Hi again,

I'm having a problem with a Belkin Wireless router (quite and old one - I think a F5D7630-UK4A). It has two computers connecting to it, both wirelessly: a Windows PC connecting via a Belkin USB dongle (again, quite an old one - I think a F5D7051), and a Mac laptop running OSX 10.4, connecting via an in-built airport card.

Both computers connect fine to the router, but sometimes when one is connected and I try and connect the other one, the first computer gets thrown off. This can either be the Windows PC or the Mac. There doesn't seem to be any logic to it.

I thought it might be a problem to do with the allocation of IP addresses, so I've set the Windows PC to a fixed IP address that should be free (192.168.2.188). But the problem continues - everything's fine when one computer in connected, and often both computers can connect at the same time, but pretty often one computer will throw the other one off.

Anyone got any idesa?

Tks, J.

Hi there Jim,
Can you confirm the exact model number please - we need to see if there is updated firmware available.

Also, please can you run IPCONFIG /ALL on each PC and post the results.

Hey Hengis:

I haven't got physical access to the router yet but will do on Sunday. I'll update the firmware and report back.

Since one of the computers is a Mac it won't have IPCONFIG - do you know what the equivalent is (I guess it would be the same as it would be for Linux/Unix, if that's any help)? There is IFCONFIG, if that's useful. What information do you need?

In Terminal type "cat /etc/resolv.conf"; the IP addresses of your DNS servers should be listed there

Sorry for not getting back to you sooner - I only just remembered about this thread.

I upgraded the firmware on the router, and everything is now working fine.

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