wireless router's wired ports don't work

[iamme]

very strange. wireless is working, but the wired ports aren't. i've tried resetting the router and my cable modem to no avail.

i might try to reflash the firmware or maybe reset all the router settings to default.

anyone ever encounter this?

 

[Matthias99]

Define "don't work". Are you getting a green light, but no data back and forth (check your cable, or try another port)? Can you talk to the router itself, but not the other systems on the network or the outside world (check your network settings)? Can you see the router, but you can't get DHCP to bind (try it with static IPs)?

You might also want to try the Networking forum.

 

[iamme]

Originally posted by: Matthias99
Define "don't work". Are you getting a green light, but no data back and forth (check your cable, or try another port)? Can you talk to the router itself, but not the other systems on the network or the outside world (check your network settings)? Can you see the router, but you can't get DHCP to bind (try it with static IPs)?

You might also want to try the Networking forum.

sorry, i should have been more specific.

the router's green "connected" light is on. i've tried to use my laptop's ethernet port to connect to a different port (w/ a different cable) but it didn't work.

i can not talk to the router via my wired desktop, but i can with my wireless laptop. (getting into the admin stuff, 192.168.2.1, i assume)

when i try to "repair" with windows, it says it failed to renew an ip address.

 

[Matthias99]

Originally posted by: iamme

Originally posted by: Matthias99
Define "don't work". Are you getting a green light, but no data back and forth (check your cable, or try another port)? Can you talk to the router itself, but not the other systems on the network or the outside world (check your network settings)? Can you see the router, but you can't get DHCP to bind (try it with static IPs)?

You might also want to try the Networking forum.

sorry, i should have been more specific.

the router's green "connected" light is on. i've tried to use my laptop's ethernet port to connect to a different port (w/ a different cable) but it didn't work.

i can not talk to the router via my wired desktop, but i can with my wireless laptop. (getting into the admin stuff, 192.168.2.1, i assume)

when i try to "repair" with windows, it says it failed to renew an ip address.

In my experience, that's usually a bad cable (or you're trying to use a crossover cable instead of straight-through), or a bad port. But you said you tried it on multiple ports, and with a different cable, so that's probably not it.

Are you sure the Ethernet connections on the desktop/laptop work (ie, they've worked before)? Are they showing a live connection (it says it's "connected" to something)? Have you ever used this router in a wired configuration before? Did you try resetting the router?

You can also try turning off DHCP on the host side and manually setting it to an IP in the correct address block (usually 192.168.1.X, netmask 255.255.255.0, but check your router's documentation or see what the laptop picks up on the wireless). If all the hardware is functioning, doing that should let you get to the admin pages on the router (go to http://192.168.<your router's address>/).

Invariably, these problems are always something dumb... it can just take a while to find it.

 

[iamme]

Originally posted by: Matthias99

Originally posted by: iamme

Originally posted by: Matthias99
Define "don't work". Are you getting a green light, but no data back and forth (check your cable, or try another port)? Can you talk to the router itself, but not the other systems on the network or the outside world (check your network settings)? Can you see the router, but you can't get DHCP to bind (try it with static IPs)?

You might also want to try the Networking forum.

sorry, i should have been more specific.

the router's green "connected" light is on. i've tried to use my laptop's ethernet port to connect to a different port (w/ a different cable) but it didn't work.

i can not talk to the router via my wired desktop, but i can with my wireless laptop. (getting into the admin stuff, 192.168.2.1, i assume)

when i try to "repair" with windows, it says it failed to renew an ip address.

In my experience, that's usually a bad cable (or you're trying to use a crossover cable instead of straight-through), or a bad port. But you said you tried it on multiple ports, and with a different cable, so that's probably not it.

Are you sure the Ethernet connections on the desktop/laptop work (ie, they've worked before)? Are they showing a live connection (it says it's "connected" to something)? Have you ever used this router in a wired configuration before? Did you try resetting the router?

You can also try turning off DHCP on the host side and manually setting it to an IP in the correct address block (usually 192.168.1.X, netmask 255.255.255.0, but check your router's documentation or see what the laptop picks up on the wireless). If all the hardware is functioning, doing that should let you get to the admin pages on the router (go to http://192.168.<your router's address>/).

Invariably, these problems are always something dumb... it can just take a while to find it.

my desktop was always connected to this router via ethernet. i tried resetting the router and cable modem, but it didn't work.

one day i wanted to transfer my mp3's from my desktop to my laptop (via ethernet), but my laptop wouldn't connect via ethernet (it's always worked via wireless). that clued me into something was up with my router. then a few days later, after a desktop reboot, my desktop stopped wouldn't connect

i will try to turn off DHCP and manually set up IP addresses when i get the chance.

otherwise, i'm going to try reloading the firmware and maybe resetting the router's setting to default and starting over.

 

[iamme]

just for an update, i tried to turn off DHCP and assign the IP on my desktop manually. that didn't work.

i also tried to reload the firmware, but that didn't work either.

i finally "restore factory defaults" and that worked

i had to redo all the previous settings, which was a pain, but at least it's working