Getting access to Internet through my wireless router?

Question

I have a wireless Di-624 router and an Alcatel Speedtouch 510 ADSL router. I cannot get DHCP working for wireless and Internet neither. Where should i connect the cable coming from the alcatel, in the WAN port or ethernet 1, on the wireless?

How to also get DHCP. When i activate DHCP on wireless, i get a bad DNS, not the one from ISP.

Answer 1

Reset your router, there should be a small button on the back, this will setup the defaults. Your modem should be plugged into the wan/internet port. All other wired computers in ethernet 1,2.... pots. There is an internet light on the from of the router that will indicate it has a signal.

From here, establish a connection to the router, and you should have internet access. ( You shouldn't have to change any settings on the router) Your IP will be for the lan (local area network, not the wan, which is dedicated to the router. So, in other workd, your isp gives you one IP, this goes to the router, which establishes a smaller network, and provides independt addresses.

Answer 2

The Alcatel router WAN port connects to your ADSL circuit. This is the unit you want to run DHCP with. It's a DHCP client to your ISP and a DHCP server to your network.

The wireless router connects to the LAN port of the ADSL router. Turn off routing on the wireless router, put it into access point a.k.a. bridge mode. You don't use the DHCP on the wireless router at all - you pass the DHCP request from the wireless to the ADSL router to provide the address.

Fist plug in your ADSL router and make sure it gets an IP address from your service provider - then plug in the wireless router and make sure it gets an IP address from the ADSL router.

Answer 3

If you set your IP address on your DVR the same as your laptop then you have an IP address confilict. The best practice would be to set both of them to DHCP (automatic ip address assigning)