Okay, I am stumped on this.
I just got hooked up with DSL and am trying to set up my wireless router.
My problem is that when I hook up the desktop to the router, the WIRED internet connection just stops working.
I've hooked up home networks before with cable connections and never had any problems with those - especially with a connection going through a router, but this just has me completely stumped. I've upgraded the firmware, gone through all of the router settings, turned off the firewalls and nada, zip, zilch - I can't connect to the internet using the wired connection.
I am trying to do some research on various boards, but all of the connection problems people have just deal with wireless connections.
The router again is a Linksys WRT54G wireless router.
Any tips are greatly appreciated otherwise I am going to just try this out for a few more days and just return this for a netgear instead.
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How many other computers are hooked up to it?
Have you tried hooking JUST your desktop up to it?
Is it's posible that you're plugging the computer into the "uplink" port, OR you already have another device connected to the uplink port, and you're plugging the computer into port 4, which is actually shared with the uplink port?
I have one of those too, and I'm about to replace it anyway. There's certian websites that when you visit them, the router will eventually lock up and has to be restarted. I've done a lot of research on it myself, and found that it's a pretty consistant problem without a known fix.
Have you tried hooking JUST your desktop up to it?
Is it's posible that you're plugging the computer into the "uplink" port, OR you already have another device connected to the uplink port, and you're plugging the computer into port 4, which is actually shared with the uplink port?
I have one of those too, and I'm about to replace it anyway. There's certian websites that when you visit them, the router will eventually lock up and has to be restarted. I've done a lot of research on it myself, and found that it's a pretty consistant problem without a known fix.
Melphinaa the Eccentric wrote:
How many other computers are hooked up to it?
Have you tried hooking JUST your desktop up to it?
Is it's posible that you're plugging the computer into the "uplink" port, OR you already have another device connected to the uplink port, and you're plugging the computer into port 4, which is actually shared with the uplink port?
Have you tried hooking JUST your desktop up to it?
Is it's posible that you're plugging the computer into the "uplink" port, OR you already have another device connected to the uplink port, and you're plugging the computer into port 4, which is actually shared with the uplink port?
I am just trying it with the one desktop right now.
No, it is not possible that I am plugging the cables into the wrong ports. I've set up home routers before - I know what goes where.
This is the set up that works
phone line - DSL modem - desk top
What DOES NOT work is
phone line - DSL modem - router - desk top.
As soon as the router is plugged in, I am able to ping the router from the desk top, the laptop can connect wirelessly to the router and see the desk top on the network, but the internet connection just doesn't work. When the laptop connects to the router, it also does not have an internet connection.
I am stumped.
I don't mean to talk down to you, I just have no idea what level of technical understand people have when they come here.
Is the modem set up to run DHCP or do you have to configure a static IP for your computer when you hook it straight up to the modem?
If it's DHCP, have you checked the status tab in the web interface for the router to see if it was issued an IP?
I'm asuming that if it's static, that you've already configured the router properly.
For THAT matter, is it posible that your modem has a router built in? If it does, then you might try hooking the modem up to one of the LAN ports instead of the WAN port, and disable DHCP on the router (so there aren't 2 devices acting as DHCP servers)
Edited, Oct 26th 2006 at 2:43am PDT by Melphinaa
Is the modem set up to run DHCP or do you have to configure a static IP for your computer when you hook it straight up to the modem?
If it's DHCP, have you checked the status tab in the web interface for the router to see if it was issued an IP?
I'm asuming that if it's static, that you've already configured the router properly.
For THAT matter, is it posible that your modem has a router built in? If it does, then you might try hooking the modem up to one of the LAN ports instead of the WAN port, and disable DHCP on the router (so there aren't 2 devices acting as DHCP servers)
Edited, Oct 26th 2006 at 2:43am PDT by Melphinaa
Melphinaa the Eccentric wrote:
Is the modem set up to run DHCP or do you have to configure a static IP for your computer when you hook it straight up to the modem?
If it's DHCP, have you checked the status tab in the web interface for the router to see if it was issued an IP?
I'm asuming that if it's static, that you've already configured the router properly.
For THAT matter, is it posible that your modem has a router built in? If it does, then you might try hooking the modem up to one of the LAN ports instead of the WAN port, and disable DHCP on the router (so there aren't 2 devices acting as DHCP servers)
Modem is set to DHCP - I checked with the DSL company to make sure it was DHCP and not PPPoE.
Each computer does get assigned an IP address and I can ping the router when it's connected, so the computer can connect to the router.
Nope, DSL modem is not a modem/router.
I tried disabling the firewall on the router, which I really would not want to do even if it did work, and nope doesn't work.
Thanks for trying, but I think I am just going to return the router and try a netgear. I like the netgear interface better anyways.
Pity, I have and had a WRT54G router both PPPoE and DHCP connection without any problems whatsoever.
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I got a similiar problem tho i got a a WAG54G
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