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Linksys 4 port router
Is there a trick to getting this thing to work?
I make sure I have a connection with my broadband modem. I then connect the cable from the modem to the wan port of the router. Then I connect another cable from one of the router's numbered ports to the PC. Nothing.. I have tried shutting down the computer, removing the power supply from the modem and the router, waiting a few minutes and powering the computer back up. Nothing.. I have gone to the Linksys site where I find there is an upgrade for Windows XP firmware but when I tried to install it I get a box saying it can't connect to the server. I am using the CD that came with the router. Should I toss it and try to set up a network using 192.168.1.1 ? I am exasperated and have run out of ideas. Can someone please help me? Cleo |
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"Cleo Patra" wrote in message ... Is there a trick to getting this thing to work? I make sure I have a connection with my broadband modem. I then connect the cable from the modem to the wan port of the router. Then I connect another cable from one of the router's numbered ports to the PC. Nothing.. I have tried shutting down the computer, removing the power supply from the modem and the router, waiting a few minutes and powering the computer back up. Nothing.. I have gone to the Linksys site where I find there is an upgrade for Windows XP firmware but when I tried to install it I get a box saying it can't connect to the server. I am using the CD that came with the router. Should I toss it and try to set up a network using 192.168.1.1 ? I am exasperated and have run out of ideas. Can someone please help me? Cleo Try powering down the computer, router, and cable modem. Power up the cable modem first and wait for the connection light to stop flashing. Then turn on the router followed by the computer. See if you then have a connection :-) |
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"Cleo Patra" wrote in message ... Is there a trick to getting this thing to work? I make sure I have a connection with my broadband modem. I then connect the cable from the modem to the wan port of the router. Then I connect another cable from one of the router's numbered ports to the PC. Nothing.. I have tried shutting down the computer, removing the power supply from the modem and the router, waiting a few minutes and powering the computer back up. Nothing.. I have gone to the Linksys site where I find there is an upgrade for Windows XP firmware but when I tried to install it I get a box saying it can't connect to the server. I am using the CD that came with the router. Should I toss it and try to set up a network using 192.168.1.1 ? I am exasperated and have run out of ideas. Can someone please help me? What doesn't work? Do you get an IP? Can you ping the router's IP (should be a .1 IP) Does router get an IP from modem? Do you get the proper lights on your modem/router/PC when the cables are all connected? |
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You need to setup the Router by accessing the Web based setup. Connect the
Router as you did before to the DSL/Cable modem. Connect a PC to the Router. Open up your internet explorer and type in the IP address of your router. You then need to go into the screen for setting up your WAN connection settings. Once you've done that, you should get a connection for all your computers. "Cleo Patra" wrote in message ... Is there a trick to getting this thing to work? I make sure I have a connection with my broadband modem. I then connect the cable from the modem to the wan port of the router. Then I connect another cable from one of the router's numbered ports to the PC. Nothing.. I have tried shutting down the computer, removing the power supply from the modem and the router, waiting a few minutes and powering the computer back up. Nothing.. I have gone to the Linksys site where I find there is an upgrade for Windows XP firmware but when I tried to install it I get a box saying it can't connect to the server. I am using the CD that came with the router. Should I toss it and try to set up a network using 192.168.1.1 ? I am exasperated and have run out of ideas. Can someone please help me? Cleo |
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John E. Carty wrote: "Cleo Patra" wrote in message ... Is there a trick to getting this thing to work? I make sure I have a connection with my broadband modem. I then connect the cable from the modem to the wan port of the router. Then I connect another cable from one of the router's numbered ports to the PC. Nothing.. I have tried shutting down the computer, removing the power supply from the modem and the router, waiting a few minutes and powering the computer back up. Nothing.. I have gone to the Linksys site where I find there is an upgrade for Windows XP firmware but when I tried to install it I get a box saying it can't connect to the server. I am using the CD that came with the router. Should I toss it and try to set up a network using 192.168.1.1 ? I am exasperated and have run out of ideas. Can someone please help me? Cleo Try powering down the computer, router, and cable modem. Power up the cable modem first and wait for the connection light to stop flashing. Then turn on the router followed by the computer. See if you then have a connection :-) See? There /was/ a trick to it! That worked, thank you! After doing what you said I got back into Windows and used the CD that came with the router. It said I was connected to the internet and then it showed my my MAC address and the name of my computer and told me "Congradulations! Your router is set up." That was nice. However, I was surfing for awhile and all of a sudden lost the connection and had to plug my modem back into the ethernet port to get back here. I'm wondering now if my router is broken. Cleo |
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Phrederik wrote: "Cleo Patra" wrote in message ... Is there a trick to getting this thing to work? I make sure I have a connection with my broadband modem. I then connect the cable from the modem to the wan port of the router. Then I connect another cable from one of the router's numbered ports to the PC. Nothing.. I have tried shutting down the computer, removing the power supply from the modem and the router, waiting a few minutes and powering the computer back up. Nothing.. I have gone to the Linksys site where I find there is an upgrade for Windows XP firmware but when I tried to install it I get a box saying it can't connect to the server. I am using the CD that came with the router. Should I toss it and try to set up a network using 192.168.1.1 ? I am exasperated and have run out of ideas. Can someone please help me? What doesn't work? We are talking about a router. Do you get an IP? No. I get that I am not connected to the internet. Can you ping the router's IP (should be a .1 IP) What the heck is a .1 IP? Does router get an IP from modem? Isn't that the same question you asked above? Still no. Do you get the proper lights on your modem/router/PC when the cables are all connected? Yes |
