Intermitant Internet Connections

[daveandpolly]

Hi
Had a new Mesh Inspire last week and since then the internet connection has been off more than on!
This new Vista 64b m/c replaced an older m/c on XP which was fine.
Pipex is my ISP and it seems the line is ok.
Using a ZyXel 660 router which seems ok.
In network and sharing centre the middle icon (network) stays on i"dentifying" for long periods.
Can anybody offer any tips please?

Bullgaurd firewall on router firewall on

Have tried ipconfig and pinging web site and static address this somethimes fixes connection so does swicthing router on and off.

D&P

[daveandpolly]

Reply from ZyXel below

Hi Dave,

Please find the instructions on fixing this problem and there is a link below which shows you where to download teh firmware from.

Please do the following:

1. Open Internet Explorer and type in 192.168.1.1 and press enter 2. Enter your password (default: 1234) 3. Click to go to Advanced Setup 4. On the Main Menu, click on Advanced -> Bandwidth Management 5. Untick all 3 boxes and click Apply.


This will fix the problem you are experiencing, or you can download the latest firmware fix.

http://www.zyxel.co.uk/web/support_d...hp?sqno=530880

Regards,

ZyXEL Technical Support.

[Davey W]

Hi daveandpolly,

Was the support from ZyXel successful?

Davey

[daveandpolly]

Not tried the router yet as we borrowed a "Speednet" router which worked straight away. Needed to let the family use new PC!!
Still having issues though, 1st was headphone jack at front would not work until I loaded driver from Asus M/Board disk m/c came with default windows driver which did not see headphone jack correctly. 2nd, a normal USB memory stick would not work just hung/crashed windows explorer until it was removed (its works on all other PC's I've tried?) suspect that usb hub driver my need loading from Asus disk also.
For a new m/c we just seem to of had little luck with it and now with us just missing out on the windows 7 offer we feel very disolusioned with this PC shame as we realy looked forward to it and Mesh had been recommended.
P.S. will let you know how ZyXel works after weekend. Dave.

[daveandpolly]

Hi Davey
Have not tried ZyXel router yet as we were lent a Speednet router which worked fine. I had to let the family use the new pc but will try router this weekend.
Still have a couple of issues which are a bit of a disappointment.