Router Help?

Question

So, just bought myself a laptop, and decided I would convert on over to having a wireless network to use it around the house.

Bought a Linksys Wireless-G (WRT54G)...

Here's the deal...

Plug in everything the same exact way, run their stupid setup, and it asks me if everything is connected correctly.

So, I try connecting through the router ip instead of doing the setup, 192.168.1.1 - and get nothing...

Tried running it dynamically (since I run static) and repairing the network, and no such luck.

I'm aware that my old router's ip is 10.10.10.10, and the new router I'm trying to get to is 192.168.1.1 by default.

If you traceroute to my DSL, you get:
1 * * * Request timed out.
2 3 ms 3 ms 3 ms 192.168.1.1

Which says my DSL is NAT enabled.... using two NAT devices, the DSL is configured to be able to "share' the internet out of the box, so it is on 192.168.1.1 as well.

I'm not sure why it isn't working.

Answer 1

your old router was static and had a 10.10.10.x netork ID? did you change your PC settings to use 192.168.1.x network? i would leave DHCP enabled on the router and set your PC to everyhint automatically assigned then reboot while connected to the router. then see if you can connect to 192.168.1.1

Also from a command line type IPCONFIG /ALL and make sure you get assigned an IP after you restart

Answer 2

If I understand what you just said, the modem has a network address of 192.168.1.1 and your router has that same address.

If that is the case, change the LAN address of your router to 192.168.2.1 so that you are not on the same system with both devices. The WAN address of your router would then be on 192.168.1.1 and your LAN on 192.168.2.1 (or even the old ones 10.0.0.1) which will all work fine together.

In order to login to your router to change its LAN ip disconnect the MODEM log in to the router, change the LAN IP and then reconnect the modem it should all work correctly.

You simply can not have two identical IPs on the same network.. IT WONT WORK as traffic has no idea where to go.
Basically if your modem is NATTED, you already have a router on the 192.168.1.1 network so use a different network range for the "NEW" router. (Like your old router was using 10.0.x.x etc) Just dont try using the same range.