Need help with my speedstream 5260?

Question

Hi have a speedstream 5260 and it isnt connecting to my computer properly. i just recently bought it off ebay and i am having trouble connecting it to my computer i keep getting "low connection" any help would be appreciated fixing this problem

No im not trying to connect to a neighbors connection if i were then i would be polite enough to ask them can i use it. and i mean that when i am hooking up through wired it has that little triangle with the ! in the middle and says little or no connection. i understand your meaning for thinking i thought it was wirless i should have cheaked my answer more carfully.

Answer 1

To me it sounds like your SpeedStream is not validating on the ISP and therefore not getting an IP address issued. Thus the "Limited or no connectivity" or "Low Connection".
Here is a help page for them from Yahoo although this is for ATT / Yahoo dsl it is also relevant for other dsl providers.
http://www.obviously.com/tech_tips/Yahoo_DSL_setup_no_CD.html

And here is one from DSL reports.
http://www.dslreports.com/faq/efficient

Hopefully one of these will help.

Answer 2

the speedstream 5260 is a ethernet adsl modem. It has no built in wireless abilities. When you say Low connection that is refering to a wireless connection not a wired connection, as they will either be 10MB or 100MB connections, either on or off, no in between.

Do you hve a wireless router connected to it? If not are you refering to wireless or something else?

If you are refering to wireless and you dont have a wireless router connected to the speadstream then i WOULD SAY YOU ARE TRYING TO CONNECT TO A NEIGHBORS WIRELESS NETWORK THAT IS SOME DISTANCE AWAY, THAT IS WHY YOU SEE A LOW SIGNAL.