kadumel
join:2007-09-24
Waxahachie, TX
| Before this week, I thought I was pretty nifty at networking. Now, I realize that I am a complete moron.
Here is the problem. I just got DSL for the second time. The first time at my previous house I bought 2 2-wire modem/wireless routers that each burnt up within 1 month, and since I couldn't plug my R-11 phone cord into my UPS to prevent surges, I tried going a different route. I bought a used Speedstream 5360 (Part Number 060-5360-002) and also borrowed my buddies Linksys WRT54G router and after much struggles, I finally got it to work. I did it PPPoE and I remember setting the Local IP of the Router to 192.168.2.1 to finally get it to work.
Now, I gave him his router back, and bought my own (used) WRT54G (updated to firmware v4.21.1) I have tried everything I can think of so far, without any luck. I am literally about to pull out my hair. Here are the facts now :
After many power-cycling tries, I still cannot get my Speedstream 5360 to see my WRT54G. The WRT54G's Internet light will turn on, but the "enet" light on the modem does not see it. If I take the same cable and everything and move it to the 2nd lan port on the router "voila" it sees it. I have tried setting my NIC card to 10mbps and autosense and everything else, I cannot find on the WRT54G where you can force it to 10 mbps. I ran into the same issue with this modem seeing the Wireless Access Point I tried using on it too.
I am so tired of working on this, at least 20 straight hours invested over the last 3 or 4 days.
If there is a way I wouldn't mind just letting my other computer dial into the DSL using PPPoE by Broadband Connection on windows, but I can't figure out how to bridge Wireless through the US Robotics USB Wireless Adapter and the PPPoE connection. I can see the router, and if the modem is plugged into a lan port, I can just use PPPoE from Windows to log onto DSL, but the other computers that use wireless can't.
I don't think it is the cable, because both cables look to be a standard cable, not a cross-over. Please if anyone can help i beg you.
thanks, |
