Re: BT Home Hub

Phil B said the following on 29/04/07 12:47:
"Graham" <graham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:f11sqr$6s4$1$8300dec7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[snip general introduction]

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
BUT that media disconnected is odd - says that it has no physical connection FROM the router - which flies in the face of the ping working.
Look at Millan's reply - it clearly shows that "Media disconnected" refers to the wireless connection - which is entirely reasonable since he is connecting using an ethernet cable.

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Graham J



Oops! Quite right Graham. Sorry!
Forget all that stuff about intermittent connections.

Let's summarise.

This occurs sometimes on computer power up.
Router is at factory default following all the resetting.
Router lights suggest it is communicating with the external network.
Physical connection to computer seems okay.
It has an IP address so DHCP broadcast requests are working.
Ping of the router works.
Web access to the router does not.

Where does that take us?
Are we looking at a software firewall issue - blocking port 80 or the browser perhaps?

Phil

I'll throw in a very abstract piece of interest and you are free to shoot it down if you like.

Having had delivery of the BT Home Hub I had no end of troubles for nearly a week, three centre lights all on, no web connection. India and the UK helpdesk (spending over half an hour on each) could not help me so I decided to do a search for a newer driver for it. Immediately it got itself sorted and working perfectly, so the driver for it that came on the disk supplied with it possibly could not have been the best one for the hardware that was in the very same box!

<http://www.btopenworld.com/broadband/adhoc_pages/driver_homepage.html#yahoodrivers>

I was even helpful (or stupid) enough to phone the helpline, what I did to resolve the issue so they took a note of it to tell their supervisors and spread the news. Well, it was more entertaining than half an hour of "it must be your USB cable then!" to which I replied "what, the very same one I have been using for over two years on my BT Voyager 205 ADSL box without problems until seconds ago and also the USB cable that came in the box ?"

Thanks BT and I look forward to your helpline charges to me in my next bill.



Richard.


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