I hesitate to say "router on fiber optic internet connection" because I don't think it is really a fiber optic network after their interface box outside the house.
I got fiber optic internet provider service through Montana Opticom. They bring fiber to the interface box on the outside of the house and then a single Cat5 cable comes into the house. There is no log-in required and no modem that I have access to. Plug in one Cat5 patch cable from the 'biscuit' to one computer and it works.
The installer said I can use my router but he didn't set it up and I can't figure out the settings. Installer said I should be able to just hard reset the router and plug it in and it should work. It is not working so easy.
I was previously using a DSL connection through CenturyLink. Still using it except for the one computer that I can plug directly into the new Opticom connection.
Most computers that I use have Win XP on them, at least one has Vista or 8. They all work fine together.
I am trying to use a Linksys BEFW11S4 ver.2 on this new connection.
I have a WRT54G that I can use if necessary, but I think they will be pretty much the same.
I think that I should have the incoming Cat5 plugged into the uplink port of the router.
I think that I should have DHCP turned on.
I don't know what to select for WAN Connection Type. I think "Obtain an IP automatically". I have tried other selections. It is not working.
I get connected to the router but the message "This connection has limited or no connectivity" keeps popping up.
Suggestions?