nope, tried turning off my firewall and the problem still continues.

My mate's got a Belkin and has has loads of trouble with it refusing to work for no apparent reason. He advised me to avoid them like the plague, so I bought a Netgear this weekend and it seems to work fine. Can you take it back, say it doesn't work and exchange it for a different make?

I'm on my third Netgear wireless router :roll:
It's still as flaky as hell - I wouldn't buy another :evil:

In the 3 wireless networks I look after we have a Swamru, Netgear and a Belkin! All perform superbly - just to give a thumbs up for them...! :wink:

I have problems with my belkin dropping the connection, but I think it's to do with the line...

Ive used Zyxel stuff for years at work without 1 hitch. Not sure about some of the new stuff the the Prestege stuff is good.

3xADSL routers for nearly 4 years without any problems.

My Linksys loses wireless (or I lose wireless to it) with both laptop and PDA sometimes even tho the wireless light is on and the device is litterally attached to the aerial.
I have put this down to passing ships or my central heating or next doors cordless telephone.

A far cry from BaB's denial tho :lol:

ok, i got myself a new wireless router, exchanged it at pcworld.

the new one isnt shutting down every 5 mins

however, now i can only achieve download speeds of around 50kbs

anyone have any ideas?