Networking Fouled Up

[Guest]

I have a Motorola WR850G Wireless router which was working fine up to a week
ago. It started dropping out more frequently to the wired connection. I tried
to reinstall the router and fear that now the situation has gotten out of
hand. When I go to install the router it goes to a point where it tries to
connect to the router. It now will not detect it. While it is goiing through
the process, it releases and renews the ip and just as it goes from that to
detecting the router, my Network Connections tab pops up and tells me I have
limited connectivity or no connectivity. I have made no hardware changes and
I have tried stripping out all other connections. Now, I have a cable going
from modem to router and router to computer. Nothing else. Motorola had me
on hold and told me to install a patch but that did nothing. If I connect the
cable modem straight to the computer everything is fine. I'm losing my mind.

 

[Malke]

I have a Motorola WR850G Wireless router which was working fine up to
a week ago. It started dropping out more frequently to the wired
connection. I tried to reinstall the router and fear that now the
situation has gotten out of hand. When I go to install the router it
goes to a point where it tries to connect to the router. It now will
not detect it. While it is goiing through
the process, it releases and renews the ip and just as it goes from
that to detecting the router, my Network Connections tab pops up and
tells me I have
limited connectivity or no connectivity. I have made no hardware
changes and I have tried stripping out all other connections. Now, I
have a cable going
from modem to router and router to computer. Nothing else. Motorola
had me on hold and told me to install a patch but that did nothing. If
I connect the
cable modem straight to the computer everything is fine. I'm losing
my mind.

No reason to lose your mind - it just sounds like your router is dying.
This is confirmed by the fact that everything works when you connect
directly to the cable modem. Replace the router. Stuff breaks. If the
router is fairly new and still under warranty, take it back.

Malke

 

[Guest]

I entertained the notion that the router might be bad, however, when it
starting going bad, I went back to my backup which was a Microsoft Wireless
Base Station, which now will not work either.

Poppa Earl

 

[Malke]

I entertained the notion that the router might be bad, however, when
it starting going bad, I went back to my backup which was a Microsoft
Wireless Base Station, which now will not work either.

Maybe the nic, then? Try swapping it out for a known-good one. Same for
the cable. Switch the port. Do one thing at a time and test after each
change.

Malke

 

[Guest]

I have swapped out NIC cards, used the onboard LAN, switched every cable to
every port and I'm still at Square 1. I may have set a power cycling and
resetting record.

Poppa Earl

 

[Malke]

I have swapped out NIC cards, used the onboard LAN, switched every
cable to every port and I'm still at Square 1. I may have set a power
cycling and resetting record.

This is why it would have been better if you had put all the information
about what you've done in your first post. Basically, if you know that:

1. Your computer is 100% spyware and virus-free;
2. You've tested all your hardware and it all tests fine in other
locations or the problem persists with different hardware;
3. All your settings are correct and you can't determine a particular
change you made at a set point in time to reach a clear
cause-and-effect diagnosis;

then

4. It's probaby a flaky cable/dsl modem.

In any case, at this point I think you've exhausted what help you can
get via newsgroup postings. You need someone to physically come on-site
and take a look. I would certainly start with the cable/dsl provider
first and have them change out their modem, though.

Malke