Linksys Router and DLink Modem..

what cable are you using to connect the modem to router? does it require
a crossover or straight through? What port on the router are you uplinking
the modem to? Does your modem/mac address need to be recognized by the ISP
network?



"Derek" wrote in message
...
I've been trying to set the above router and modem in my system but am
getting nowhere. The router refuses to recognise the modem at all while
using the modem (DSL 300G) alone I can connected to my NIC card I can
access
the internet but the speed is terrible and varies from slow to nothing at
all...

I've gone back to my trusty standard Alcatel modem which is simple but
reliable. Unfortunately it can't connect to the router.

Linksys and Dlink seem to be well known companies but I can't seem to get
anywhere with the hardware I've bought from them..

Does anybody have any tips to tweak things to get a decent speed out of
them?

Incidentally, I'm running a single PC at the moment with XP Pro rather
than
through Win2000 Server to see if that was the problem but apparently it
wasn't..

Derek

I'm using straight through Cat 5 cable. I connected the Ethernet port on the
modem to the wan port on the router. When I removed the router I connected
the modem to the Ethernet NIC card using straight through cable.

I'm not sure about the address needing to be recognised by the ISP network,
I'll find out tomorrow..

All the LED's on the modem and router appear to be working as per the manual
as does the light on the network card in my PC.

Derek

"JAD" wrote in message
thlink.net...
what cable are you using to connect the modem to router? does it
require
a crossover or straight through? What port on the router are you uplinking
the modem to? Does your modem/mac address need to be recognized by the ISP
network?

Glad you got it going!


"Derek" wrote in message
...
I've finally sorted it out with a bit of help from Linksys tech support.
It
seems the MAC address was configured wrongly somehow along with a few
other
bits and pieces.

I've now got my very own internet connected Client/Server system up and
running, albeit one with only 1 server and 1 client......

Thanks for the help I've received here over the past few frantic days...

Derek
"Derek" wrote in message
...
I'm using straight through Cat 5 cable. I connected the Ethernet port on
the
modem to the wan port on the router. When I removed the router I
connected
the modem to the Ethernet NIC card using straight through cable.

I'm not sure about the address needing to be recognised by the ISP
network,
I'll find out tomorrow..

All the LED's on the modem and router appear to be working as per the
manual
as does the light on the network card in my PC.

Derek

"JAD" wrote in message
thlink.net...
what cable are you using to connect the modem to router? does it
require
a crossover or straight through? What port on the router are you
uplinking
the modem to? Does your modem/mac address need to be recognized by the
ISP
network?

I had this same problem when setting up my Linksys router to work with my
Toshiba cable modem.

ISP's use MAC id to secure their systems. Otherwise (in the case of cable)
just anybody could plug a cable modem into their system and get on the net.
When your modem is initially set up it "imprints" on the MAC of your NIC and
will not work with any other MAC (unless you call your ISP and request that
they release the MAC lock ... then it will "imprint" on the next thing it's
plugged into)

Luckily router manufacturers knew about this and gave their hardware the
ability to "clone" a MAC address ... basically fooling the modem into
thinking it's still plugged into your PC when in reality it's not.

Of course, when I got my router I said "Who needs instructions?" and thought
I knew better than Linksys ... I plugged it in and I couldn't get to the
net. "WHAT!?!?"

I finally broke down and popped in the setup CD. It didn't say anything
about MAC cloning, but I thought it was strange that it said to plug the
modem in directly to the NIC, then half way through it asked me to hook up
the router.

I found out later that it was verifying the correct MAC address that the
modem wanted, and then setting the MAC clone on the router to match.

Since then it's been smooth sailing ;-)


Drumguy


"Derek" wrote in message
...
I've finally sorted it out with a bit of help from Linksys tech support.
It
seems the MAC address was configured wrongly somehow along with a few
other
bits and pieces.

I've now got my very own internet connected Client/Server system up and
running, albeit one with only 1 server and 1 client......

Thanks for the help I've received here over the past few frantic days...

Derek
"Derek" wrote in message
...
I'm using straight through Cat 5 cable. I connected the Ethernet port on
the
modem to the wan port on the router. When I removed the router I
connected
the modem to the Ethernet NIC card using straight through cable.

I'm not sure about the address needing to be recognised by the ISP
network,
I'll find out tomorrow..

All the LED's on the modem and router appear to be working as per the
manual
as does the light on the network card in my PC.

Derek

"JAD" wrote in message
thlink.net...
what cable are you using to connect the modem to router? does it
require
a crossover or straight through? What port on the router are you
uplinking
the modem to? Does your modem/mac address need to be recognized by the
ISP
network?