I'm having an aggravating problem with my Westell Modem

Mobius01 · 10-26-2004, 06:45 PM

I'm currenlty using a Westell Wirespeed B90-220030-04 Dualconnect modem (external USB), and i am having a very bizarre problem: I cannot send any files through mIRC at all (internet relay chat), or any messenger (yahoo,aim, msn, the sort), But I can recieve them just fine. I can also upload to websites without any problems. I checked my comp on Auditmypc.com, and it shows that every port is blocked. Does anyone know how i could forward a port or allow one to bypass the firewall/routher/whatever is causing the prob in the modem? Of course i'm not absolutely sure its the modem that is the problem, but the file sends fail even with all of my firewall and security paused/off. According to some adobe document on the westell site it does indeed have an internal router and firewall on the modem, but only internet service providers can access the tech support areas. What gives?

Oh, i'm also using Windows 2000 Professional/NT and Bellsouth fastaccess DSL if that'll help. The mIRC dns is unable to look up my ip as well, even though //say $ip shows it fine. (in case anyone uses that).

So what can i do about it? its been doing this for about a month now, and its about to drive me insane. Thanks in advance for any help.

batty_professor · 10-26-2004, 07:41 PM

If you have your install disk, you can use a handy little utility called "System File Checker" to find and restore altered or missing files. Click the start button, run, type sfc on the line at the prompt. The checker will guide you.

10-26-2004, 06:45 PM	#1 (permalink)
Mobius01 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1 OS: Windows 2000 Pro/NT	I'm having an aggravating problem with my Westell Modem I'm currenlty using a Westell Wirespeed B90-220030-04 Dualconnect modem (external USB), and i am having a very bizarre problem: I cannot send any files through mIRC at all (internet relay chat), or any messenger (yahoo,aim, msn, the sort), But I can recieve them just fine. I can also upload to websites without any problems. I checked my comp on Auditmypc.com, and it shows that every port is blocked. Does anyone know how i could forward a port or allow one to bypass the firewall/routher/whatever is causing the prob in the modem? Of course i'm not absolutely sure its the modem that is the problem, but the file sends fail even with all of my firewall and security paused/off. According to some adobe document on the westell site it does indeed have an internal router and firewall on the modem, but only internet service providers can access the tech support areas. What gives? Oh, i'm also using Windows 2000 Professional/NT and Bellsouth fastaccess DSL if that'll help. The mIRC dns is unable to look up my ip as well, even though //say $ip shows it fine. (in case anyone uses that). So what can i do about it? its been doing this for about a month now, and its about to drive me insane. Thanks in advance for any help. Last edited by Mobius01 : 10-26-2004 at 06:47 PM.

10-26-2004, 07:41 PM	#2 (permalink)
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