Not being able to leave well enough alone, I decided it was time to migrate from a D-Link D-713P (11b) to a D-624 (11g) wireless router. Prior to this brilliant decision, it was experiencing no problems with wither the wired or wireless computers on my network.
I tried to install the the D-624, been unable to get the WAN indicator to light. Ah ha, a cross cable is needed?!!! Tried that, but no luck. Maybe the unit is DOA.
OK, back to the D-713P. Reinstalled that and have lost all the connections to that router too. Now it gets strange. Within IE6 I entered the address of the router (http://xxx.xxx.0.1) and neither of the two wired connections see the router. I took each of the wired computers, bypassed the router, and was unable to get a web connection directly from the modem, even though the modem "activity" indicator was flashing. I took a Compaq laptop and was also unable to connect, but I took a new Dell and was able to get on the net. I guess that means the cable modem is OK. I dawns on me now that the next thing to do might be to wire the Dell into the D-713P and see if I can still connect.
However, my web access is now only through my work site, so any help/insight into these problems would be most welcome!!!!
I tried to install the the D-624, been unable to get the WAN indicator to light. Ah ha, a cross cable is needed?!!! Tried that, but no luck. Maybe the unit is DOA.
OK, back to the D-713P. Reinstalled that and have lost all the connections to that router too. Now it gets strange. Within IE6 I entered the address of the router (http://xxx.xxx.0.1) and neither of the two wired connections see the router. I took each of the wired computers, bypassed the router, and was unable to get a web connection directly from the modem, even though the modem "activity" indicator was flashing. I took a Compaq laptop and was also unable to connect, but I took a new Dell and was able to get on the net. I guess that means the cable modem is OK. I dawns on me now that the next thing to do might be to wire the Dell into the D-713P and see if I can still connect.
However, my web access is now only through my work site, so any help/insight into these problems would be most welcome!!!!
