I have recently fitted a router to enable broadband on my sons computer,the
connection does not drop out,but the default gateway fails a ping test and I
have to reset the router before i get a service back.Belkin support thinks my
firewall is blocking.I use service pack 2 firewall with avg antivirus and run
windows xp.
Is there anything I can do to prevent this?
Grateful for any help
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norvenor

I am not sure the issue. But if you can't ping the gateway, you may enable ping on the router instead of XP.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
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I have recently fitted a router to enable broadband on my sons computer,the
connection does not drop out,but the default gateway fails a ping test and I
have to reset the router before i get a service back.Belkin support thinks my
firewall is blocking.I use service pack 2 firewall with avg antivirus and run
windows xp.
Is there anything I can do to prevent this?
Grateful for any help
--
norvenor