Clare

Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease someone put me out of my misery and tell me what the fook im doing wrong to get my wireless router talking to my ISP.

Im not an IT wizz but I do have a good basic understanding and I cant for the life of me figure out what im doing wrong.

Ive moved house and changed my connection phone number, Tiscali have (finally) enabled the line to DSL.

Ive managed to eventully get connected using the Sagem modem they sent me a year or so ago but my BT Voyager 2100 wireless router wont connect to the net. Ive got excellent signal strength, ive checked all my internet & LAN settings and they look correct to me (altho my ISP password keeps changing itself so I need to keep manually over typing it )

I dont know what im doing wrong.............. any takers?? (pretty please?)

RANJ

who is your isp

aduz

anything to do with bt will fuck up

boXXer

there are loads of settings like encapsualtion settings and "VC" settings that should have come with your router. maybe its those?

ste_gt

I'm a male in distress, sexual frustration so get your tits out and I'll consider it.


























You should only have to specify if you ISP requires a login and obviously put in your username and password *Note* the username is not your email address!

ste_gt

That will all be sorted automatically on connecting.

boXXer

mine doesnt. I have to specify it when i set the router up. I have a linksys wireless router with built in modem.

Clare

im being serious here guys

Ste - my username IS my email address, its Tiscali Broadband.

The set up worked fine at my old house and I havn't changed the settings, the Voyager unit has power, DSL and Wireless lights all illuminated, and the Laptop is receiving the wireless signal perfectly, it just seems the router wont talk to the ISP.

Do I need to change the connection telephone number anywhere for wireless or does that only matter for dial up?

ste_gt

Go to start>run, type in cmd then hit return.

Type ipconfig /all

post up the results here but use .*** on the last octet so nobody can see your full IP.

boXXer

thats only for dial up, there isnt a "number" for adsl.

ste_gt

Thats Gay, I knew cisco had absorbed linksys but didn't realise they were influencing the kit that much, no home user should ever be troubled with anything along those lines.

Daviet

sorry to hijack your post a little but since you have all the wireless experts looking in here i thought id ask a question
can anyone recomend a wireless router to buy and what i need to buy.
laptop has got built in wireless suposedly so do i just need to buy a router on its own or am i best getting one with a pcmcia(sp)card aswell? was told thats best way to go but i really aint got a clue any link would be great
sorry again to hijack post and hope u get it sorted

boXXer

thats only for dial up, there isnt a "number" for adsl.

ste_gt

Lol, trust me there is.

boXXer

DO NOT buy the one i have. its a linkysys WAG54G, and its bollox. keeps dropping the adsl line, and hardly ever holds line negotiation.

ste_gt

Netgear are cool for the home user.

Just the router, make sure you get a router with a similar standard i.e. b +g

RANJ

buffalo only here aswell, ive just set up a wireless network with 2 mile distance range, works a treat

Clare

Ive done that but dont know how to post the results here, I cant copy and paste in DOS mode

boXXer

here ya go mate, this is what you have to set up.

ste_gt

I'd suspect you've set it up wrong if it keeps dropping off, phone your isp and clairify the settings.

boXXer

i mean there is no specific dial-in number for adsl that you have to put in like there is for dial up that you have to type in. it is done by username.

boXXer

might have to phone them then. keeps hanging every so often for no reason.

ste_gt

Yes you can, and its not called DOS anymore.

Right click in the cmd line mode, select 'mark' highlight what you want to copy then right click again. You will now be able to paste the text onto here.

ste_gt

I didn't mention anything about a phone number, thats why she need to type IPCONFIG /ALL rather than TELEPHONENUMBER /WHAT IS IT?

Clare

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Clare>ipconfig/all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : delllaptop
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mixed
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 4:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : BT Voyager 1060 Laptop Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-90-96-F3-1E-D7

PPP adapter Tiscali Broadband:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 80.45.190****
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 80.45.190.24
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 212.74.114.129
212.74.114.193

C:\Documents and Settings\Clare>

boXXer

alrite, easy tiger. She meant is there a PHONE NUMBER you can put in (like Dial-up) that maybe wrong. jesus

boXXer

looks like the internet is set up on it ok??? if im not blind.

aduz

Clare

Bare in mind at the moment im connected using the Sagem modem so im not sure if the settings above are affected by that.

RANJ

wont that ipconfig info be wrong if it aint connected to the problem router
(as how is clare connecting to post here )

ste_gt

Hold on a second.

Which part on the 'wireless' isn't working?

The wireless part or can you connect through wireless and not get onto the internet? or all of the above?

boXXer

my adsl login in is my email address too.........

Daviet

cheers mate
think my mates got a netgear one.will find out if thats it

Clare

I didnt realise that was in response to what I wrote, sorry, what I mean is do I need to tell it to connect via my new telephone number (as it has changed) or does it just need a DSL enabled line, is the actual landline number irrelevant?

boXXer

isnt the "gateway" the internet connection? so if its showing a registered I.P address, its connected to them?

ste_gt

Good thinking old chap, its late

Claire, is there a log available on the router, that would be much more helpful.

PM me it if you haven't got a copy shortly as I need to go to kip and I shall help you tommorow.

boXXer

i think the landline number is irrelevant, as long as tiscali know about it and have enabled the line.

Clare

As I posted originally, the wireless part is working fine, the router just doesnt seem to be communicating with the ISP.