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Wireless Interference on Belkin N1 Vision.
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15. January 2010 @ 15:44 |
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Hi all,
Heres my problem i keep getting. I have a Belkin F5D8632-4 v1 (the one with a lcd display on it) and i have setup my wireless and Ethernet connection with it.
I have 4 wireless connections at home: Mums laptop, brothers pc, My iphone and my brother ipod touch. All connections are established but, out of randomness the router stops all wireless connection and does not re-establish it's connection with all the wireless devices.
My thought would be interference but it should automatically re-connect all wireless devices, right?
When all wireless are down. my brother seems to restart the router every time his internet is not working.
Even when the Ethernet (that i am using) but brother doesn't care and resets the router causing my downloads to stop..
it's getting very annoying, especially when i play online on my Xbox.
Thanks
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16. January 2010 @ 06:20 |
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Here you go ~ Belkin N1 Vision
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The N1 Vision syncs to central European time servers every two hours, and we found that this was covertly interrupting all internet traffic for 10-15 seconds every two hours, an act which became increasingly frustrating. We also found both the ADSL+ and Cable versions required frequent hard resets, even with just two concurrent connections, which was very concerning considering the N1 Vision?s apparently up to date retail firmware
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Belkin has released beta firmware which completely solves these issues, which can be found here for the ADSL2+ version and here for the Cable version. We can?t stress enough that you should only consider using the N1 Vision with the beta firmware, as without it?s a total pain requiring frequent resets. Thankfully the new firmware completely solved our reliability issues to the point that we?ve been running both the cable and ADSL+ versions constantly for 2 weeks without a single need for a reset or dropped connection ? impressive stuff, but it?s a shame the beta firmware hasn?t been rolled out to the router?s automatic firmware update feature.
*edited for spelling*
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16. January 2010 @ 18:43 |
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thanks for posting.. I've found a firmware update that will apparently stop the disconnection every 2hours but i doubt that it will work.
It also tells you to manually stop the ntp update via the developer console. for me, that didn't quite work
thanks.
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16. January 2010 @ 20:20 |
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Yeah i'd read about the firmware and stopping NTP in a few different places, it does seem to work, keep us posted
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neilcolt
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17. January 2010 @ 09:58 |
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I have had exactly the same problem with the same router.I did get problems when i had a cordless telephone near the router this was moved and yes the disconnections stopped.
Although i have had other problems but funnily enough were eventually traced to my incoming connection being defective in bad weather.When it rained my cable incoming conection obviously didnt give me a full signal and the router kept freezing.
Soon as the weather was ok the router preformed well.It is a sensitive router indeed.
Good luck.
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17. January 2010 @ 16:05 |
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After the firmware update from F5D8632-4_WW_1.00.06 to F5D8632-4_WW_1.00.09, i got disconnected again and this time it's Ethernet as well!! but after i reset the router to the default and entered my isp details. i couldn't connect, then i realised it could be the ISP went down.
I'm going to leave it for another week and see is static IP is better than DHCP.
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17. January 2010 @ 16:09 |
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I know the (Beta) firmware is supposed to make the N1 stable, but i read somewhere that turning NTP off also solved the issue. Try that as i don't know exactly what's in the firmware update
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17. January 2010 @ 18:21 |
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I tried doing what the website told me to do which is;
* Browse to 192.168.2.1/wukongjiuwo.html
* Type PS into the command bar and click the enter button
* Find the NTP process in the list of processes, easily identified by looking for NTP - it will also list the time zone you're in.
* In the command bar type in kill [process number] (in our case it was 323, but may differ) then click enter
* You're done, the router will no longer update it's internal clock every two hours! However you'll need to re-apply this fix every time the router is restarted.
but everytime i use the kill 378 command and enter. i then refresh the page and it's still there but under a different number.
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17. January 2010 @ 18:40 |
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I've been googling and can't find anything else. That Beta firmware seems to be working for most people that i read about having problems, the odd comment i read about where it didn't work didn't have any other workarounds, so it seems that the Beta firmware should do the trick.
What you say 'reset the router to it's defaults' after the firmware update, are you sure the router is still at the new firmware version ie is it still on F5D8632-4_WW_1.00.09 ?. Other than that i don't know what else to suggest, the Beta firmware is from May 2008 i think, and there isn't a newer firmware..
