Everything was working fine in my setup on Friday night. On Saturday I upgraded my PC for Eyefinity. This meant rearranging the room for extra desk space, so everything was pulled out including the cable modem and router.
Unfortunately the wife got a little hands on and disconnected the router and CM for me - but I don't suspect she damaged anything.
Once I put everything together again, the router (Belkin F5D7230-4 v2001uk) wouldn't pick up an IP address from the cable modem (Motorola Surfboard 3100). I plugged the CM straight into a PC and it got a valid Virgin IP address.
Reconnected it to the WAN port on the router - no address given. Tried changing cables, and no luck. I can get to the setup pages on the router and have performed a factory reset, but no change. I can get to the management pages of the modem (when it's connected to a PC), but everything looks fine.
Suspecting the router may have been damaged, I've just been out and bought a Netgear WNR2000 router, but am having exactly the same problem. The modem into the PC works fine, but connected to the router gives nothing.
I wouldn't have thought the modem was at fault, as it works fine when connected to a PC - and it's not something I can just get a spare of to test anyway.
Any suggestions on what could possibly be wrong would be appreciated, as it's causing me to go a little nuts!
Unfortunately the wife got a little hands on and disconnected the router and CM for me - but I don't suspect she damaged anything.
Once I put everything together again, the router (Belkin F5D7230-4 v2001uk) wouldn't pick up an IP address from the cable modem (Motorola Surfboard 3100). I plugged the CM straight into a PC and it got a valid Virgin IP address.
Reconnected it to the WAN port on the router - no address given. Tried changing cables, and no luck. I can get to the setup pages on the router and have performed a factory reset, but no change. I can get to the management pages of the modem (when it's connected to a PC), but everything looks fine.
Suspecting the router may have been damaged, I've just been out and bought a Netgear WNR2000 router, but am having exactly the same problem. The modem into the PC works fine, but connected to the router gives nothing.
I wouldn't have thought the modem was at fault, as it works fine when connected to a PC - and it's not something I can just get a spare of to test anyway.
Any suggestions on what could possibly be wrong would be appreciated, as it's causing me to go a little nuts!