Wireless Help?

Question

We have dsl and a linksys wireless router.. so me and my brother can both be on the internet..
earlier today i shut off the modem and kept the router on
and well now the internet is working fine for me < im going straight from the router , not using wireless > but my brother cant pick up the signal.
I have everything plugged in right and all the lights that should be on are on the modem and the router...

this is how i have it hooked up and have always had it hooked up
the phone line goes to the modem. then an ethernet cable goes from the modem into the router , then an ethernet cable goes from the router into my computer and it works fine but my bro cant pick up the signal
any suggestions?

O and i already tryed shutting them both down. turing on the modem waiting for a little bit, and then turing on the router.. same thing happened

Answer 1

It sounds like the wireless capability may have been turned off on the router. The problem is NOT with the modem or the router WAN config or the wired LAN config. It is between the router wireless config and the wireless pcs.

Go into wireless config on the router using your wired pc. Always communicate with the router using wired pc connection. Make sure the wireless is turned on; then make sure the security settings (e.g. WPA, MAC validation, etc) are properly set both on the router and on the pcs you want to address the router. When you enter the MAC addresses on the router be sure to enter the MAC for the wireless device of each applicable pc. Once you have this your should be ok.

I strongly suspect the issue is the router to pc configuration.

Be sure to save the config on the router once you get it working.

Answer 2

Did you reboot your brother's computer?