Belkin F5D7230-4 -- Wireless stopped functioning

When I first booted up at about 10:30pm EST. I could not get the wireless to work. I am able to connect to other wireless routers but not my own. The wireless light on the router is indeed off. I've gone threw I list of measurements. Clearing my cash, unplugging the router from the wall for 30 minutes, even resetting it back to factory settings. The wired network and internet are functioning correctly. Any ideas on what the problem could be? Please advise.

 

Are you getting cable service, Niki? Sometimes the ISP goes down, so there isn't anything you can do about it!

 

The internet is working fine as I am able to communicate with you.

 

OK, that seems reasonable.

Next question is, can you at least connect to the router locally? (Meaning, no Internet, just access to the router settings and a local network?) This way you can access the router menu.

You know that your router is defective if you cannot access the router menu and the lights on the router are not lit. In any case, if the router lights are not on even when the unit is powered, that is trouble.

 

Ok, I think what we need here is a recapp.

1. I can acess the routers menu as long I am plug into it via a cat5e cable... a.k.a. the wired portion of my network.

2. I don't see what this even has to do with the internet. The internet is working fine as does the wired portion of the network (only my laptop has a wireless card. My desktop is connected via a Cat5e cable.)

3. All of the routers lights stay on except for the wireless indicator. The indicators for each wired port ( 1, 2, 3, 4), the indicator for the internet, the power light, and the modem light are all on. They are bright and green. The last indicator the one for the wireless is currently off, but it goes back on periodically. off and at any rate it doesn't matter because I can't connect to the wireless anyways.

4. Even if the internet was out I should still be able to connect to my wireless router.

 

Yeah, you are absolutely right, especially on points 2 & 4. You should always be able to connect to the wireless router and access the setup.

On number 2 - again, correct. Let's leave the actual internet connection out of this for now, since we know it works perfectly. We can also assume the broadband modem works fine as well.

Since all the lights except for the wireless connections (1,2,3...) work, then there is some internal issue with the router. I believe Belkin routers don't have reset buttons (mine doesn't) but that wouldn't help anyway.

If you used to be able to connect to the wireless router without a cat5 cable, then I guess we can rule out any security settings (such as MAC filtering) that is preventing your access. You might double check anyway by visiting the Security setting of the router menu.

All in all, it seems like that router has gone kaput otherwise.

 

Mac address filtering 'was' set up. On my router it will filter both wireless and wired traffic out. But both my wired and wireless network cards were set up as allowed MACs on my network. Most recently I set up port forwarding on that router (The router in question is supposed to be brand new. I bought it to replace my old linksys router which physically suffered a catastrophic accident. I admit I picked this one out because it was cheap.) but it was working fine the last few days either way.

Anyways the above paragaph is a waste of words because I tried reseting the router to factory settings and after that still have no luck with the wireless.

It is interesting to note that I can see my wireless router in the 'Wireless Network Connections' window.

 

Please post this question elsewhere (on a new thread), since it ruins the flow of question-answers.

Definitely return that router (if you are still within the return\exchange period for your store) or get it replaced by the company itself. You shouldn't have to spend again just because you got a lemon.

btw - Merry Christmas !

 

strange becouse I have a belkin F5D8230-4 with which I am having the same sudden issue. Except the wireless light of my unit is still lit!

 

Belkin's are not known to have the best reliability. I would return it and get a D-link or Netgear, I've had moved away form Linksys since they have done a major change to the WRT54g and did not change the model to reflect it. Only buy the WRT54g if v2-4 or GL model. Even the GL has 1/2 the ram as v4 models.

 

@metamorphical: I'm having EXACTLY the same problem with my Belkin N1 (F5D8231-4 v2). Wireless icon disappears, and I lose the connection. I can access the setup from my PC connected directly to the router, but can't access it wirelessly. Also, I'm able to see my router in the list of available connection. What makes it even strange, right before the X-mas I bought v1 version of this N1 router, had the same problem. Returned back, got a newer v2 version and have the same problem. When I call Belkin support, they are a bunch of MORONS!!! I'm ready to give up on N1, will try Netgear or D-Link, I guess? Can anybody recommend a good "N" router model?

Thanks!!!

 

Belkins are not know for reliability. Then you elected to be a beta tester for them when you purchased a pre 11n device. My advise is drop 11n and get a good 11g. The good ones work as good if not better the most of the 11n out there. Besides if there is any 11g present it is suppose to drop back to that spec.

 

Well, N1 supposed to be their "official" N router, this is not a pre-N model. My Thinkpad T60 comes with a/b/g/n card therefore I got this router which was top cnet rated choice. Both Thinkpad's wifi card and N1 use the same Atheros chipset, so I was hoping for a full compatibility. Unfortunately, Atheros drivers on Thinkpad card doesn't support N rate yet until a month from now when Vista is officially released. I don't mind running at G rate now, just want a connection which doesn't get dropped. This is very frustrating when wireless icon on N1 disappears while I still have a wired connection. I believe in "3 strikes and you out", but don't feel like getting yet another N1 replacement. Therefore, want to get instead another brand router (preferably with N or pre-N support) and try it out. I have bad history with Linksys and always found them having a limited range. Have they done any improvements?

Please, recommend me something. I might as well continue my beta testing quest

 

11n is still PRE spec release. Official or not it is still pre 11n spec. And to top that, none have released firmware to the 11n v2 spec. Yes there router may Official 11n for them, and they may have all of the hardware for what they need to meet the spec. But time will tell. Hopefully they learned from there mistakes with 11g, but mu guess is not. Since they are trying to make these the cheapest they can.

As far as 11g. Linksys WAP54G & GS AP are good, but you can buy a wireless router cheaper than a plane AP. But the AP will out perform the combo unit. Since your is a router, just a AP to then you will have a backup to fall back to or expand your current system. Dlink has a good system to just like your Netgear. I must admit the Netgear 11n is impressive in ideal conditions. But real time use data has been really scattered. I do not recommend mixing mfg, yes that are suppose to be to the same spec. If that was true all 11b/g would be the same, NOT.

Just make sure you have the latest drives. Better yet got on netgear's beta tester list. I did this with my FVS338 router. You will get a firmware update about 1-2/week. All you need to do is report what kind of results you have, good and bad. What I ended up with was a solid router with only a few minor glitches on sending logs, does not clear.

 

Just read that Belkin N1 has problems when you have WEP enabled. BTW, just bought a new D-Link DIR655 Xtreme N router. Will try to see if its better (so far I read only positive reviews about it).

 

I'm using WPA2 on mine and still have the same issue. I have been back and forth with belkin for over a month and they still will not acknowledge that the router is the problem.