Re: [OT] Broadband Router Setup

["Tim Hawes" <timsyahoo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've heard back from my brother, quoting:
I am still having the issue but I think the problem is with the
zonealarms security software. To summise the problem: it gets
progressively more difficult to log on to the internet ie each time
you log off then attempt to log back on it takes longer to log on and
eventually refuses to log on.  Turning off then rebooting zonealarms
seems to reset everything, logging of then logging back on hours later
is also not a problem.  I think logging on and off in quick succession
causes a problem with the firewall.  Not sure if that makes sense.
end quote

His laptop runs Win2k, and I'm not sure which version of zonealarm he has.

HTH somewhat,

Tim.


On 8/24/07, Tim Hawes <timsyahoo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Do you/they have ZoneAlarm as a firewall?
> My brother has the same router and experiences similar problems,
> although things have been better recently (read=he hasn't asked me any
> more questions...). We've tried both a netgear and belkin wifi cards
> and it doesn't/didn't seem to make too much difference.
>
> Do you have the latest firmware on the router?
>
> There seemed to be quite a few other people with similar issues when
> we googled it a while ago. As you found, on occasion his laptop
> appears to connect to the router, but won't look "outside".
>
> I'll see if he's found a solution and/or is still having problems.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tim.