When hitting the setup icon it goes to the activating box and just sat there. Did not install software or anything tried 3 times and each time had to use task manager to end the program. I could not close it any other way. The last time I let the activate box runall night and still nothing.
Thanks
If the activate box stays there (from my experience), it means that it tried to make an outbound call to the internet and it was just waiting - in my case, ZoneAlarm popped up and I just did nothing (I neither allowed or denied it access). In that case it just stood there.
Try checking your internet connection settings / firewall.
Nope nothing else blocking it, I checked all that, just seemed to be locked up for whatever reason.
This is one I wanted :(
It did it again last night. This time I noticed that my router speed dropped to 1 Mbps. If I go to another website the speed jumps back up to 55 Mbps. Any thoughts?
This sounds like a local networking issue (unless you are using broadband) that is in the range of fiber? Most internet connections like my DSL go up from 1.5Mbps - 6Mbps.
Are you using a wireless connection?
Well some hardware is flaky. I have 2 computers here that one quit working from DSL/router. I swapped cards and drives from another one and that one quit working well. Swapped everything back and now both don't work well. Wiped the hard drive clean and they still don't work well on DSL/router. They both work well from dialup though. I got one to work with a USB HomePNA connection (never tried it on the other one). But later that quit too. I don't use them for anything but as a backup system anyway. Just a thought.
Have you tried checking for a firmware update for the DSL router?
Yes I have tjchan! Although I don't believe the 2Wire HomePortal 1000HG will get anymore updates. Btw, I get the HomePNA working again for now. All I did was to put it in another USB port. I have 4 USB 1.1 and 4 USB 2.0 ports on that computer. The HomePDA 2.0 works on either. Although it only runs at 12mbps (1.1 speed) anyway.
I do have many other computers on the network and none of them have any problems and are solid as a rock! Except these two of course. Both are HP Athlon 1.2GHZ ('02 era) which I believe HP used spare parts to make them (each one is a bit different and I have seen 4 of them) and sold them off to TigerDirect as refurbished. They work fine for the most part, but they are also very quirky on the other hand.
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