[Watford] Router problems

[M Fernandes]

Hi Alan,

I'm surprised at the TalkTalk response, because most (if not all) routers
run a form of Linux.

I'm also unsyre what you mean when you say you ran "desperation 1 & 2"...

When there was no connection to the internet, were some lights not running
on the routers? I suspect that the issue is/was more serviced-based rather
than router-based, because you got the same response with two different
routers.

Mike
On 27 Jan 2012 22:24, "Alan Secker" <alansecker0 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I had been using a four port Netgear DG834GT 108MB ADSL router for about a
> year,
> replacing a Linksys WAG54GS because the latter require a manual reboot
>  after a
> brown-out.  It had been my daughter's but she no longer had a need for it.
> (Sorry,
> too much information).
>
> Anyway, last night I wanted to prevent unwanted intrusion via the wifi. I
> had never
> restricted access for specified MAC addresses following a re-designed
> arrangement following a business move.
>
> Netgear default to 192.168.0.1 for firmware access. When I got in, the
> wireless
> settings page would not come up. Eventually I set it back to factory
> defaults and
> for a while could not get back in. When I did, I reset all the settings
> but could not
> gain connection to the Internet.
>
> I ran desperation version 1 and substituted the Linksys. Exactly the same
> problem.
>
> Finally after faffing about like chicken without the proverbial head, I
> upgraded to
> desperation version 2.
>
> I called my provider TalkTalk. They don't support Linux and they don't
> support any
> routers other than the one-port job that they provide.
>
> Mine was in the loft. To be fair, the call centre guy no 2 (the first one
> got cut off
> after 20 minutes) was patient and waited. I connected the router, switched
> on the
> power and it came up with no set-up required. What's more I had access to
> the
> Internet,
>
> So now unless I can get these two four-port jobs to play ball I am
> stuffed. I need
> those four ports!
>
>
>
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