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Post subject: router  Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 4:16 pm |
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| Apprentice bacon herder |
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my family has a router that every computer we have in the house goes through but at the moment the wireless isnt working well and it taking ages for ythe wireless to register... and also the cabled computers (mine and my parents computers..) the internet has ben running slow for them, and sometimes not even working...
my brother thinks it is something to do with the firmwear... i suggested maybe a part of the firmwear may have gone corrupt? (would that be possible?)
has anyone got any ideas?
(makes a belkin i think lol)
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 4:25 pm |
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gonna be doing this myself soon so the next quetion is a noob one i'm afraid
Q.Does the firmware have to be updated on all pc's?
apologies if its a silly question 
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 4:50 pm |
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[QBS]Dr.Strangelove wrote: gonna be doing this myself soon so the next quetion is a noob one i'm afraid Q.Does the firmware have to be updated on all pc's? apologies if its a silly question flashing a rounter with new firmware isnt dificult....
dont try do it from a wireless connection...even tho i did...lol....cos you lose connection half way through...
there will be an upload firmware option in the rounter software when you logon..
although the firmware can fix some issues.... it can also run worse...
as with my netgear router..the 2nd firmware release seems to be the most stable.
There is nothing to change on ya pc... only the key if you decide to change that on the router for wireless connections....
o btw.... if the flash does go wrong...there tends to be recovery programs for routers..there is for a netgear...cant say for a belkin tho.. _________________   Went to a zoo, they only had one animal there, a dog............. It was a shitzu.... I’z leakin… bring amberlamps
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 4:51 pm |
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Alright guys,
So you go to the manufacturers website and download the latest firmware for your model. Then you connect to the router with one of the PC's that uses a cable (very important that part)
Log onto the router, and find the firmware upgrade page (look in the manual or the manufacturers website for instructions) Then upgrade your firmware.
Dr.Strangelove: hopefully this should answer ur question. You dont upgrade the firmware on the PC's, just the router
Maddog: its unlikely that this is the cause of your problems. It could be a number of things
1) someone near you has setup a wireless router using the same channel as yours. http://www.netstumbler.com will help you see the networks in your area.
2) Pc's are infected with a virus which is causeing a lot of network traffic, causeing the router to become slow. Do virus/spyware checks on ur pc.
3) If the router is old it might slowly be dieing, (this happens but is unlikely)
Let us know how you get on
P.S if any of you have Linksys WRT54G Series of router have a look at http://www.thibor.co.uk (hacked firmware that is a lot better than linksys)
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 4:53 pm |
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forcefire..if we dont hear from them..we know it went wrong...  _________________ Went to a zoo, they only had one animal there, a dog............. It was a shitzu.... I’z leakin… bring amberlamps
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 4:55 pm |
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 5:07 pm |
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 5:15 pm |
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hehe mine should be fine... if ours dont work we will just call 2 of my bros mate... 1 does networking for all schools in southampton and the other is smart about it...
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 7:51 pm |
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FoRcEFiRe wrote: Alright guys,
2) Pc's are infected with a virus which is causeing a lot of network traffic, causeing the router to become slow. Do virus/spyware checks on ur pc.
Spyware... I seem to remember Maddog having a huge problem with this... 
How often do you do a Spyware scan? Speaking of which...
*loads "Spybot - Search & Destroy"*
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Post subject: Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 8:19 pm |
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Kimck 098 wrote: Spyware... I seem to remember Maddog having a huge problem with this... i ran it the day b4 i made this post... and again today after i read about it in the post so stfu kimck _________________ Games: DC, CSS, BF2, Insurgency, Cod2, Cod4, Cod5, BFBC2, Surpreme Commander, Hidden Source, bfbc2/vietnam, Cod black ops, need for speeds (underground 1 and 2, prostreet, hot pursuit, most wanted), juiced 1 and 2, im sure theres more...
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Post subject: router Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 10:41 pm |
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how many computers we talking about being on at once ? you may be saturating your upload
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Post subject: Re: router Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 10:50 am |
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happyslappy wrote: how many computers we talking about being on at once ? you may be saturating your upload
4 computers... but 1 of them uses msn only... another uses the internet to send a email once a day to america... brothers is msn and lots of forums and internet comics and mine with computer games this forum and msn... _________________ Games: DC, CSS, BF2, Insurgency, Cod2, Cod4, Cod5, BFBC2, Surpreme Commander, Hidden Source, bfbc2/vietnam, Cod black ops, need for speeds (underground 1 and 2, prostreet, hot pursuit, most wanted), juiced 1 and 2, im sure theres more...
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