Re: DSLrunning, trouble setup of router
Yea, that's pretty much it.....
I'll usually just connect the router to the computer, turn on both. Run browser and enter 192.168.0.1 on address line, and log into the router. I don't usually run the Wizard but it's best to run it when it's all new to you. And yes, hook up all the pieces, modem, router, computer etc.
The reason I mentioned in my last post to be sure you clone your computers MAC into the router (at the appropriate section) is some ISP's like to see the same computer hooked up to the modem. By cloning your computers MAC into the router, they will always 'see' your original computers MAC , since it's being fed to them by your router. If you change your main computer, they will see the original MAC. Since you were able to connect using just the modem and computer originally, they will now see things as usual, even tho you've installed a router. Sometimes, it's no big deal with the MAC address changing, but why confuse them, just clone your original MAC and be done with it. BTW, you can find your computers MAC by doing this:
Click Start
Click Run
In box type CMD, hit Enter
Dos window will open
Type ipconfig /all , hit Enter
You should see your Network Interface MAC address. It's 12 characters, in 6 sets of 2 characters.
Ex: 00-02-45-FE-AB-32
You should also see your current IP address that was issued FROM your router to your computer. Current subnet mask, current Gateway address etc.
FYI, the Gateway address should be 192.168.0.1...so the Gateway IS your router.....
Your 2 DNS server addresses should be the same as your router's IP address...again...192.168.0.1. Your DNS IP's might be different because you're 'Obtaining Automatically' in your network settings. Later I can show you how to setup your computers to have 'Static Ip Addresses' that don't change. This can make things a bit easier to sort out your network if you a few computers connected to your LAN.
I did notice in the manual for your router that it appears that the routers DHCP is not turned on by default, that's why I told you to manually add the From --To range of 192.168.0.100 to 192.168.0.110 (enough IP's for 10 computers to be connected to your router dynamically)
So to back track a bit, when you did the ipconfig /all command above, your current IP address would show you connected to the router with a current IP address of 192.168.0.100 ( this is the First assigned IP from the router) If you were to connect another computer to the router, it would get an IP of 192.168.0.101.....adding another computer would get x.x.x.103.....you get the idea.
All this stuff is intended to get you going with the modem and router. We can work at getting the wireless stuff sorted out later.
There are a few more settings to be made in the router, and you can do them without their Wizard. It's not hard to make changes, but these changes can make things run a bit smoother. Lastly, you'll want to backup all of your settings to a file on your hard drive,or better yet a thumb drive or floppy. With the settings backed up, you can later go into the router and reload all of your previous settings without resorting to starting from scratch with the Wizard, which is a real time saver.
Now it's time for ME to go grab a brew and finish configuring 3 computers....