Im having router problems, can anyone help?

jasin4000 · Feb 7, 2008

It wont pick up the wireless signal and when I connect it into one of the ports in the router it says limited connectivity.

Pretty frustrating to say the least.

Right now Im connected directly to my cable modem.

My router is a linksys

Brock Landers · Feb 7, 2008

I'd reset the router...unplug it and then plug it back in after about 30 secs...

aceduecetrey · Feb 7, 2008

Happens to mine sometimes also. One of the lights start blinking rapidly. Do what brock said and there also should be a reset button on the back also if it does not work.

SC_trojan · Feb 7, 2008

get an Airport

hellah10 · Feb 7, 2008

sounds like you gotta restack your TCP/IP protocol

jasin4000 · Feb 7, 2008

hellah10 said:
sounds like you gotta restack your TCP/IP protocol

how do I do that?

I tried the other methods a bunch of times..

MIMS · Feb 7, 2008

Just call Linksys/whoever

Seriously. Routers are notoriously annoying, and if you don't know what you are doing, you will just waste 5 hours trying to fix something that a phone call to tech support will fix in 30 seconds

jasin4000 · Feb 7, 2008

MIMS said:
Just call Linksys/whoever

Seriously. Routers are notoriously annoying, and if you don't know what you are doing, you will just waste 5 hours trying to fix something that a phone call to tech support will fix in 30 seconds

Funny thing is I spent 35 min talking to linksys with no resolve and he told me to try the process on a different computer and then call us back...

:monsters-

MIMS · Feb 7, 2008

jasin4000 said:
Funny thing is I spent 35 min talking to linksys with no resolve and he told me to try the process on a different computer and then call us back...

:monsters-

Really? Every time I call Linksys they usually get it resolved pretty quickly. Sometimes you get a person who is unhelpful though, and have to try again

jasin4000 · Feb 7, 2008

He was like...do you still have the box so you can take it back. Its obviously fixable.

jasin4000 · Feb 7, 2008

MIMS said:
Really? Every time I call Linksys they usually get it resolved pretty quickly. Sometimes you get a person who is unhelpful though, and have to try again

Im going to try and call back in a little, need to prepare myself mentally for it, it seems.

MIMS · Feb 7, 2008

jasin4000 said:
Im going to try and call back in a little, need to prepare myself mentally for it, it seems.

The language barrier is frustrating

SC_trojan · Feb 7, 2008

more reason to have a Mac

CapNCash · Feb 7, 2008

Ive had several go out. went and bot a new one for $30

jasin4000 · Feb 7, 2008

MIMS said:
The language barrier is frustrating

definitely

Brock Landers · Feb 7, 2008

maybe you need a firmwear upgrade, check their website for downloads..or its your Internet providor thats fucking around..

hellah10 · Feb 7, 2008

get a paperclip... turn your router around (with the power in) and hold the paperclip into the reset button...keep holding it in... then unplug the power from the back of the router (still keeping the paperclip in) count to abotu 20 seconds...then plug it back in (with the paperclip still in)... when you plug back in...remove the paperclip and that should hard reboot your router - putting everything back to default factory settings

let me know what happens after you do this

MIMS · Feb 7, 2008

SC_trojan said:
more reason to have a Mac

Yeah, my Apple router is pretty sweet

MIMS · Feb 7, 2008

Brock Landers said:
maybe you need a firmwear upgrade, check their website for downloads..or its your Internet providor thats fucking around..

Doubtful that this is the problem if it was working and just stopped suddenly

audude · Feb 8, 2008

if you have xp or vista and your computer is hardwired to your router just go to the linksys website and it will set everything up automatically for you