Linksys wireless router / network configuration problem

Hello,

I just bought a wireless router (Linksys WRT54G), and a
PCMCIA card (Linksys WPC54G) my Dell Inspiron 5000 is
having trouble connecting to the internet (I have a Zyxel
ADSL modem).

I have one (Windows XP) pc connected succesfully to the
router and modem, so I'm fairly confident the router+modem
are correctly configured.

How do I tell windows ME which network connection to use
to connect to the internet? When I try to acces an
internet URL from my browser there is no connection, but I
don't get a useful error message.

I checked the "Never dial a connection" box in the
connections settings, but I still get no internet
connection.

The Linksys monitor application tells me I am connected to
the wireless network, but that no internet connection was
found, but I can't log onto the web configurator of my
router, which seems to indicate that something is quite
wrong in the network setup. Curiously, I *can* connect to
my modem web configurator, so something is working.

I remember seeing a "Relayed Gateway" icon appear in
my "Network places", but it has disappeared again.

If I sound confused, it's because I am. What kind of sense
does it make that I can connect to my modem via my router
but not to the router itself? The router and the modem are
both reachable from the other pc...

I suspect that my network adapter is working, but that
something in my network settings is wrong.

Any input much appreciated.

Morten Lauritsen

On Mon, 2 May 2005 05:02:17 -0700, Morten Lauritsen wrote:

I just bought a wireless router (Linksys WRT54G), and a
PCMCIA card (Linksys WPC54G) my Dell Inspiron 5000 is
having trouble connecting to the internet (I have a Zyxel
ADSL modem).

I have one (Windows XP) pc connected succesfully to the
router and modem, so I'm fairly confident the router+modem
are correctly configured.

How do I tell windows ME which network connection to use
to connect to the internet? When I try to acces an
internet URL from my browser there is no connection, but I
don't get a useful error message.

Is the Zyxel acting as a bridge, or as a router. Is the Windows XP
connected to the Zyxel? I don't have a complete picture of your connection.
I don't know which model of the Zyxel you have, so I can't figure out what
the problem might be. I can guess, but do you wish to proceed on possibly
incorrect guesses?

--
Norman
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~Fin dein a loluca, En dragu a sei lain
~Vi fa-ru les shutai am, En riga-lint

Thanks a lot for your reply, I've been trying out various
things, and have gotten the connection working with a
wire... Which is good, but ideal would be to connect
without the wire. :-)

I tried to include all the necessary information in my
original post, thanks for pointing out the missing bits -
here they a The Zyxel is a P623-ME, which is plugged
into the "Internet" port of my router... Does that answer
the bridge/router question?

The curious thing is that everything works fine when I
plug in the network cable, it's only via wireless PCMCIA
card that the problem exists...

When I log onto windows ME, it asks me for a password, and
I have gotten into the habit of just hitting escape. Could
this be why the "Home Network" cannot access anything?
This feels like a really stupid question, but I must admit
I have been hitting escape for so long that I no longer
remember the password - when you aren't connecting to a
network, logging in doesn't bring you anything. I guess I
could create a new user and see if logging in properly
gets me anywhere?

I just added a NSLU2 to the network, but seeing as
the "Home Network" is not working, connecting to it is not
possible.

Needless to say, my girlfriend's Windows XP pc has all of
this working without any trouble... Should I just give in
and hand over the dosh for a new PC? I am reluctant,
seeing as my current PC meets my computational needs
perfectly...

Thanks a bunch for your time, it is much appreciated. If
you ever come to Geneva, beer's on me. :-)

Morten

-----Original Message-----
On Mon, 2 May 2005 05:02:17 -0700, Morten Lauritsen wrote:

I just bought a wireless router (Linksys WRT54G), and a
PCMCIA card (Linksys WPC54G) my Dell Inspiron 5000 is
having trouble connecting to the internet (I have a
Zyxel
ADSL modem).

I have one (Windows XP) pc connected succesfully to the
router and modem, so I'm fairly confident the
router+modem
are correctly configured.

How do I tell windows ME which network connection to
use
to connect to the internet? When I try to acces an
internet URL from my browser there is no connection,
but I
don't get a useful error message.

Is the Zyxel acting as a bridge, or as a router. Is the
Windows XP
connected to the Zyxel? I don't have a complete picture
of your connection.
I don't know which model of the Zyxel you have, so I
can't figure out what
the problem might be. I can guess, but do you wish to
proceed on possibly
incorrect guesses?