ISP and there is no problem on their side, so it appears to be my router playing up from out of the blue (I have tried restoring to factory defaults, but this did not work either.)

Any ideas?

bledd · 21 Apr 2008 at 21:49

Hunders, if your router is V1-V4 (ie, not V5) then install this firmware on it

http://www.polarcloud.com/firmware

it's 100x better than the standard one

Hunders · 21 Apr 2008 at 22:10

Thanks, but mine is version 6

Sin_Chase · 22 Apr 2008 at 15:27

Vista?

bledd · 22 Apr 2008 at 15:32

i'd sell it and get a wrt54GL, tomato is really worth it

Nebzor · 22 Apr 2008 at 20:38

Shrug, it now appears to be working fine.

Hunders · 23 Apr 2008 at 01:26

Yeah mine too! I just came here to post the same.

How bizzare!