Re: Router install problem



Hi Paul,

I only see one post from today and none from yesterday.

If you can't connect to the DI524 from your laptop, as I suggested,
there are only a limited number of possibilities:

1. The cable is bad. This probably is not the case, assuming that
you're using the same cable to connect the laptop to the DI524 that you
used to connect the laptop to the Encore NIC in the main computer. If
you have another cable, you might try that.

2. The NIC in the laptop is bad. This is not the case. You know the
laptop's NIC works because you can get to the Internet when it's
connected to the Encore NIC.

3. The laptop NIC is not configured to use DHCP or it is set to use a
static IP OTHER than 192.168.0.2 to 192.168.0.254. This also is not
likely to be the case because we know that the Encore NIC has an IP of
192.168.0.1 (coincidentally the same as the default IP address of the
DI524), and we know that the laptop communicates with the Encore NIC.

To test, set the laptop to have a static IP of 192.168.0.2 and subnet
mask 255.255.255.0. Before you do this, make sure you write down how
the laptop's NIC is configured so you can restore it when this test is
done. I suspect it is set to obtain an IP address automatically. You
can leave default gateway blank at this time. Disconnect everything
from the router except a cable from a LAN jack to the laptop. Enter
192.168.0.1 in a browser on the laptop. What happens?

4. The DI524 has been set to an IP address of something other than the
192.168.0.1 and is not resetting to 192.168.0.1 when the reset button is
depressed. I suppose it's possible that Brazilian versions of the DI524
have a different default IP, but I doubt it. What happens if you open a
command prompt on the laptop and type "ping 192.168.0.1" (without
quotes) and press Enter?

5. Some portion of the DI524 is broken.

At this point, I'm leaning toward #5.

As a last resort, try the following:

With your system configured as it used to be, i.e., the laptop connected
directly to the Encore card, and with Internet connectivity from the
laptop confirmed, run ipconfig /all on the laptop and record the
information. I suspect that the laptop's IP address will be
192.168.0.x, but I don't know if the default gateway will be 192.168.0.1
(which is what I think it ought to be) or 201.58.171.234 (or something
else).

Disconnect the laptop and set its NIC to a static IP of 192.168.0.2
(actually, you can use anything other than .1, .100, or .254). Set the
subnet mask to 255.255.255.0. Set the default gateway whatever it was
when you had Internet connectivity through the Encore NIC.

Connect the router as in your first setup above (the desktop Encore
10/100 Mbps card to the LAN #1 on the DI524 and went from LAN #2 port to
the laptop). You should not get the "conflicting IP address" error
message this time. If you don't get Internet connectivity, try setting
the default gateway to 201.58.171.234 if you had set it to 192.168.0.1.

Even if this works, however, if you are unable to access the DI524's
configuration pages, you will be unable to properly configure its
wireless settings. Although you may be able to connect wirelessly, your
network will be completely vulnerable to outside attack, because it will
be using the default SSID and no encryption.

Hi Lem
Still can't figure out what happened to my two posts from Wednesday.
Presumably, they got as far as some server in trouble which proceeded
to dump them. Oh well.
However, just when we thought things were starting to look a little
hopeless, a faint light is now starting to emerge at the end of this
long tunnel.
The test you suggested as a last resort above actually got me to the
login page for D-Link configurations.
I used the following parameters for the static IP address config:
IP 192.168.0.2
Subnet mask 255.255.255.0
Default gateway 192.168.0.1 although I got to the D-Link page also
when the default gateway was set to 201.58.171.234

Although this page was sitting there right in front of me inviting me
to change the routers configuration, I felt it better to wait to hear
from you before taking this bold step.

Before doing any of this on the laptop, I ran ipconfig/all at a DOS
prompt and got the following:

Configuração de IP do Windows

Nome do host . . . . . . . . . . . : PAUL2
Sufixo DNS primário. . . . . . . . :
Tipo de nó . . . . . . . . . . . . : misto
Roteamento de IP ativado . . . . . : não
Proxy WINS ativado . . . . . . . . : não
Lista de pesquisa de sufixo DNS. . : mshome.net

Adaptador Ethernet Conexão local:

Sufixo DNS específico de conexão . : mshome.net
Descrição . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE
Network Connec
tion
Endereço físico . . . . . . . . . . : 00-18-FE-27-B5-9C
DHCP ativado. . . . . . . . . . . . : Sim
Configuração automática ativada . . : Sim
Endereço IP . . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.132
Máscara de sub-rede . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Gateway padrão. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Servidor DHCP . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Servidores DNS. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Concessão obtida. . . . . . . . . . : sexta-feira, 6 de abril
de 2007 09
:23:48
Concessão expira. . . . . . . . . . : sexta-feira, 13 de abril
de 2007 0
9:23:48

I think the Portuguese here is readily translatable (possible
exception is Node Type = Mixed where it says "Tipo de
nó . . . . . . . . . . . . : misto".

I do hope this means that perhaps we're now entering the home
straight.

Thanks
Paul

--
Lem MS MVP -- Networking

To the moon and back with 64 Kbits of RAM and 512 Kbits of ROM.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer


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