Help me sourt out my Windows 7 Thread

I've got a crappy MEGA 105WR from Telkom... For some reason I can't get into the router properties atm... But does it have half-bridge? Is there no way to get it to work like I'm doing it now?

I also have a problem with the XP pc not being able to access my shared folders, it can only access the Windows 7 SHARE PUBLIC server, so I have to copy everything to that folder, which is annoying... Ive put permission to everyone etc. But still no luck...
 
Have you read Stroebs' thread with regards to Windows 7 & RS lately? He updated it again a few days ago...
Some of his latest modifications to his post include where to get RS updates for the localroutes.dat & to disable TCP/IP v6.

I do find it strange that your network stops functioning when you dial the 2 PPPoE connections with RS. IMO, someone should re-code RouteSentry completely.
Alternatively you could use batch files instead of RS.
Could you maybe post the results of "route -print" prior to RS dialing the accounts (when your network is working) and the same after RS dialed the accounts (and your network doesn't work anymore)? You can let "route -print" output to a file, by running "route print > c:\output.txt"

From XP onwards, you had to set permissions for both the folder (security settings) & for the sharing of the folder. Have you tried disabling the firewall? When I had early versions of Win7RC, its firewall was horribly faulty.
 
Pada said:
Have you read Stroebs' thread with regards to Windows 7 & RS lately? He updated it again a few days ago...
Some of his latest modifications to his post include where to get RS updates for the localroutes.dat & to disable TCP/IP v6.

I do find it strange that your network stops functioning when you dial the 2 PPPoE connections with RS. IMO, someone should re-code RouteSentry completely.
Alternatively you could use batch files instead of RS.
Could you maybe post the results of "route -print" prior to RS dialing the accounts (when your network is working) and the same after RS dialed the accounts (and your network doesn't work anymore)? You can let "route -print" output to a file, by running "route print > c:\output.txt"

From XP onwards, you had to set permissions for both the folder (security settings) & for the sharing of the folder. Have you tried disabling the firewall? When I had early versions of Win7RC, its firewall was horribly faulty.
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Hi Pada, would RouteSentry not try and send the local IP addresses via internet because it's set to deafaultly send them to international connection? Or am I completely wrong? The way I see it is that RS could be sending a local IP via Intl conn instead of just letting it pass through the adapter onto the network.
 
Stroebs, that is exactly what I'm thinking. It shouldn't route the private IP range through the international Internet connection, but I'm guessing that it is doing just this in SlyFly's case.
 
When I try to output the file it says access is denied, this is with route sentry working and network not...
 
Also another thing... Should I let the router connect with my local account, and then just connect with one account (international) on the pc...

Getting RS to work in XP was easy... It's working fine now, it's just the lost of the network that is really frustrating... It's like the router/pc will only allow 2 connections... When Im not using RS it is my network and the PPPOE connection, when I use RS it uses the 2 PPPOE connections and then blocks the network...
 
SlyFly, run it with administrative privileges then. Also run "ipconfig /all > c:\output2.txt" like with the route print. If you don't want to show any personal info (like your IP address/MAC addresses) for the public, you're welcome to PM that info to me.

You can try doing something like "route add 192.168.1.0 mask 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.1 metric 1 -p" if you're using that IP address range (192.168.1.1-192.168.1.255) for your private LAN.
Otherwise, something like "route add 10.0.0.1 mask 255.255.255.0 10.0.0.1 metric 1 -p" for IP address range (10.0.0.1-10.0.0.255).

It might be that this won't work either, because RS is removing the gateway from your Ethernet adapter?
 
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Sorry I didn't want to create a new thread.

I have a strange error with my Windows 7 x64. If I have two PPPOE connections and Route Sentry open It takes about 1 minute and then Windows 7 locks up and gives me the BSOD. :(

I don't know if its my Wireless Card's drivers or what. I'm using the x64 Vista drivers for my Dlink DWL-G510.
http://www.dlink.co.uk/cs/Satellite...95806691854&pagename=DLinkEurope-GB/DLWrapper

Everything works 100% in XP and ive set everything up in Windows 7 correctly. Does anyone else have a similar problem?
 
SlyFly, I'm really not sure why, but Route Sentry deleted the following route:
Code: 
Network Destination        Netmask          Gateway       Interface  Metric
         10.0.0.0    255.255.255.0         On-link          10.0.0.4   4501

Run command-prompt with administrative privileges. Then run:
Code: 
route add 10.0.0.0 mask 255.255.255.0 10.0.0.4 -p
This will add a persistent route, meaning that it will stay even after a reboot. Whenever you have trouble with Route Sentry screwing up your LAN connections, run in command prompt:
Code: 
route print | findstr "10.0.0.0"
If it shows a blank, it means that the route got deleted again :(

You should also change your LAN IP address from automatic to the static IP address 10.0.0.4 for that line to work.


@alternate:
Did you setup your RS exactly like in stroebs' guide? And do you have the latest build of Windows 7?

It might be due to the drivers, or due to a bug in Windows 7. Try to get hold of drivers meant for Win7 and/or a newer build of Windows 7.

Firstly, try setting up the routes with a batch-file, like explained at http://www.aalwyne.co.za/local_IP_range.shtml and see if your Windows 7 BSOD again...
 
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Thanks, after months wondering if I will ever get this sourted, it is working... Going to upgrade to 7600 soon hopefully everything stays "fixed" ;)
 
+1 to Pada! Major thanks dude, I was having the exact same problem and after seeing what you suggested, it hit me that it was deleting the routes for my lan! Added the persistent route and boom its working again!

Strange that as I also have the Telkom Mega100WR. I wonder why RS would be deleting that route, any ideas as to why it might be happening? This reminds me that I need to get a good new modem! Any suggestions for under R600 for Modem/Wifi Router?
 
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