Re: Problems with Media Center and Linksys Extender

It should have been set up just fine based on the steps you mention.

Is there a firewall running anywhere between the MCX and the MCE machine? Windows XP SP2 firewall or anything else?

Pete

lstutzmann@xxxxxxxxx wrote: 
Newbie Question:

I bought a Linksys Media Center Extender WMCE54AG on Tuesday, and have
now spend 2 evenings trying to get it to work. Any help would be
appreciated.

Environment:

Media Center PC running Media Center Edition 2005 running in the
basement, connected to a Cisco 2900XL switch. All my other machines and
laptops also connect to the switch directly or through Cisco 12000
access points (with both .b and .a radios). All things work correctly,
including the DHCP server and internet access through a Netgear RP614
router.

I set up the Linksys MCE at my TV, connected the sound, s-video, power,
and network cable (lights on the back of the MCE for the network lit
up, and the port on the 2900 lit up and sync'd to green). This port in
the TV room has been used to connect a laptop and is wired correctly.

I powered up the MCE, and it said "contacting the Media PC". After a
short time it displayed the screen with the setup key, and a line
towards the bottom of the screen saying "Connected to a Wired Network".
I wrote down the setup key and went to the basement to set up the media
pc.

I turned off the firewall on the media center pc and checked to make
sure I didn't have the anti-spyware software installed. I put the
extender software in to the machine and began the installation. It
asked for the software key, then configured some general settings.

It then asked for the setup key of the extender, which I entered. Then
it started scanning for an extender. The next screen asked if the
extender was on a wired or wireless network, I chose wired, and it
start scanning for an extender again. It came back saying it could not
find any extenders on the network, and the only option left was to
Retry or Cancel. I pressed Retry a few times but no change.

I am now disappointed, for something that should have been easy to
setup.

I tried again with the extender set to use my wireless .a network. the
extender comes back as says that it did not receive a DHCP response.
Hmmm, every other device on my network receives a DHCP response. Tried
both my 12000 access points with the same message.

Now I am a little frustrated.

I pressed the "info" button on the remote, and the screen with the BIOS
and other related info is displayed. It says:

Ethernet MAC Address			[error]
Ethernet IP Address			[error]
Wireless MAC Address			[error]
Wireless IP Address			[error]

Should this have been easy to set up? What am I doing wrong? Anything I
can look at or do? Did I get a DOA unit right off the bat?

thanks for any help
Leo

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