Freezing Router... MN-700

I'm tired of this thing freezing up every few hours ... It's annoying ...
The MN-700 firmware needs a major overhaul or something... I've changed the
settings over and over trying to get it to stop freezing ... It wont work!




Steve Woolard

Steve,
Have you placed a call to product support with your multiple issues
and feature requests and do you have SR#'s for these? You really need
to call product support.

Also, because it seems that the feature set doesn't give you what you
need now, if you need the additional features quickly, you may want to
exchange for a different brand.

On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 17:37:24 GMT, "Steve Woolard" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>I'm tired of this thing freezing up every few hours ... It's annoying ...
>The MN-700 firmware needs a major overhaul or something... I've changed the
>settings over and over trying to get it to stop freezing ... It wont work!
>

--
Barb Bowman
Expert Zone Columnist
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
MS-MVP (Windows)

Honestly Barb... I think I figured out the problem -- Only time can tell now
.... =)

And the feature request isn't a big deal -- I just edited the HOSTS file in
XP to redirect my local hostname (tuxq.pr0n.net) to 127.0.0.1 =P ... Oh
well - no big loss. I can wait for loopback.

As far as switching to another brand -- Never =)
I'm a patient person.

And calling Microsoft Tech Support is like calling a ... heh nevermind.

=)

"Barb Bowman [MVP-Windows]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Steve,
> Have you placed a call to product support with your multiple issues
> and feature requests and do you have SR#'s for these? You really need
> to call product support.
>
> Also, because it seems that the feature set doesn't give you what you
> need now, if you need the additional features quickly, you may want to
> exchange for a different brand.
>
> On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 17:37:24 GMT, "Steve Woolard" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
> >I'm tired of this thing freezing up every few hours ... It's annoying ...
> >The MN-700 firmware needs a major overhaul or something... I've changed
the
> >settings over and over trying to get it to stop freezing ... It wont
work!
> >
>
> --
> Barb Bowman
> Expert Zone Columnist
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> MS-MVP (Windows)

What do you think the problem was? Please post this ?
As far as calling Product Support, loopback is something that probably won't
get on the radar screen without enough people asking for it. You really need
to make that call.

Steve Woolard wrote:
> Honestly Barb... I think I figured out the problem -- Only time can
> tell now ... =)
>
> And the feature request isn't a big deal -- I just edited the HOSTS
> file in XP to redirect my local hostname (tuxq.pr0n.net) to 127.0.0.1
> =P ... Oh well - no big loss. I can wait for loopback.
>
> As far as switching to another brand -- Never =)
> I'm a patient person.
>
> And calling Microsoft Tech Support is like calling a ... heh
> nevermind.
>
> =)
>
> "Barb Bowman [MVP-Windows]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Steve,
>> Have you placed a call to product support with your multiple issues
>> and feature requests and do you have SR#'s for these? You really need
>> to call product support.
>>
>> Also, because it seems that the feature set doesn't give you what you
>> need now, if you need the additional features quickly, you may want
>> to exchange for a different brand.
>>
>> On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 17:37:24 GMT, "Steve Woolard" <(E-Mail Removed)>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm tired of this thing freezing up every few hours ... It's
>>> annoying ... The MN-700 firmware needs a major overhaul or
>>> something... I've changed the settings over and over trying to get
>>> it to stop freezing ... It wont work!
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Barb Bowman
>> Expert Zone Columnist
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> MS-MVP (Windows)


--
Barb Bowman
Expert Zone Columnist
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
MS-MVP (Windows)

Naah.. .I don't like calling people that much unless it's my fiance... heh
But, the problem was, I put a crossover cable between router and modem.
It worked -- but I believe there was some type of problem which was causing
it to freeze...
It's been a good while and it's still working perfectly -- actually better
for the wireless connection.

The reason I used a crossover is because it was the shortest one I had ...
I made a new straight through the last time the router froze ...
Disconnected both modem and router, connected modem to router, booted
router, booted modem ...
Works fine now =)

"Barb Bowman (MVP-Windows)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> What do you think the problem was? Please post this ?
> As far as calling Product Support, loopback is something that probably
won't
> get on the radar screen without enough people asking for it. You really
need
> to make that call.
>
> Steve Woolard wrote:
> > Honestly Barb... I think I figured out the problem -- Only time can
> > tell now ... =)
> >
> > And the feature request isn't a big deal -- I just edited the HOSTS
> > file in XP to redirect my local hostname (tuxq.pr0n.net) to 127.0.0.1
> > =P ... Oh well - no big loss. I can wait for loopback.
> >
> > As far as switching to another brand -- Never =)
> > I'm a patient person.
> >
> > And calling Microsoft Tech Support is like calling a ... heh
> > nevermind.
> >
> > =)
> >
> > "Barb Bowman [MVP-Windows]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> Steve,
> >> Have you placed a call to product support with your multiple issues
> >> and feature requests and do you have SR#'s for these? You really need
> >> to call product support.
> >>
> >> Also, because it seems that the feature set doesn't give you what you
> >> need now, if you need the additional features quickly, you may want
> >> to exchange for a different brand.
> >>
> >> On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 17:37:24 GMT, "Steve Woolard" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I'm tired of this thing freezing up every few hours ... It's
> >>> annoying ... The MN-700 firmware needs a major overhaul or
> >>> something... I've changed the settings over and over trying to get
> >>> it to stop freezing ... It wont work!
> >>>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Barb Bowman
> >> Expert Zone Columnist
> >> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> >> MS-MVP (Windows)
>
>
> --
> Barb Bowman
> Expert Zone Columnist
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> MS-MVP (Windows)
>
>