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<blockquote data-quote="dm15644" data-source="post: 128205">Maybe I didn't explain enough which setting I meant. Open the properties tab of your network card in Control Panel. Under Advanced I have a setting called &quot;Speed &amp; Duplex&quot;, should be the same or similar on your machine. Here's where you find the setting I was referring to. Try to find something similar for the router and the converter box. I bet it's set to &quot;auto&quot;.When it's set to &quot;auto&quot; the two network cards will negotiate the fastest connection when the connection is established. Unfortunately many implementaitons of this feature are buggy, so they don't work. Even worse, there's no standardises fall back. You cound end up with one interface set to 100 Mbit full duplex and the other one 10 Mbit half duplex, which will obviously not work. If the implementations on both ends are of low quality, this error can cause any result (like, your box being dead).Again, I'm not saying that this is the definite cause, but I've seen these kind of errors often enough. It fits your observation that it does not work *only* if you connect your router to the converter, but does work if the PC is in between. Seems like the router and the converter don't manage to configure the link, but the PC in between has better interface cards, recognizes the situation and goes into proper fallback.Hope this is understandable. It's all due to things not being properly standardized but only being based on recommendations.Good luck/jayrock</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dm15644, post: 128205"] Maybe I didn't explain enough which setting I meant. Open the properties tab of your network card in Control Panel. Under Advanced I have a setting called "Speed & Duplex", should be the same or similar on your machine. Here's where you find the setting I was referring to. Try to find something similar for the router and the converter box. I bet it's set to "auto". When it's set to "auto" the two network cards will negotiate the fastest connection when the connection is established. Unfortunately many implementaitons of this feature are buggy, so they don't work. Even worse, there's no standardises fall back. You cound end up with one interface set to 100 Mbit full duplex and the other one 10 Mbit half duplex, which will obviously not work. If the implementations on both ends are of low quality, this error can cause any result (like, your box being dead). Again, I'm not saying that this is the definite cause, but I've seen these kind of errors often enough. It fits your observation that it does not work *only* if you connect your router to the converter, but does work if the PC is in between. Seems like the router and the converter don't manage to configure the link, but the PC in between has better interface cards, recognizes the situation and goes into proper fallback. Hope this is understandable. It's all due to things not being properly standardized but only being based on recommendations. Good luck /jayrock [/QUOTE]

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