Re: ethernet connection won't work
- From: B.J. <BJ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 12:18:04 -0700
Computer is laptop (Compaq Preserio 2500). While hooked up thro ethernet
connection directly from internet connection on back of router to computer
via ethernet, I can connect to my wireless connection ( IP Adress shows
192.168.1.103 signal strength excellent. When remove the ethernet cord from
the computer and connect to the dsl modem there is no light on the ethernet
connection there nor when I go from the dsl modem to computer via ethernet
cord. If I use the USB cord which also came with modem and hook up that way
from computer to modem I can access the internet, but not the wireless. Also
both cannot be connected on the computer or I am knocked off internet. When
I connect the router directly to computer via ethernet cord ( ethernet
connection on back of router into "internet") there is light on front of
router for "internet"; "power"; "WLAN". Hope this helps explain better,
sorry!
"Lem" wrote:
B.J. wrote:.
This is my second post. The ethernet connection does not work from Westel
6100 DSL modem to computer. Had to use the USB connection, therefore I
cannot connect to router. Can anyone help me with this. I have talked with
Bellsouth and they have told me the problem is with the computer
connection..Have checked in Devise Manger and the ethernet card is listed
with no yellow or red. I assume the driver is okay. Any help would
beappreciated! Thanks in advance!!
Let me see if I understand you:
1. You have a DSL modem that can be connected either by USB or Ethernet.
2. You can't connect from your COMPUTER to the modem via Ethernet.
3. Therefore, you can't use the ROUTER.
I don't understand how 3 follows from 2. Usually, you would connect the
modem to the router via Ethernet and then the computer to the router via
a second Ethernet cable (or wireless, as the case may be).
If you're saying that NEITHER the router nor the computer can connect to
the modem via Ethernet, then it seems much more likely that the problem
is either in the modem itself (notwithstanding BellSouth) or in the
Ethernet cable you're using.
What happens if you disconnect the DSL modem from everything, and then
just connect the router to your computer via Ethernet? (connect with
both boxes off; power on router; wait a minute; boot up computer.)
Does the LED next to the Ethernet connector on your computer light up?
Can you access the router's configuration utility? Can you ping the
router? When connected this way, what IP, if any, is assigned to your
computer?
If your computer is a desktop rather than laptop, new NIC cards are very
inexpensive:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Description=Network+Card
--
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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