I am hooking up a router and it is asking for the subnet mask, gateway, dns1 and dns 2 numbers. How do I go about finding that information out on my home pc? I have tried right clicking on the network places and going to properties but can not find it there. When I enter zeroes in all fields and it tests my internet connection it says it can not find connection. When I unhook router I can get online. What seems to be my problem?
2007-09-28 04:31:49 · 5 answers · asked by twillett33 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
Simple answer is.. you can't find that info on your Home PC..
Running IPConfig on a host machine will only give you information about a network that is already configured and you are connected to.
The information that the router requires is the connection info for your ISPs network not yours...
As has been said before, you should already have this info from your ISP - Or if you can get to the Internet of a Friends PC, then look at your ISPs Website, the info is usually there..
Of course, there's ususally an option that says something like 'Use DHCP' - This should fill in all the blanks for you.. Makes things much easier.
2007-09-28 04:55:06 · answer #1 · answered by Lowlevel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to enter all configuration information you got from Internet Service Provider.
2007-09-28 04:35:49 · answer #2 · answered by svong 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
did you get your router from your dsl company? dsl company gives these info. you should call your dsl company or see manual. if you are a microsoft os user, try ipconfig /all in the command prompt.
2007-09-28 04:43:53 · answer #3 · answered by ciel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
click start, then run, then type cmd and hit enter. then at command prompt type ipconfig.exe and hit enter
2007-09-28 04:35:41 · answer #4 · answered by ajriggs26 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dns server will be a router address. 192.168.0.1, 192.168.1.1...
2007-09-28 04:44:00 · answer #5 · answered by cj 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