I have a desktop running with a DSL connection and I am trying to set up a wireless network?

Question

My desktop has DSL internet. I also have a laptop (wireless card built in) and I am trying to create a wireless network. I am using a Linksys router and Wireless card (connects through USB) on the desktop. I connect everything, the lights for WLAN; the port light; and the internet light on the router are all lit. The laptop is detecting a wireless network. The problem is when the router tries to configure---it says there is no internet conncection, even though the light on the router is on and the icon on the desktop shows I am connected. I cannot even get Internet Explorer to connect to enter the IP address to configure the router with DSL--it says there is no connection. When connecting the Ethernet directly to the computer, not via router, the connection is fine. Where am I messing up? Could the router be bad?

Answer 1

Follow the PPPoE suggestion above, that is where the problem lies.

Answer 2

how confusing
who can read this
Start at square 1
reset your router with the switch at the back
Have your dsl log on info
I would bet serveral things

1) You have a neighbour whose signal from the router ( also on default channel 6 ) is drifting in .
You will not even be able to see if . You will have a wirless signal but no internet

2) You have encryption on in the router and are not applying the key when you log on

reset the router
leave encryption off
change the channel to 1 or 11
make sure the router is hight and not cluttered
You can use this program for help settiing up

www.networkmagic.com

http://www.networkmagic.com

when you have everything running then you do the last step and add in encryption if you wish

two things probably

- 1 ) the channel
2) you may of changed something in the rotuer settings accidentally

http://portforward.com/

Answer 3

Ok, assuming you were a client of mine, and I was sitting down in front of your computer, here's what I would check and in this order:

1. Bypass the wi-fi router. Plug the cable directly from the modem into the back of the computer. Connected to the Internet? Proceed to step 2. If not, reboot the modem, or else contact your ISP to find out why your Internet is down.
2. Plug the ethernet cable from the back of the modem to the Internet port on the back of the wi-fi router.
3. Plug the ethernet cable from your computer into an available port, any of the numbered ports, in the back of the router. Make sure the other end is plugged nice & secure into the back of your pc.
4. Try to get connected to the Internet. If you can open IE just fine, surf just fine, then you can put in the ip addy of the router and have the html interface page open up and you can configure your router (I strongly recommend encrypting your network to keep out prying eyes). If you can't connect to the Internet, unplug your router, give it about 5 seconds, then plug it back in. Since you're still connecting through the Ethernet cable, you should have an Internet connection still
5. Configure the wi-fi settings in the router. Set the SSID (name of the network), encryption level, etc. I highly advise you either print out the settings or write it down.
6. Follow the links to reboot your router. Once it reboots, unplug the ethernet cable from your computer to the wi-fi router.
7. Configure your computer's wi-fi adapter to match the settings you specified in the wi-fi router setup.

You should be connected! Good luck!

Answer 4

Some DSL providers just connect and work when you plug in the cable. Your computer gets all the settings by talking DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) to their DHCP server. Your computer tries to talk DHCP automatically as soon as it sees the physical network connection. (Your computer: "Who am I, where's the Internet, help help!" The DHCP server: "Calm down buddy, you're 192.168.1.123 and the Internet is on the other side of my router at 192.168.1.254, and you should use my name server at 4.2.2.1." Your computer: "Thanks, I can see now!" That's DHCP.)

Other services won't even offer DHCP until you've given a user name and password. We call that kind of service PPPoE. (It stands for Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet.) Some of the big phone companies do that. I'm guessing that's the kind of DSL service you have. When you set up your desktop you told your operating system your user name and password (we call those your "credentials"), perhaps by running a setup CD that came with the DSL modem. It remembers the credentials, and the fact that it has to do PPPoE before DHCP will work, so it "just works."

But the Linksys router doesn't have your credentials yet. It doesn't even know your service is waiting for PPPoE. It's just sitting there wondering why nobody answers its DHCP call. (Do routers get depressed?) Look in the router settings menu where you tell it about your Internet connection. There are three ways for it to get the connection particulars: PPPoE with DHCP, just DHCP, or "static" where you type in all the particulars. Try PPPoE. Your credentials are probably the same ones you use to pull your email. If you lost them you'll have to call your DSL provider's tech support.

Answer 5

1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. Go to Tools >> Internet Options
3. Go to the connections tab, put the option button on Never Dial a Connection. Click on LAN Settings and make sure all are unchecked. Click OK.
4. Click on the File Menu and uncheck work offline (if currently checked)
5. Close and reopen your Internet Explorer.

Answer 6

Perhaps you need a WEP encryption key. See if your router is using WEP. If so, you would need to find the key (password-like code) in the router, and input that key into the wireless card.

Answer 7

considering that this would be a sparkling deploy, have you ever tried connecting to the modem at as quickly as and verifying which you unquestionably have an information superhighway connection? have you ever checked the router setup web site and examined which you have obtained a community handle out of your ISP have you ever tried - initiate>run>"cmd">alright to boost a DOS window and entered: "ipconfig /all" - does your computer have an IP handle, DHCP enabled and are DNS servers assigned? "arp -a" - do you notice the IP addresses for the different machines on your community? let us know what you come across.

Answer 8

what type of modem are you using? what ISP? usually if you cannot connect to the router setup screen you might have to change your DSL modem to 'bridged mode' first and then you can configure the router

Answer 9

Here is link:

http://www.linksysfix.com/check/homepage...

Select : Easylink Connect and run that tool..

It will automatically do it for u.. All u have to do is to follow the on screen instructions..

Or dial for free support:

No# 1800-546-5797