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MarkARC
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Tue Dec 28, 2004 8:03 am Post subject:
Home Networking Help |
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Hi, I have a home networking problem. I recently got a wireless network
card and router to use with my laptop (win2k) and Rogers. Only, i
cannot seem to get the Router to setup an internet connection with
Rogers. I have a Linksys Wireless B router and network card. I set up
the Wireless card to talk with the Router, but the Router never gets an
IP address from Rogers. And the old connection from my laptop to ROgers
will not work with the wireless card. I am lost though, in the Router's
website, i have no idea what to but into the Host Name and User Name
section.
Can anybody please give me some info/advice/ or set-by-step directions
on how to set this up. I have tried to use my username and DNS for the
Host Name and User Name, however, it doesn't work.
Any help would be great.
Thanks |
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Dave C.
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Tue Dec 28, 2004 1:15 pm Post subject:
Re: Home Networking Help |
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"MarkARC" <markarc@golden.net> wrote in message
news:1104212875.745170.169060@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
| Quote: | Hi, I have a home networking problem. I recently got a wireless network
card and router to use with my laptop (win2k) and Rogers. Only, i
cannot seem to get the Router to setup an internet connection with
Rogers. I have a Linksys Wireless B router and network card. I set up
the Wireless card to talk with the Router, but the Router never gets an
IP address from Rogers. And the old connection from my laptop to ROgers
will not work with the wireless card. I am lost though, in the Router's
website, i have no idea what to but into the Host Name and User Name
section.
Can anybody please give me some info/advice/ or set-by-step directions
on how to set this up. I have tried to use my username and DNS for the
Host Name and User Name, however, it doesn't work.
Any help would be great.
Thanks
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OK, your laptop needs to be set up to connect to another "computer" for
Internet access. That other computer is the Linksys router. If you were
running Windows XP, I'd just have you run the network setup wizard and
specify that this computer connects to the Internet through another
computer. For Windows 2000, try this:
Start, run, ipconfig/renew
Then fire up your web browser and see what you get. -Dave |
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James Knott
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Tue Dec 28, 2004 5:44 pm Post subject:
Re: Home Networking Help |
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MarkARC wrote:
| Quote: | Hi, I have a home networking problem. I recently got a wireless network
card and router to use with my laptop (win2k) and Rogers. Only, i
cannot seem to get the Router to setup an internet connection with
Rogers. I have a Linksys Wireless B router and network card. I set up
the Wireless card to talk with the Router, but the Router never gets an
IP address from Rogers. And the old connection from my laptop to ROgers
will not work with the wireless card. I am lost though, in the Router's
website, i have no idea what to but into the Host Name and User Name
section.
Can anybody please give me some info/advice/ or set-by-step directions
on how to set this up. I have tried to use my username and DNS for the
Host Name and User Name, however, it doesn't work.
Any help would be great.
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It could be that Rogers is only recognizing the computer's MAC address. You
should be able to have the router clone that MAC. Otherwise, you have to
release DHCP on the computer, before connecting the router. |
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Quaoar
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Tue Dec 28, 2004 10:49 pm Post subject:
Re: Home Networking Help |
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MarkARC wrote:
| Quote: | Hi, I have a home networking problem. I recently got a wireless
network card and router to use with my laptop (win2k) and Rogers.
Only, i cannot seem to get the Router to setup an internet connection
with Rogers. I have a Linksys Wireless B router and network card. I
set up the Wireless card to talk with the Router, but the Router
never gets an IP address from Rogers. And the old connection from my
laptop to ROgers will not work with the wireless card. I am lost
though, in the Router's website, i have no idea what to but into the
Host Name and User Name section.
Can anybody please give me some info/advice/ or set-by-step directions
on how to set this up. I have tried to use my username and DNS for the
Host Name and User Name, however, it doesn't work.
Any help would be great.
Thanks
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The first step, **always**: shut down modem, router, computer. Start
modem; when lights are steady, start router, then start computer. See
if the router has WAN address, i.e., IP for Rogers - check the status
page for the router at http://192.168.X.Y where X and Y are given in the
user manual. Your wireless address will be 192.168.X.Z where Z is not
Y. Normally the host name and network name are superfluous for cable. |
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