Belkin F5D7632-4 Connection trouble, please help!

i know exactly how u're feeling rite now.

been through the entire crap. and i survived.

"I tried typing ipconfig into cmd, but it just said 'windows ip configuration' and nothing else. I then tried pinging it in cmd, which failed."

had the same shitty prob. cmd couldn't see my aztech modem. the guys at the store told me it's a virus, i don't know if i want to believe that. but here's what i did...

RE-INSTALL WINDOWS

Yup, i did that n it worked like a charm.

Noooo. I hate reinstalling windows, as i don't have a spare drive to put my work and stuff on (some of it quite important).

I rang the tech support at Belkin, and the guy said I need an ethernet adapter. which is odd, because there is nothing in the manual about this. I have 2 x 10/100/1000 Gigabit LAN ports onboard, so i assumed they would do the job. But I suppose the guy knows better than me, so I'm gonna try an ethernet adapter and see if that works.

Now that I know its a Belkin, it the problem, they are cheap, and you get what you pay for. Everyone I know that bought one endup taking them back. They have a tendency to lockup, drop connections. One was so bad you could not connect to the admin like you are having. He replaced it with a Linksys, no more problem. From what I just read about v5, I will not recomending them anymore. Only leaves a couple to choose from. I do not like wireless routers. I prefer a std router with a AP. The main players now are D-link, Netgear, USR and old SMC, which I have owned and use to recommed 5 yrs ago.

I have Netgear FVS338 router with a USR 5450 AP.

The reason for a seperate hardware. They normally come with High Gain Antennas, and this makes a huge difference. You are able to position it so you get better coverage. You are able to upgrade the wireless without change the router, So most of your settings are preserved.

Dis-advantage, it cost more.

I have set up Linksys AP, they use to be pretty good. I have used USR older line wireless routers in several location. Solid as a rock, never an once of trouble, and never had to reset them either.

I had the same problem. My model was working fine, then I tried to do a firmware upgrade. Bad move. The entire thing locks up and doesnt respond to resets of any kind.

Spent 40 minutes on the phone to Belkin, assuring them that it was not, in fact, my Windows Firewall that was making me unable to connect to the router, and it was the router that was broken.

Eventually they appear to have relented and took my contact details so that they can spend me a replacement (hopefull).

Regardless of wether they do, I've decided to do away with combo devices (this is the third one i've melted via firmware upgrades), and I've put in an order for a separate ADSL router and wireless access point.

Let's see if they hold up any better?