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The Graveyard - Products No Longer Supported => Other D-Link Products => Topic started by: Retro~Burn on February 24, 2012, 08:31:46 AM
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Basically, whenever I plug in an ethernet cable into any of the four LAN ports, it only shows a blinking green light with the corresponding LAN indicator number. I have reset the router and tried again, but the problem's persisted. At first it just became really slow and it took a long while to even log-in to the router web interface. Then it becomes unresponsive and cannot be reached.
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Is the lights supposed to blink or remain steady ON when connected?
Check cables, swap out to be sure. Cat6 is recommended.
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No, the lights are supposed to remain steady, but blink rapidly when any data is transferred over the port. The blinking here is intermittent. It's not the cables as I've used two other routers with the same cables. I used the same ethernet cable that it came with.
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I would try to swap cables and test to be sure.
Is this a new modem?
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I'll try a different cable just to be sure. No, it's an old router. Got it in 2004/2005.
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SO it has been working up to a certain time frame?
Any HW changes recently?
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I upgraded the firmware on it to the latest UK release. But that was a while before this problem manifested (as far as I can remember).
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And doing a factory reset doesn't help?
I wonder if you should reload FW code or go back to the previous version and see. ???
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Now it's working again! I connected it to a different PC with a new ethernet cable. And I had no issues. I connected it to my main PC with the old ethernet cable and it works. I'm at a loss!
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swap cables with other PC.
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Thing is it works now on both cables with two different PCs.
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wonder if there is a connection thats intermittent. ???
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It could be something loose on the inside perhaps?
I flashed the router with the EU rather than UK firmware. I loaded the EU image file with a UK config file and it works. I can even see the stats now! I'm going to keep it online for a few days and see what'll happen.
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could be something loose however not sure. Might look at the ports and make sure nothing is seen out of the ordinary. I don't think it should be.
Keep us posted.
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I will do, thanks :). Enjoy your weekend!
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You too. ;)
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The problem resurfaced again today. I powered off the router for at least 30 minutes as I was testing my DrayTek router. When I powered the D-Link back on, LAN 1 which is connected to my PC's ethernet port was flashing intermittently. Where as LAN 4's light (which isn't connected to anything) was constantly on, no flashing light. So I connected it to my PC and it works again. I'm sure I tested all the LAN ports before when I had the 'flashing' light (rather than blinking, which to me shows an active connection).
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Any chance of getting this unit into RMA?
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I'll have to. Problem is I need to wait until payday to fork out for another router (third one now). It's odd, it happened after I came back from work tonight. Switched on the PC and noticed I didn't have an internet connection due to the slow intermittent flashing light problem. I powered off the router for five minutes before powering it up again and it's working. Loose circuit board connection? Corroded circuitry?
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I don't think so.
Any chance your phone line cables for your DSL line needs to be checked? Ensure the line to the box and from the box to the house is in good condition. Ask the ISP if they seen any or notice any disconnections on there side as well to confirm anything seen during these time frames. The modem should recover on it's own however if the signal to the modem isn't good then might not be able to.
This is your 3rd Modem?