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Network ~ DD-WRT ~ 2node WDS-WPA2/AES ~ Buffalo WHR-G54S. 3node WPA2/AES ~ WRT54GS v6 (inc. WEP BSSID), WRT54G v2, WRT54G2 v1. *** Forum Rules ***
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17. January 2010 @ 19:26 |
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Originally posted by creaky:
What you say 'reset the router to it's defaults' after the firmware update, are you sure the router is still at the new firmware version ie is it still on F5D8632-4_WW_1.00.09 ?. Other than that i don't know what else to suggest, the Beta firmware is from May 2008 i think, and there isn't a newer firmware..
Yes, after i reset the router to the default settings. the firmware is still on 1.00.09 which i assume is the latest one.
So far, after using the static ip addressing, things are going pretty good. hopefully the wireless wont d/c
will keep you posted :) thanks for help.
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neilcolt
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18. January 2010 @ 04:27 |
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On my belkin i went to menu then settings then from here found the firmware version,there is on here an option to upgrade,but it checks itself if your internet is still connected.My did not upgrade as it said i had the latest version.It was at this point i had a spare modem(the old netgear one i replaced with the N1 belkin with).Installed this temporary and even this started crashing.At this point discovered it was the incoming cable signal to my house,it is a possibilty.
Hope you get it sorted.!!
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Janjooa
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5. February 2010 @ 15:10 |
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I have the same issue with my Belkin F5D8632- keeps freezing and dropping all clients
I have been running the latest beta firmware 1_0_0_9 since launch but cant pinpoint what the bloody issue is. I have updated my laptop to the wireless n drives fir wifi.
Belkin support is useless. Its an Indian call centre. The best they can do is offer an exchange produt.
My ISP is O2 UK.
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5. February 2010 @ 16:00 |
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Can't help over and above the info/fixes in the above posts and as you're on the latest firmware the best thing you can do is try to get it exchanged for a decent router..
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Network ~ DD-WRT ~ 2node WDS-WPA2/AES ~ Buffalo WHR-G54S. 3node WPA2/AES ~ WRT54GS v6 (inc. WEP BSSID), WRT54G v2, WRT54G2 v1. *** Forum Rules ***
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5. February 2010 @ 16:18 |
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I think I fixed my problem by assigning each PC to a static IP instead of using DHCP. After 2 weeks of static IP, my connection are stable and rarely disconnects.
As for Janjooa case, i would try setting it to static. might work for you aswell.
Good luck.
Martin.L
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Janjooa
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5. February 2010 @ 16:27 |
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Originally posted by MaSHi:
I think I fixed my problem by assigning each PC to a static IP instead of using DHCP. After 2 weeks of static IP, my connection are stable and rarely disconnects.
As for Janjooa case, i would try setting it to static. might work for you aswell.
Good luck.
Martin.L
Thanks for this Martin.L
I will try static addresses and report back, Have also changed wireless channels to 1 extended 5 and disabled Qos and changed DSL modulation mode to ADSL2+ I only get 8mb from O2.
Will apply static address to all devices eg iPhone, Blackberry, Wii, PS3, 360 all laptops and desktops etc etc.
I have also killed the NTP process on the ps command line. Belkin support is appalling for the UK. FW 1_0_0_9 is rubbish too fingrs crossed for the newer firmware- but wont hold my breath it Belkin we are talking about ; )
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5. February 2010 @ 16:30 |
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Indeed. There's a reason why there's no Belkin routers in my signature. I do swear by some of their products, PCMCIA cards, KVM switches etc, but i got stung by two crappy Belkin routers years ago and haven't had a disconnection issue ever since then, when i moved to Buffalo and Linksys.
Main PC ~ Intel C2Q Q6600 (G0 Stepping)/Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3/2GB Crucial Ballistix PC2-8500/Zalman CNPS9700/Antec 900/Corsair HX 620W
Network ~ DD-WRT ~ 2node WDS-WPA2/AES ~ Buffalo WHR-G54S. 3node WPA2/AES ~ WRT54GS v6 (inc. WEP BSSID), WRT54G v2, WRT54G2 v1. *** Forum Rules ***
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Digittt
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16. March 2010 @ 15:23 |
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Man...I have long since stopped loving this router. I just want it to work. I am having the same problem, have been on the latest firmware for ages.
As of today I have tried the Kill NTP thing, but the NTP service keeps popping up again with a different number. How do I really kill this?
Next step is to toss it - it's got really bad recently, crashed 8 times today. Pain.
Digittt
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