help please setting up belkin router

Hi

I have been going mad trying to sort out a networking problem at home.
I have an Orange (formerly wanadoo) proprietary wireless router which
is called a livebox. I connect a Mac via ethernet to the livebox and
have 2 pc's upstairs which i connect wirelessly.

The livebox has a terrible wireless signal level and causes me
problems connecting wirelessly when more than 10m away. To cure this
problem i purchased a belkin ADSL2+ mimo router (f5d9630-4) which has
much better performance and connects wirelessly fine.

The only problem is that when i use the belkin router, the connection
is very slow. It takes some time to resolve the IP address and is no
where near as quick as the livebox. I have contacted both orange and
belkin to find an optimal connection but with no joy. Tried PPoE, PPoA
all without any change in speed.

So i thought that i would try and use the livebox as a gateway. Turn
off wireless on the live box and connect the belkin to use as a
wireless access point. I have had no success yet with the
configuration and would like some help either in getting the belkin to
perform on its own. Or to configure the livebox and the belkin
together.

??

Mark

On Sun, 21 Sep 2008 12:10:34 -0700 (PDT), (E-Mail Removed)
wrote:

>The only problem is that when i use the belkin router, the connection
>is very slow. It takes some time to resolve the IP address and is no
>where near as quick as the livebox. I have contacted both orange and
>belkin to find an optimal connection but with no joy. Tried PPoE, PPoA
>all without any change in speed.

Did Orange tell you that routers OTHER than your Livebox are
acceptable to them? That is, they told you the Livebox could be
removed and the Belkin installed in its place?

>So i thought that i would try and use the livebox as a gateway. Turn
>off wireless on the live box and connect the belkin to use as a
>wireless access point. I have had no success yet with the
>configuration and would like some help either in getting the belkin to
>perform on its own. Or to configure the livebox and the belkin
>together.

A quick scan of Google using the Belkin's model number shows many
statements that the Belkin's router function cannot be disabled, so it
can ONLY function as an access point. If that is true, you can't have
two routers (the Livebox and the Belkin) on one Internet "feed."

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have been going mad trying to sort out a networking problem at home.
> I have an Orange (formerly wanadoo) proprietary wireless router which
> is called a livebox. I connect a Mac via ethernet to the livebox and
> have 2 pc's upstairs which i connect wirelessly.
>
> The livebox has a terrible wireless signal level and causes me
> problems connecting wirelessly when more than 10m away. To cure this
> problem i purchased a belkin ADSL2+ mimo router (f5d9630-4) which has
> much better performance and connects wirelessly fine.
>
> The only problem is that when i use the belkin router, the connection
> is very slow. It takes some time to resolve the IP address and is no
> where near as quick as the livebox. I have contacted both orange and
> belkin to find an optimal connection but with no joy. Tried PPoE, PPoA
> all without any change in speed.
>
> So i thought that i would try and use the livebox as a gateway. Turn
> off wireless on the live box and connect the belkin to use as a
> wireless access point. I have had no success yet with the
> configuration and would like some help either in getting the belkin to
> perform on its own. Or to configure the livebox and the belkin
> together.
>
> ??
>
> Mark


Hi,

Are you certain that the Belkin can be configured to act as an access point?

I have a different wireless router (Dynex), but I think that it's the
same or similar to the Belkin that you have (the web interface looks
almost the same), and on my web interface, there's a "Use an an access
point" choice.

I downloaded the PDF for the f5d9630, and it looks like there isn't such
a choice, i.e., that you can't disable the firewall and router
functionality?

Jim