Problem with Roadrunner and Dlink 614+

[BG4533]

I just moved into a place i am subletting for the summer. The people I am living with have a roadrunner cable modem. There are currently 5 residents total in the house that have been sharing this connection. Roadrunner had them purchase 3 IP addresses so that 3 of them could be online at a time. I dont know all the details of it,but they have been switching out network cables based on who is not using them. I have a Dlink 614+ wireless router that I hooked up to the cable modem to eliminate this mess. The setup now is a motorola surfboard cable modem hooked to the router and then the router hooked to a Netgear 104 hub. When I first hooked the router up to the cable modem I was able to get online just fine. After a few minutes the connection kept dropping and finally it stopped and was fine for at least 2 hours. I left and came back and the current residents had unhooked the router because the problem came back. The router was unplugged, so I dont know if it logged anything during that time, but earlier it was saying DHCP discover while I could not get online. The router is currently using firmware 2.18. Does anyone know what this problem is and how I can fix it?

Thanks,
Brian

 

[Mavtech]

First, there is obviously no reason to purchase other IP addresses from Road runner when using a router. I have 5 computers on my RR. 2 of them wireless. I would suggest using a wireless 4 port router and hardwire each desktop and keep the wireless only for laptops. Cat5 cable isn't expensive. It can get a little tedious to run to each computer but afterwards, it pays. Wireless connections aren't always stable. So, when my wireless connections act up, I close the notebook and move to the desktop.

 

[BG4533]

I know there is no reason the other IP addresses are needed. Is it possible these are interfering with the router? All of the desktops are hooked up via cat5 cable. I only use one notebook on wireless and I barely use it anymore, so wireless is not a big deal.

 

[JackMDS]

Could be that each IP is attached to a specific MAC number. Put one computer back on the modem and make sure it is working. Than put the Router using the same IP and clone the MAC of that computer to the Router.

If it is dynamic IPs than configure the Router for dynamic and clone a MAC of a working computer to the Router.

 

[BG4533]

Thanks for the reply. I will give that a try later tonight, but I don't think that is the problem. Without the router you can switch network cables to let a different computer use the internet, you have to unplug the cable modem to do it though. The people I am living with don't even know what they have and I dont want to call roadrunner about it. Is it possible they have 3 static IP addresses and I have to configure the router to use one of them? Would the router still detect the IP like DHCP and each computer detect them as well?

Thanks,
Brian

 

[jwells777]

Did you ever solve this problem? If so could you please post here. I just received the 614+ and seem to be having the same difficulties. Makes my VoIP service darn near unusable.

 

[BG4533]

The problem is fixed for the most part. Check out this thread at the AMDMB Forums http://www.amdforums.com/showthread.php?s=e180d38fce9efbefefc340b503229eaf&threadid=236399&perpage=15&pagenumber=1 . It pretty much explains everything.

Brian