BF2S Forums Router Problem!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's a Belkin. Chances are that it has simply broken.

Freezer7Pro wrote:

It's a Belkin. Chances are that it has simply broken.

i agree.  i've had a 2wire and an actiontec do the same.

rammunition wrote:

ok, i have a Belkin N1 Cable router. this is my router

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Belkin-F5D8231u … amp;sr=1-1

Now i used to get a very good signal range with roughly around 20m's. But over the few days my router has only been transmitting the signal only 1 metre. if i move my laptop/ipod touch/PSP over 1 metre away from the router it disconnects. There is NO ISSUE with my internet as i get top speed on my desktop (20MB)

i have tried to disconnect and reset both router and modem but no luck.

help me!!!

Just shut it down and let it coooool for a good few hours. In my not-so-expert-opinion most routers stay on for too long and start having weird problems.

Uzique wrote:

Freezer7Pro wrote:

It's a Belkin. Chances are that it has simply broken.

For a tech-section resident, you actually hardly ever help anyone, to be honest.

Do you only consider those that buy the finest of the market's hardware worthy of your expert 16 year old advice?

His problem is that he doesn't know the first thing about networking, and a few embarrassing episodes have made him timid.

King_County_Downy wrote:

Uzique wrote:

Freezer7Pro wrote:

It's a Belkin. Chances are that it has simply broken.

For a tech-section resident, you actually hardly ever help anyone, to be honest.

Do you only consider those that buy the finest of the market's hardware worthy of your expert 16 year old advice?

Must you always be a jerk? Why are you in the tech section again?

Reading, for my own information and enjoyment. I don't profess to be, or seek to be, a tech-section contributer and helper. Freezer basically never leaves this section, but his general responses to people's questions seems to be sniggering and general tech-elitism. I'm pretty sure that's not the idea of posting tech-help and troubleshooting-questions here...

Uzique wrote:

King_County_Downy wrote:

Uzique wrote:

For a tech-section resident, you actually hardly ever help anyone, to be honest.

Do you only consider those that buy the finest of the market's hardware worthy of your expert 16 year old advice?

Must you always be a jerk? Why are you in the tech section again?

Reading, for my own information and enjoyment. I don't profess to be, or seek to be, a tech-section contributer and helper. Freezer basically never leaves this section, but his general responses to people's questions seems to be sniggering and general tech-elitism. I'm pretty sure that's not the idea of posting tech-help and troubleshooting-questions here...

You know, we aren't really all that different.

Most wireless routers have a broadcast strength control option, so you can limit the range.  Make sure that hasn't been turned all the way down.

Also, if you've recently added or changed any wireless appliances in your home, such as a new cordless phone, cell phone, or wireless speakers for a home theater system, try disconnecting them to see if the problem changes.

It doesn't sound like the router is shot, Belkin or not, so for the sake of suggestion: Try changing the wireless channel. Due to the nature of wireless, having more then 1 router in an area causes problems. Thus, there are 11 channels to put each router on a slightly different frequency. What you need to do is get to the routers configuration which it sounds like you haven't done before. Easiest thing to do would be to look it up in the manual. I took the liberty of doing this for you.

Step 1: Open up IE/Firefox and go to "192.168.2.1" as if it were a website.
Step 2: Find the "Wireless" tab.
Step 3: (This manual isn't very good) I think you have to find the "Channel and SSID" tab.
Step 4: You should see a drop down menu to select a channel.

The channels you should try are 1 (which it may be set to), 6 and 11. 6 or 11, if the channel is the issue, ought to solve your problem.

Step 5: Select "Apply Changes"

The manual says the change is immediate, so your laptop may lose connection. In which case, just rescan and reconnect to it as you would normally. It should self configure itself to the new channel, but if not, you'll have to manually configure that in the wireless settings.