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join:2002-09-02
Linthicum Heights, MD | reply to Elrodgo
Re: [Networking/Sharing] F5D7630-4A connection to This is crazy! Just bought the F5D7231-4 and it's doing the same thing. Router resets itself about every 10 minutes. Tried calling Belkin but after 1/2 hour on hold I hung up. And the wireless card is giving me more trouble then it's worth. Taking this crap back. |
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| reply to eratrya
Re: [Networking/Sharing] F5D7630-4A connection to router keeps d Hello every1,
Well firstly I would strongly advice everyone to read the 68 page detailed guide which can be found on the belkins website. I have a ADSL internet and got 2 belkin wireless cards one for pc and one for laptop and the 7630 router.
I didnt know, but if there is a refrigerator in the path (between ur router and receving device then the connection deteriorates).
After a lot of different testing this is the setting which i have done and it works absolutely fine.
1) I've put the MAC address of the network cards on the router.
2) Stopped DHCP and manually assigned IP address to each of the computers.
3) Changed Idle time to 0.
Note: Its very rare(once in every six months or so) that the router might stop functioning. If that happens restart the router either from the client or manually by pressing the button at the back of the router. Also if you keep that button pressed for 10 secs then it sets to default factory settings. Useful when you've messed up all da settings.)
Hope this helps.
Regards.
Ali |
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| reply to StorminNorm
I was having the same problem until I turned Outlook Express on permanently on the wireless connected PC and set it to check for messages every minute. I don't know why this works, but I think it may refresh the connection each time the email program connects to the servers. The dropped connection now happens only rarely. Don't forget to ensure that your anti-virus software is up to date.
Hope this helps. |
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| reply to eratrya
I recently bought Belkin 54G Router (F5D7230-4) and a wireless card (F5D7010) for my laptop (runs WinXP). Installation was straight forward, however, immediately after that I have been having the problem mentioned in this thread, the laptop started losing connection almost every 2-5 mins randomly without any reason. I tried some of the suggestions here, I changed the channel to 5 since I have a 2.4 GHz cordless system at home. Did not work. I also have a couple of other 802.11b cards (Microsoft & Lucent) and they did not seem to have this problem.
Out of curiosity, whenever the 54G card lost the connection with the router, I tried the 802.11b cards from a different laptop (running Win2000) - and they worked. This indicated that the router was probably fine, the culprit must've been the 54G card. One thing I remembered when installing the 54G card is that the manual explicitly mentions (for XP users) to uncheck "Windows should manage the connection" box in the Belkin Utility tool. So I went back and checked it to allow Windows to manage the 54G card. This was yesterday night - it has since been working without any problem !! BTW, if you have previously unchecked this box in the Belkin tool, it no longer is available to be checked in the tool. However, if you go to network connections on your computer and open the properties of the wi-fi connection for this card, the box is available to be checked there.
BTW, I did not have either WEP or WPA activated. So results may vary.
Hope this helps someone.
mvrk |
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| reply to eratrya
Make sure you turn off authentication for the network (wireless networks/configure/authentication) on any wireless Windows XP clients. I had a similar problem when I first bought the router and this solved it. |
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@pool80116.interbusin | reply to Hugo Nebula
symply dont work ... I think with my version of firmware Belkin checks the firmware brand |
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F5D7630 router rebooting - temperature related?
Router with fan on top |
I've been having F5D7630 rebooting itself problem. It also manages to lose the wireless connection as well but it is the constant rebooting under heavy load that has been the problem. (every 10 - 20 mins)
I've been on to Belkin tech support UK and tried three things:
1)reinstalled the firmware -did not solve the problem
2)RMA'd the router and swapped it for another one -did not solve the problem
3)They sent me a 5V power supply to replace the 12v one that came supplied - still did not solve the rebooting.
I've also played around with all the settings inc MTU with no success.
UK tech support have passed this one to the US team for advice but I've heard nothing in 3 weeks now.
Solution?
I decided to take matters into my own hand by removing the cover and applying some cooling to the device (see picture). I had noted that the device ran very hot to touch. It has now been working OK since I put the fan on some 16 hours ago and the device is certainly running a lot cooler.
I'll keep monitoring it with some heavy emuling to see if heat is the problem. If it is then I wonder if some models have better heatsinks than others???
Fazzathebrave |
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| F5D7630 router rebooting is temperature related! I can confirm that after 40 hours or so of running the router with the case off and fan attached (as in the photo in post above) the router has not rebooted once or dropped the wireless connection.
This is a major improvement on performance and seems pretty clear proof that overheating of components under stress is the cause of many reboots and broken connections.
I'll feed this back to Belkin uk, although I guess taking the cover off might have broken my warranty!
Whilst it's nice to have found a solution, I don't regard running the router like this a permanent solution and I shall still be looking for Belkin to sort this out.
