Strange Internet problem.

Priapus

Priapus

Priapus

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Hi guys,

I have around 13 computers on a LAN/WAN network. All PC's are connected to a router then to a 1mb Internet line.

Problem is:

Every second page I visit gives me a "Page cannot be found" error. Now, if I refresh a couple of times it eventually loads the page. Secondly, one some sites, mostly local or when people don't put full address in (Sometimes even when they do), it takes them to the login page for my router.

For example, if I typed in, www.fnb.co.za or yahoo.com it loads this login page for the router.

Is there any reason as to why it's doing this?
Also, any ideas on the first problem?

Many thanks for any help guys!
Rob.
 
Does this ahppen if you have only one mahcine connected to your router and the other 12 disconnected ?

Try this with each and every machine.

Are all the machines on line and sneding receiving email and stuff ? as you might be trying to make the 1Mb connection go to far by sharing over 13 machines as the download is going to be basically dialup speeds and upload is going to be even worse. If you have someone sending a large email this will max your upload out and this in turn will kill your download which is why I meantioned about try each amchine on it's own.

Also what is the make/model or router and what OS's are on the machines
 
Hi,

Your answer seems likley, however this problem happens all the time. Even if one person is on the Internet. Not all machines are being used all the time, only when people come in to use it. All machines are running Windows XP Professional and the router is a Aztech DSL600EW.

Thanks for the reply.

P.S: The problem happens one every PC on the network, regardless of how many are connected to it at any one time. My thoughts are a dogy router..
 
Ice On Fire said:
My thoughts are a dodgy router..
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yup, a 1mb connection is fine for normal browsing between 13 pcs. and the pages should timeout, not show the router config login page... :p

you could try re-setting it to factory defaults i suppose. got any other hardware kicking about you can test with? :)
 
Thanks Marc2003. I do have a new router to test with. Will try tonight when no one is using the computers.
 
DNS is likely but it may be something simple.

Are you specifying the DNS settings on each PC or depending on the router to handle it?

Try setting up the DNS entries directly on the PCs, you may find that solves the problem.
 
I was thinking perhaps the router is trying to act as an HTTP Proxy, rather than just running NAT and allowing each PC to make requests directly to the internet.

So when the router fails to download a page, it displays its config screen instead.

Sounds very odd anyway.
 
Tried the whole DNS settings, including the from from the link provided above, however I am still having the exact problem. :(.

I haven't got another router to try at the moment though.

Thanks for the help guys!
 
Have you check the HOST files as it is possible that you have a entry in the host files so that www.yahoo.com actually redirectly to your router login page. This is highly unlikely but worth a quick check.
 
Directing to the login page isn't that much of an issue at the moment. It's the constant "Page cannot be found" issue that we're having at the moment. Users have to constantly refresh the page a couple of times to get it to display correctly.

This happens on any computer on the network. :(

Will look into what you suggested though.


Many thanks!
 
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