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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DalaNorth" data-source="post: 126377" data-attributes="member: 27872">Hi all,I recently switched to a local swedish ISP and I'm having trouble getting my router to work. I first had a Belkin F5D7230-4 54G router, but as this router didn't seem to work, I soon switched to another model. (Philips SNK5600).The problem is that when I connect the router to the fiber converter on the wall, the router kind of just hangs. I can no longer access it through the web interface (neither wired nor wireless) and it doesn't route anything. I can't even detect the wireless signal anymore. The router works absolutely splendid until I connect it to the internet. Up until then, I can configure it and connect to it both wired and wireless.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite4" alt=":mad:" title="Mad    :mad:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":mad:" /> I can sometimes briefly access the router for a couple of seconds after connecting it to the net, but usually it dies almost immediately. There is nothing wrong with the router, since it works at my friend's house and he has the same ISP. However, the net also works fine if I skip the router and connect a computer directly to the fiber converter. I have even done some stresstesting, and both the router and the "internet" if you will, are working just fine.So why, oh why doesn't my router work with my connection? I tried sniffing using WireShark, but didn't detect any strange packets that could kill my router. (There were however some packets I didn't expect to see and didn't see at my friends house, but I don't know...)<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite5" alt=":confused:" title="Confused    :confused:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":confused:" /> Could it be a faulty converter after all? Perhaps the output has some sort of strange characteristic that the router can't handle but a network card can? Ah, I don't know I'm all out of answers...<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown    :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> I have contacted the ISP of course and after some persuading that the router IS in fact fine, they said that they would file an error report and that means (according to the contract) that they will take a look at it within "reasonable time".<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite4" alt=":mad:" title="Mad    :mad:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":mad:" /> Knowing the intelligent and competent people at MediaPortal, I figured that I might get my answer quicker here <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin    :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> So what do you think? Should I try a third router? Maybe a model with persistent logging so I can find out why in the h-l the router keeps crashing on me... Should I just keep waiting? Is there anything else I can do?Oh, well... I guess you're bored by now. Grateful for any input!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin    :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> RegardsDalaNorth</blockquote>

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