Hi there, i need some expert advise. i have 2 computers (Win98se and XP-Home) connected to a DI-704 router (firmware is 256b20), which connects to the modem (cable). i am not truly sure what is happening, so before i go much further in troubleshooting i thought i might ask some of the experts here for advise.
The M1 light blinks are about a second apart..so it's ok, and the M2 light will stay solid when i refresh a page...but dims out when i am idle (say just reading a page after about a minute)
The M2 i am concerned about.The WAN light blinks ok, and the LAN light stays solid green and does not go out. So those lights are both ok.
The two port linklights are on ok for each computer, so they are working correctly.
What i am noticing though is when i am idle on the net (just reading) the M2 light dims out after about a minute...that seems to be when i get the 0.0.0.0's in the Device Information in the router's webpage. i am still connected to the net though and when i do a refresh of the browser for the site i am reading...i get the IP numbers back and i notice the M2 orange light comes on and stays on for about a minute..then dims again. So it seems i am not losing connection to the internet once i refresh a page or attempt to connect to a site.
What i am getting in my router's log looks like this, continuously:
DHCP:discover()
DOD:TCP trigger (my IP to website IP i am going to)
DHCP:discover()
DHCP: offer (gives 10.202. IP)
DHCP:request (gives the IP i now have)
DHCP:ack(DOL=604800,T1+86400,T2=29200) --
i don't know what that meansConnection is broken
DHCP:release
and on it goes like that.
This started about a week ago when i turned on my computer and discovered i had a new IP (the previous one i have had for almost a year). i now have a different one again as i went through the releasing and renewing, recycling, rebooting modem and router thing while trying to figure this out. i believe i have tried everywhichway to get it fixed...even though i am not losing any connection to the net yet, i know this isn't right because the router logs look like the router is constantly rebooting itself...?
i have the upgrade firmware (di704firmware257b3.zip) downloaded but not installed yet, as i wanted to find out first where the problem is....and i believe it is with the router and not the nic cards on my computers (they are both different).
Before i go and install the new firmware (which looks a bit complicated when i read the troubleshooting guide at the DLink page)..i thought i might ask here first if other's have seen this and maybe it's a disfunctional router that i have now, and installing the new firmware isn't going to make much difference? i have had this router since March '02...so maybe it's burnt out. LOL
Any advise or opinions would be greatly appreciated because i am fairly new to this router stuff. It all worked so nicely for almost two years, that i never really had to look more into it before now.
thank you,
snap