Fazzathebrave |
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| reply to eratrya
Re: [Networking/Sharing] F5D7630-4A connection to router keeps d Hi guys,
Same problem here too, but we seemed to have solved it.
Our Setup : 1 x Belkin F5D7630-4A router & 3 pc's with F5D7000 wireless cards.
Initially when we only had 2 pc's connected to our network, the router seemed stable but would reboot occasionally (once every 2 or 3 days maybe). When a 3rd was added however, the router became very unstable and would reboot every 10 mins. It was defo a full router reboot, Cos all the LED's would go out breifly and also we attached a 4th pc physically to one of the network ports, and it also lost its LAN connection. what was interesting though is during the day, when all the pc's were on, but not doing anything, the router seemed fairly stable, in the evening though, when all 3 pc's started doing various things downloading files etc, then the router would begin rebooting every 10-20 mins or so. Almost like it couldn't cope with all the traffic.
made the changes below in the following order.
Tried changing MTU from 1440 to 1400 --- no effect
Tried changing idle time from 5 to 0 --- no effect
Tried changing wireless channel --- no effect
Turned UPnP off ------------------------ bingo
Since making these changes our router has not rebooted at all for several days now. One or a combination of the above settings seems to have cured it. We have not changed the 1st 3 settings back to what they were. Its working, so we daren't change anything now.
I hope some of this helps you guys or anyone else that comes across these forums searching for an answer
Cheers
Mark |
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| reply to _spain_
I have updated to this SMC firmware and now have got no wireless at all. Plus I cannt flash back to the Belkin firmware. All I get is an error message something like wrong image or similar. Any help will be appreciated. Might just go back to my separate Netgear kit |
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| reply to eratrya
I've had this same old problem.
My situation sounds slightly different to that experienced by others here but mine now appears to be working.
My setup...
Router - Belkin F5D7630-4A with firmware update beldsl_fw-v_a_1_04_03uk.bin
PCI card - Belkin F5D7000 with driver file F5D7000-V2.4.5UK.exe
USB Adapter - Buffalo WLI-USB-G54 with driver version 3.94
My router would crash and not allow me to connect unless I reset it. This would only happen when I was transferring large files accross my network (only 2PC's). Internet was always OK and would download like the clappers using p2p apps but wireless link would always fall over when files were swapped between PC's.
Tried various things mentioned on this forum but the one that worked for me was that advised by R Ali above which was to 'Stop DHCP and manually assign IP address to each of the computers.'
Now, the link is always at about 48 / 54 Mbps now that DHCP is off. previously, with DHCP switched on, I was getting about 24 Mbps or less. Sounds to me like there is a problem with DHCP on this router
I was speaking with Belkin and they said that the firmware for this router was not available on their website at the moment as there were some bugs in it (really!!!) - but they say that they are working on it and a new firmware update will be available shortly. :lol: |
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| reply to eratrya
had Belkin on the phone earlier, and they confirmed to be working on a new firmware release for the F5D7630 which is to be released before the end of next week..
Not sure if i'm going to roll back from the SMC fw which is going just fine for me!! |
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| reply to eratrya
Well, I got rid of my Belkin router/modem as no matter what I did it kept resetting itself. I replaced it twice, but they all exhibited the same fault. I was able to use it as a router only to share my USB modem connection between my PC and my laptop, and in this mode it was stable. Nevertheless, I changed it for a 3Com 'box'.
Guess what? This 3Com router is now resetting itself several times a day! This leads me to believe that the problem isn't with the router but maybe with my ISP (Pipex in the UK) or phone connection; although I don't know why any problem here would cause the router to reset, and why it's not happening with a separate modem. |
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| reply to Mikevl
Mikevl: What firmware are u using from SMC?
Kickss |
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| Its the 0.71 driver for the Barracade |
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| reply to kickss
Kickss,
It's the 0.71, available at »www.smc-europe.com/english/suppo···BRA.html
Alternatively, you can also try the 3Com version (Officeconnect) from »www.3com.com/products/en_US/resu···754G72-A
Got them both working, but the Barricade is definately the most stable! |
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| reply to Mikevl
Can I just clarify? You're running a Belkin F5D7630-4A but using the SMC ADSL Barricade™g SMC7804WBRA firmware?
I can understand that if they are the same hardware.....
Also, have you actually tried rolling back to the Belkin firmware? I just wonder if the SMC firmware upgrade page is going to let you install what it will surely see as 'foreign' code. |
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| In my experience, it let me install the firmware but I cannot re-install the Belkin. Get error messages like incorrect image, or size too big. Now have a router with no wireless and half of th emachines on my network are using wireless |
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| reply to Col617
Col617:
YES, i'm running the SMC7804WBRA firmware on a F5D7630-4A box.. On this firmware the Belkin is far more stable and reliable than on the original Belkin fw..
I've previously gone back to the Belkin firmware without problems. |
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| Re: [Networking/Sharing] F5D7630-4A connection to There is new firmware on the Belkin website...!! |
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