Wireless Networking → dd-wrt on linksys wrt54g

Hello, i have a wireless linksys wrt54g v8 router and i updated the firmware to dd-wrt for various reasons. but anyway the flash went fine and i can connect to it and see the dd-wrt setup page and configure everything. i have DSL and cant seem to get the internet going while connect through the router . my labtop as well can connect to the router wirelessly but the inet wont show up. what am i doing wrong? any help would be greatly appreciated thanks.

What modem is connected to the router(Brand/Model#)? Does your DSL provider use PPPoE or DHCP? Is the modem itself a combination unit(Modem/Router)?

i have yahoo sbc dsl . not sure of pppoe dhcp . i set it up on the default router firmware but i dont remember exactly. the modem is a small silver motorola modem that they send out. so the linksys router and motorola modem are seperate not sure of model # . i only see a serial number and modem access code

do dsl modems usually do dhcp or pppoe or does it really depend on the company? im trying to think back weather i had to input sbc yahoo info into the pppoe field cause i see u need a host name and such

It depends on the ISP - I have a static IP from mine for DSL and if I had a normal ip from them it would be DHCP.

wow thats deff some research there mountaineer . thx so much. it had been over a year since i even had to look at router setting so i forgot what went down . but yea its pppoe settings and i had to call and get my info from the dsl company. i got it all written down now . but thx so much again. deffinately helped me out

Well,I was going to suggest setting the router WAN IP address to a Static setup. I personally used this setup,when I had the SpeedStream 5100b modem,and it worked very well. The setting are a little different between the SpeedStream(4100,4100b,5100b) and the Motorola(2210-02),but it works the same way.First,change the default LAN IP address of the router from 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.X.1(X being any number between 2 to 254). Make sure you change the third octet,and not the fourth.

The router's WAN IP address would be as follows,

IP:192.168.1.64
Subnet Mask:255.255.255.0
Gateway IP:192.168.1.254

DNS Servers
68.94.156.1
68.94.157.1

Hey mountaineer its me again =D.

so yea i was using the setting that i finally got to work last time . and yesterday everything was lagging all to heck so i wanted to reset the modem cause it stays on for days on end and i unplugged it plugged it back in and yea lost the i net. couldnt get it working. everything was the same from when i got it working the first time . so i came back here and saw your second suggestion. and it worked and again i just want to thank the heck outa u . i think ill be sticking with these settings now . again thank you for your help =)

now im wondering something else . whats the differnece between the pppoe setup and this new 'static' setup i use. why does static seem to work better then the pppoe?