Belkin Router and Powerline adapters

vivaladiva

I'd never heard of Powerline adapters until yesterday when a friend loaned me a pair so that I could connect my laptop to the internet without trailing wires all over the house. We tried a wireless network some time ago and gave up! I was delighted yesterday when I connected all the appropriate wires and it worked - no hassle, no mess - I couldn't believe it.:j
You can now imagine my dismay when I booted up the laptop today - no internet connection. :mad: The router is showing an amber light at Port one, which is connected to the original PC and a green light at port 2 which is connected to the powerline plug. At first I assumed there was a problem with the cable, but the lights don't change if I switch the cables around. I can only assume there is a problem between the PC and the router, but I do have internet access from said PC. It doesn't matter which port on the router the PC is connected to the light is amber.

Any ideas what's wrong anyone?

TIA
(BTW replies need to be aimed at a technology numpty:o.)

Red_Rose_Exile

Try rebooting the router, by unplugging the power supply for 1 minute, then restarting it. There is a possibility that you are having a conflict of IP addresses that is confusing your router, that rebooting may cure

vivaladiva

I've tried that! I've also rebooted the PC. Still got an amber light.
Throwing out of the window is looking a good option at the moment. I can't believe how easily it worked yesterday.

Red_Rose_Exile

Try this then on the PC

Go to start | run

Type in cmd and press enter

At the command prompt, type in the following:

ipconfig /renew
and press enter
(note the space)

Give the router a couple of minutes to re-assign new IP addresses

vivaladiva

Will I need to reboot the router? The light is still amber:(.

Red_Rose_Exile

If you temporarily disable the wireless by taking the adaptor out?, does the light go green,

vivaladiva

It's not wireless - that hardly worked at all:rotfl:. But no whichever bits I unplug the wire from the PC to the router lights up amber.

vivaladiva

Forget that - I just unplugged the wire from the router to the powerline plug and this time the PC light has gone green.

Red_Rose_Exile

Are you on xp?

If so, download and run Winsock XP fix from here by installing and clicking FIX and then reboot your PC

EDIT
So both green now?

Red_Rose_Exile

Ok so we are looking at a conflict with the powerline and the other network adaptor

vivaladiva

One light still amber.

I've rebooted the router too.