Setup Wireless Router, internet wont work though? (wireless network/LAN does?)10 UP FOR GRABS?

Question

I completely setup the ASUS WL-500gPremium wireless router. The LAN cable connected fine and the gateway come up on my computer and my laptop(in-built wireless support) finds the network and connects to it.
My modem is the latest Bigpond NextG wireless broadband modem, model BP3-EXT.

The only problem is I cannot connect the WAN, as there is no cable, exept the USB cable which connects my modem to my computer, so I connected the modem to the router through the USB cable.

Theres no WAN port on my modem..

Everything is working, exept the INTERNET..
also when i press Enable on my internet gateway, it says connected but on the status it says connecting, then minuts on its disables again.

DONT SAY REFER TO MANUAL, LOOK ON GOOGLE OR TRY THE TROUBLESHOOTER

THANKYOU, best answer wins

Answer 1

The hardware may all work, but it all comes down to:

"Do you have an internet connection in the first place?"
How did your internet work originally without the confounded modem-router paraphernalia.

What I can see is yes- you are able to access your own modem and the router is working yup. BUT- the most important of all, what hapened to your internet connection?

When one troubleshoots, connect your computer directly to the modem. If the internet works, then yes, you have only to tweak the hardware. But if no internet comes through, you have to let the internet provider set you up.

They will walk you through the rest of the set up.
You will go into a few steps and them registering you as a user on their end.
Call them.

Answer 2

Your problem is your modem is a USB Modem for a "3g" wireless network(Australians) here is the US we use PCMCIA cards for our "3g" networks from cellular companies. The only way you're going to get a normal router to be able to have internet access with a USB modem is too find a firmeware modification for your router or take back your router and try to find one that will facilitate using USB as a source for internet. Generally on routers or access points the USB cables are for external hard drives (network storage devices), web cameras, printers and things of that nature. You can also try and get a modem that uses an RJ-45 cable to connect to devices instead of USB.

Also the reason why your computer sees and connects to the network when you turn on your router, is anytime a router is powered on it is set to run out of the box with its stock settings. So any computer within wireless range that has no priority setup for protected connections or is set to auto-connect to any networks within range it will cut it's current connection and connect to the new closer stronger signal. About 95% of the time a wireless router will work straight out of the box the other 5% the wireless features must be enabled on the initial boot of the router.

I would suggest you contact your connection provider and try to get a different modem.

Answer 3

This is the wrong router for your connection. You either need a router/modem which has a dsl connection through a telephone type cable and replaces the modem, or you need a modem with the option of a LAN connection. I recommend replacing the router, as it will configure much easier, and will be faster.

Answer 4

Wait.. you connect your modem to your computer with a USB cable? That's not right..

1. Router internet port to modem internet port.
2. Router port 1-4 to PC ethernet port.

Answer 5

My experience with ISPs is that they map the MAC address of the NIC originally plugged into the 'modem' they provide. In other words, if you didn't have a router and decided to plug directly into your laptop or another computer or NIC, it wouldn't work.

My wireless D-Link router setup wizard grabbed the MAC of the original NIC and made it the router's MAC while changing the MAC of my original NIC a one-off to facilitate quick setup.

If all else fails, disconnect the ISP modem for a period of 30 minutes or more and that should reset the MAC association that has been created with your ISP.