Hey Everyone,
I have a Belkin F5D6231-4 router which works fine and has worked fine for a long time but recently a few of my neighbours have got wireless connections and since they've appeared it now takes a long time for my network to appear visible to any of my machines.
I don't have the router on all the time so when I turn it on if I'm connected with a cable to the router then it connects and I can surf just fine straight away. However, it may take an hour or two after the router has been on for it to appear in the 'View Wireless Networks' list. Wierd eh?
I have a number of laptops and each of these has the same problem that the network doesn't appear until several hours after being switched on so it's got to be to do with the router.
I've tried: Resetting the router to factory default and then setting up again Disabling WEP Re-enabling WEP Restarting the router Changing the wireless channel
But it makes no difference. Also there are no firmware updates available later than what's on there.
Strange one, does anyone have any other ideas?
By the by this router is useless for online gaming when using the wireless and quickly falls to pieces if you try to run any P2P software. Does anyone have a wireless router they can reccomend for both those things?
Cheers! Seth.