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Loan Shark wrote: You need to setup the Router by accessing the Web based setup. Connect the Router as you did before to the DSL/Cable modem. Connect a PC to the Router. Open up your internet explorer and type in the IP address of your router. You then need to go into the screen for setting up your WAN connection settings. Once you've done that, you should get a connection for all your computers. "The connection was refused when trying to contact 192.168.1.1" The CD I've got does all that (above) once I get a connection to the internet. That's the hang up. I can't get a connection to the internet. The red light on the router in the wan colum starts going on and XP tells me I have a cable unplugged. I don't. I've been at this for hours. I give up. Thanks for trying to help. |
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"Cleo Patra" wrote in message ... See? There /was/ a trick to it! That worked, thank you! After doing what you said I got back into Windows and used the CD that came with the router. It said I was connected to the internet and then it showed my my MAC address and the name of my computer and told me "Congradulations! Your router is set up." That was nice. However, I was surfing for awhile and all of a sudden lost the connection and had to plug my modem back into the ethernet port to get back here. I'm wondering now if my router is broken. Cleo Linksys has been known to ship DOA units, but don't be in too much of a hurry to suspect the router. Most of their problems are centered around the power supply, and some of their problems involve a less than perfect board. The newer firmware seems to also have some problems, but it might be only in upgrade situations. (see also news:comp.security.firewalls for more Linksys gurus) The key to remember is that the default setup utilizes DHCP from the router to assign IP addresses to the workstations. If the router gets powered off or reset, the DHCP address assignments are lost. As a result, workstations on the LAN may get duplicated IP addresses and cause "unpredictable" results. By powering on the router before powering the workstations, you assure the assigned IP addresses are unique. A better solution would be to permanently assign IP addresses to your LAN devices. This way, it doesn't matter if the router reboots. (The down side is that you will also have to permanently assign DNS server addresses which may change from time to time as your ISP sees fit.) Losing the connection might be more ISP-related or workstation-related than router-related. If the connection options on the Setup page are set identical to those you previously used on your workstation, everything should be as they always were. If you used PPPoE to connect prior to installing the Linksys router, be sure to tear out the PPPoE DUN from your workstation - it will cause problems down the road. Also, be sure to change your Internet Explorer (and other Internet application) connection settings to use the LAN rather than a dial-up-networking path. For all intents and purposes, the only device that communicates with the Internet is now the Linksys router and all devices on the LAN are talking plain ol' Ethernet. If you are considering using the content filtering (the Blocked URL Contents section of the Firewall page) option of the Linksys, don't. It causes more problems than it solves. But the time of use filtering might be of some use. |
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Lo, What part of the directions did you have trouble with? Sounds like
you are flailing in the dark. It is a bit more than a plug and play deal. You have to set up the system to work as a whole. Don't try to install some additional firmware until you have the thing working as it should. If you follow the directions that came with the device you should be ok. If you know how to set up your own network that is probably your best shot. I have found that the setup cds don't do the job the way I like. Get the directions for the router and the modem and read them. Good Luck Art Leonard "Cleo Patra" wrote in message ... Is there a trick to getting this thing to work? I make sure I have a connection with my broadband modem. I then connect the cable from the modem to the wan port of the router. Then I connect another cable from one of the router's numbered ports to the PC. Nothing.. I have tried shutting down the computer, removing the power supply from the modem and the router, waiting a few minutes and powering the computer back up. Nothing.. I have gone to the Linksys site where I find there is an upgrade for Windows XP firmware but when I tried to install it I get a box saying it can't connect to the server. I am using the CD that came with the router. Should I toss it and try to set up a network using 192.168.1.1 ? I am exasperated and have run out of ideas. Can someone please help me? Cleo |
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"Cleo Patra" wrote in message ... John E. Carty wrote: "Cleo Patra" wrote in message ... Is there a trick to getting this thing to work? I make sure I have a connection with my broadband modem. I then connect the cable from the modem to the wan port of the router. Then I connect another cable from one of the router's numbered ports to the PC. Nothing.. I have tried shutting down the computer, removing the power supply from the modem and the router, waiting a few minutes and powering the computer back up. Nothing.. I have gone to the Linksys site where I find there is an upgrade for Windows XP firmware but when I tried to install it I get a box saying it can't connect to the server. I am using the CD that came with the router. Should I toss it and try to set up a network using 192.168.1.1 ? I am exasperated and have run out of ideas. Can someone please help me? Cleo Try powering down the computer, router, and cable modem. Power up the cable modem first and wait for the connection light to stop flashing. Then turn on the router followed by the computer. See if you then have a connection :-) See? There /was/ a trick to it! That worked, thank you! After doing what you said I got back into Windows and used the CD that came with the router. It said I was connected to the internet and then it showed my my MAC address and the name of my computer and told me "Congradulations! Your router is set up." That was nice. However, I was surfing for awhile and all of a sudden lost the connection and had to plug my modem back into the ethernet port to get back here. I'm wondering now if my router is broken. Cleo Try upgrading the firmware now that you're online. Once in a while you may get bumped from your ISP and just need to do an ipconfig release/renew or reboot your computer to restore the connection :-) Start | Run cmd and click OK. ipconfig /release {hit enter} ipconfig /renew {hit enter} exit {hit enter} |
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