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linksys WRT600N and Win7 issues
Hi all,
I've recently encountered a problem with my router and internet connection. I have been using Win7 for several months without any issues and then about 3 weeks ago (thereabouts) I did a windows patch. My computer did weird stuff like lagged and then somehow I lost internet connection. It kept saying I didn't have some diagnostic service policy... I ended up doing a reinstall of Win7 which fixed the problem.
However, in the process of trying to find a solution I also did a firmware update on my linksys router (WRT600N) but did not reset the router at that time due to time constraints.
Then...
The internet connect worked fine, no problems/issues. That is until last night. Again, huge issues while playing World of Warcraft. It was from the very start at logon that I noticed the lag. I blamed it on Bliz but as it turns out it was actually on my end. The lag continued within my OS where if I tried to bring up my "computer" to view applications/programs it was extremely slow. I had difficulty shutting the dialogue window down and forget trying to open another application such as task manager. I decided to troubleshoot and in that moment of madness I decided to "reset" the router ( I have powered it down several times at this time). I thought maybe it would allow me to reconfigure the router and network connection. So now I see a "public" network but it won't let me connect, nor can I use the linksys wizard to set the security configurations (192.168.1.1) to set up my router. It seems like Win7 will not allow me to connect to the "public" connection and I cannot find the work around.
I'm at my wits end... I hate to have to reinstall windows but I can't get around to use the "public" connection my computer is seeing. I've tried shutting off the windows 7 firewall.
Any ideas?? (sorry for long post)
Last edited by Netless; 08 Oct 2009 at 10:07.