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Really stoopid wireless router question...

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L8 APEKS

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I just got a cable modem installed, but because of the layout of my house the modem has to sit upstairs and there's not room for a machine up there. I was told by the cable guy that if I installed a router, I could just leave the modem and router upstairs (not connected to a computer) and connect my desktop and 2 laptops (all downstairs) to the network via wireless.

So I'm at home now with the new D-Link router (WBR-2310) and new cable modem (RCA DCM425) and I just can't get anything to work.

When I initially plugged in the router, my desktop picked up a wireless signal from it, but even though it was connected I couldn't access the internet (no firewalls or active virus protection on the PC...last time this happened, the problem was Norton Internet Security but it's not installed on this machine).

Can anyone verify that I can, in fact, use this router remotely with just the cable modem plugged into it and no machines connected directly to it?

And also, any idea why I can't log in to 192.168.0.1 and check settings? Please let me know if you can help. Thanks!
 
It is always a good idea to configure the router while it is hard connected. If you set it up wirelessly you really need to know the router and what you are doing or you might accidentally lock yourself out, which means you will have to reset the router and start over.
 
Since noone answered yet I'll give you a start. To initially configure the router, you should be wired to the router only and not yet connected to the cable modem to get around possible IP conflicts. You should then bw able to log into settings. After the router is configured, which may include changing the IP and disabling auto DCHP, it should work as you desire.

I am not familiar with cable modem sign-on protocol, so I can't help with what to configure. This site http://www.ezlan.net should help guide you through it.

EDIT: Sorry that's .net, not .com now corrected

Jim
 
Originally posted by: L8 APEKS



And also, any idea why I can't log in to 192.168.0.1 and check settings? Please let me know if you can help. Thanks!
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192.168.1.1 to log in. Use patch cable to hook a laptop to it temporarily.

 
EDIT: I'm a moron. But we knew that.

Patched in my laptop via cat5 and rebooted everything. This morning I woke up and everything was working OK. No idea what I did, but I did something right. haha. Thanks uys!
 
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