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M2RTY

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1st Oct 06 at 18:12

ok, setting my lass's wireless network up in her house

someone has already set the router up and it works with her flat mate's laptop wirelessly

i added her MAC address's (one for lan card, one for wifi) to the list that is allowed access to the network and assigned each an IP address 192.168.1.3 for use with the rj45 cable and 192.168.1.4 for the wifi

it finds the network, connects, but will not pick up the ip address over wifi. ipconfig says that the gateway and subnet mask are missing or wrong. tried to assign these manually and it still does not work.

when i enter the MAC address of the lan card it sayd "Donnas Laptop" as the hostname on the router. when I entre the MAC address of the wifi it remains blank. it connects to any other wireless network without any problems.

any ideas pleasssssssse and she'll post a pic of her naked lol

John

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1st Oct 06 at 18:14

Have you tried letting them get everything via dhcp?

abdus

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1st Oct 06 at 18:17

you need to clone the MAC address

is it a Belkin router?

[Edited on 01-10-2006 by abdus]

abdus

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1st Oct 06 at 18:24

1. Disconnect the Modem from computer if it is connected and make sure the modem is connected to WAN/Internet port of the router and the computer to Port Number 1 of the router.

2. Make sure the router is ON. Hard Reset the router to factory defaults.

Make sure the router is switched ON.
Locate the reset button(inside a hole) at the back of the router.
Use a paper clip, push the reset button and hold it for 30 seconds then release the reset button.

3. Power OFF both your modem and the router.

4. Power ON your modem first and wait for 30 seconds.

5. Power ON your Router next and wait for another 30 seconds.

Check if we are able to go online in your computer. If not please follow the steps further.

6. Connect your main PC to the router using a cable

Make sure your computer has valid IP address by following the steps below.

Click on Start -> Run -> and type CMD and click OK.
Type IPCONFIG in black window and check the IP address.
It should be 192.168.2.x where x ranges from 2 to 200.

7. Open the Router setup page by typing http://192.168.2.1 in the address bar of the browser.

8. On the left under Internet WAN, click on Connection type.

9. Select Dynamic and click on Next and leave the host name blank and click on Apply changes button at the bottom.

10. Click on Change WAN MAC Address option and click on the CLONE button and click on Apply changes button at the bottom.

11. Just follow the steps 3, 4 and 5 and you should be able to go online.

same thing i mailed sometime back to a friend and worked great

assuming it's a Belkin router

[Edited on 01-10-2006 by abdus]

John

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1st Oct 06 at 18:25

Am I confused somewhere abdus?

Is what you described not for services that lock the internet connection to a certain mac address?

abdus

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1st Oct 06 at 18:30

actually, i was having the same problem when I moved house. i thought the problem might have been NTL, made several restarts, both router and modem, in vain

Contacted Belkin customer services and they gave an almost similiar explanation

i was confused too at that time, but it has always worked since

i thought the same as you are thinking now...

but better rest in confusion

John

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1st Oct 06 at 18:34

Very strange

Interested to see if that works because i'd never have thought of doing that unless it was for somebody like ntl who had the mac address locked.

M2RTY

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1st Oct 06 at 18:35

its not a belkin but i do not know what make it is

its in sheffield and im 100 miles away and my lass is no good doing things over the phone so I can not really see if this works! doh

M2RTY

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1st Oct 06 at 18:37

ill see if she can try the above, whats cloning a mac address involve?

we are with NTL in my house and her laptop connects instantly. she is not with NTL on her new network, vigin or tiscally i think

abdus

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1st Oct 06 at 18:39

quote:
Originally posted by John
Very strange

Interested to see if that works because i'd never have thought of doing that unless it was for somebody like ntl who had the mac address locked.

each time I've done it it worked

i never thought of that too...

well, i try it everytime now (esp Belkins) and always spot on

M2RTY

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1st Oct 06 at 19:01

quote:
Originally posted by John
Have you tried letting them get everything via dhcp?

tried dhcp on the laptop settings......

do you not have to assign the IP address from the router settings? (lists them in numerical order) or can you have them automatically pick one up?

John

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1st Oct 06 at 19:05

If dhcp is turned on on the router it will assign all the ip's the laptop needs.

If somebody has set it up to allow mac addresses they might very well have turned dhcp off.

[Edited on 01-10-2006 by John]

M2RTY

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1st Oct 06 at 19:26

how do you prevent random people accessing it? mac filtering?

she has reset the modem, it has now picked up an ip address but internet wont work over wifi

M2RTY

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1st Oct 06 at 19:40

ok all looks ok BUT it won't connect to the internet or msn

she can get to the router ok but nothing else

ideas?

abdus

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1st Oct 06 at 19:41

so it's still not ok

did she go to connection settings in Firefox or IE?

and automatically detect settings?

M2RTY

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1st Oct 06 at 19:56

yep thats set OK

was connecting via the cable before but won't connect at all now

unless its a internet provider problem?

she has an IP address, router is working

any chance the username/network settings need entering

at the moment its set on dynamic but before it was POOM or something like that

abdus

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1st Oct 06 at 20:00

quote:
Originally posted by M2RTY

any chance the username/network settings need entering

have you trued this?

edit: tried

[Edited on 01-10-2006 by abdus]

M2RTY

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1st Oct 06 at 20:07

quote:
Originally posted by abdus

quote:
Originally posted by M2RTY

any chance the username/network settings need entering

have you trued this?

edit: tried

[Edited on 01-10-2006 by abdus]

1st time it was set up dynamic did not work, needs to be PPPA (or somwthing that sounds like this lol) and needs a username ADSL01142254675 and the password (which she can not remember)

She will ring them up tomorrow for it and internet should work.

cheers all.

abdus

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1st Oct 06 at 20:09

pics now?