Hi, I'm having a problem with a new Netgear N150 router (my long-serving telkom billion died). I will try and explain so as to make sense but its driving me crazy!!
I have two ISP accounts - one with Imagine (10mbps after hours but useless in office hours), and another with openweb that I use instead in the daytime (1mbps). I used to simply change the login/pass on the Billion router web interface and it switched within 5-10 seconds max and all was well.
Now when I try doing that this Netgear router I get a red light on the Internet symbol and no connection. After much frustration and back and forth between ISP and Telkom (thinking I couldn't connect and something was wrong) a factory reset of the Netgear (and subsequent re-doing all parameter settings) to the desired ISP got the connection working.
When time came to switch, same problem. Current ISP (1) was fine, but new one (2) - red light. Change login back to ISP 1 - green light. Factory reset. Change settings and login for ISP 2 - green light. Try to change login again to (previously working) ISP 1 - red light!
Everytime I need to change ISP I only have success with a factory reset and its attendant re-doing of all paramaters.
As a workaround I did two backups - one for each ISP while the modem was in the working/connected state. Now I restore one or the other to switch ISP's this seems to work 4 out of 5 times.
Surely this must be simpler? Ideally I should type in a new login and password, click Apply and within 10 seconds I should be connected to that account. It worked perfectly that way with the Billion.
Anyone have any help, hints or theories on solving this problem? Thanks
I have two ISP accounts - one with Imagine (10mbps after hours but useless in office hours), and another with openweb that I use instead in the daytime (1mbps). I used to simply change the login/pass on the Billion router web interface and it switched within 5-10 seconds max and all was well.
Now when I try doing that this Netgear router I get a red light on the Internet symbol and no connection. After much frustration and back and forth between ISP and Telkom (thinking I couldn't connect and something was wrong) a factory reset of the Netgear (and subsequent re-doing all parameter settings) to the desired ISP got the connection working.
When time came to switch, same problem. Current ISP (1) was fine, but new one (2) - red light. Change login back to ISP 1 - green light. Factory reset. Change settings and login for ISP 2 - green light. Try to change login again to (previously working) ISP 1 - red light!
Everytime I need to change ISP I only have success with a factory reset and its attendant re-doing of all paramaters.
As a workaround I did two backups - one for each ISP while the modem was in the working/connected state. Now I restore one or the other to switch ISP's this seems to work 4 out of 5 times.
Surely this must be simpler? Ideally I should type in a new login and password, click Apply and within 10 seconds I should be connected to that account. It worked perfectly that way with the Billion.
Anyone have any help, hints or theories on solving this problem? Thanks
