Just a shot in the dark- Did it come with an installation disc? Try googling to see if it is supposed to have one. I'm by no means an expert, but thats my first thought.Router question....
you may need a crossover cable between the router and modem.
[QUOTE=''pcdebol'']you may need a crossover cable between the router and modem.[/QUOTE] That may be the case. Not too sure though - since my router has a ADSL modem built in.
Hmm.. cross over cable.. What do these exactly do.. I've had routers before and havn't had to need for one.. Care to elaborate? I live in Canada and my ISP is Rogers... and I have a cable modem at 6mb/s.
[QUOTE=''BlackStalker'']Hmm.. cross over cable.. What do these exactly do.. I've had routers before and havn't had to need for one.. Care to elaborate[/QUOTE] These are special types of ethernet cable that allow data to be sent directly to a device without a router. Example: If I wanted to copy a file from my laptop to desktop, I could connect a crossover cable directly into the ethernet ports of the computers and would be able to copy files.
But what use would they be to me, if i want to use a router?
[QUOTE=''BlackStalker'']But what use would they be to me, if i want to use a router?[/QUOTE] I'm not exactly sure if a crossover cable is required. You could just try changing ethernet cables.
[QUOTE=''BlackStalker'']Hmm.. cross over cable.. What do these exactly do.. I've had routers before and havn't had to need for one.. Care to elaborate[/QUOTE]Ok most new hardware has auto sensing ports and the ports will crossover automatically. But on your cable I believe wires number one and two are the transmit pair and wires 3 and 5 are the receiveing pair for your data packets. A crossover cable reverses the pairs on one end so your transmit packet goto the receiving packets on the other end of the connection. This function is usually handled in the hub. So strait cables are the most common. But when wiring direct from PC to PC or hub to hub you need a crossover cable. Unless it is an autosensing hub or switch, then the switch checks to see which side is sending and receiving and changes automatically.
[QUOTE=''BlackStalker'']But what use would they be to me, if i want to use a router?[/QUOTE]If your router and modem both have the same type port and they are not auto sensing you have to have one for them to communicate. You may also have a switch on an the router or modem to change the ports send and receive legs so it will work with any cable.
[QUOTE=''BlackStalker'']Hey guys, I'm having some difficulty installing a router. I router i bought is the Linksys BEFSX41 and I bought it off eBay... The router powers up and everything seems to be fine, but i cannot connect to the internet... When i hook up my modem to my Router, the WAN light in front is orange, which I take it means that there is a conflict between the router and the moden. Naturally my computer cannot connect to the internet. I am running Windows XP Pro SP2. Does anyone have any suggestions or anything? I didn't recieve the manual to the router, so now I'm not sure if i need the certain IP address that my router has... Is this needed? ANy insight would be appriciated... Thanks.[/QUOTE]To get into the router on your computer go to start run and type cmd then press enter. The computer needs to be plugged into the router for this to work. At the prompt type ipconfig /all the gateway adress displayed will be the routers IP. Open a web browser and type that IP into the Adress bar it should take you to a login screen. On a linksys the Default login is a blank username with admin as the password. If you have a cable connection you usually just default the first page to get dynamic adress and it will work. If you have DSL you generally have to set it up PPOe where you put in your username and password to get it to work.
Yea i was just told that i have to configure the router... I'll try getting into the router, if i can find its IP address.. I'll try what 'pcdebol' said.
[QUOTE=''BlackStalker'']Yea i was just told that i have to configure the router... I'll try getting into the router, if i can find its IP address.. I'll try what 'pcdebol' said.[/QUOTE]If the default password doesn't work, most linksys routers have a reset button. If I remember right you have to put a pen in them and hold it down through a bootup of the router to get it back to factory defaults. If not go to linksys site and look for documentation on that router model it will have the procedure. I also remember sometimes it takes two or three tries to get it to reset.
Duh! You need to configure your router. It doesn't just work out of the box. How would it know your passwords and crap for your DSL and wirelessunless you put them in there yourself? Type 192.168.1.1 into the address bar in Internet Explorer. Thatwill take you to the configuration page for a Linksys router. By default the username is blank and the password is admin. For DSL select PPOE and put in your username and password for your DSL. If you are using wireless, you will probably want to enable some kind of wireless security, like WPA, so that your neighbors won't steal your wi-fi. If the router just seems really screwed up you will want to reset it.Find the reset button on the back. While the router is on, hold in the reset button for 10 seconds, keep holding it in, unplug the power from the router while still holding the reset button in, keep holding it in with the power off for 60 seconds, keep holding, plug the power back in, continue holding it in for 10 seconds while the power is coming back on, and then release.
Also, I have Bellsouth, and on my Westell DSL modem, I had to go into the configuration page for the modem and find the option for ''bridged ethernet.'' Do you know who makes your modem? I bet you have to do something similar.
Thanks guys i got it to work.. But it was strange, after repeating what i did serveral times, it just decided to start working for me... Haha and i ran some tests and my speed is awesome.. Well thanks for the quick replies and the help..
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