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Linksys had me change the MTU setting of the router several times, but it never worked... they told me to return it because is must have been faulty... when we had the same problem with the second router and ran through the same fixes with no change, we decided to try the hub. it is up and...

we finally gave up on the router ... it would connect to the internet finally, but would not connect to hotmail or yahoo mail... Linksys was of no help... someone told us to get a HUB instead of a router so that is where i am now... only now the computers are linked, but the other computers...

we finally got it up and running last night, and i resetting the LAN to what bcastner said is what did it... i just want to say thank you to all of you for your help on this one... my vital stats: Crystal 8.5 / Oracle database / Windows 2000 Professional Edition... ... always in a state of...

it is from "network everywhere" my vital stats: Crystal 8.5 / Oracle database / Windows 2000 Professional Edition... ... always in a state of [ponder] ... inspiring to some day experience [idea] ...

I had called them, and at first i dont he was sure what i was asking about... i told him my options were DHCP / a static IP - which i knew i didnt have - or a PPPoE. he mentioned then something about a PPPoE and then started talking about obtaining the IP automatically... so i went back to...

the router IP is 192.168.x.x the WAN is 192.168.x.xx i would imagine it is supposed to get a ping from the WAN address because that is one of the steps in the troubleshooting section of the user guide for the router... it also tells you to ping a common URL like www.yahoo.com i get no result...

thanks for explaining that! i used the other ethernet cord and got farther than before - at the install program said it was good to go this time... but i still can not get online, and when i open a command prompt i can ping the router IP address, but get no response from the WAN IP address...

maybe there are different filters, or i am calling them a filter and they are something else... this one plugs into the wall jack and then there are 2 ports off of it... one side is to connect to a telephone and the other one is the side that goes to the modem... anyway, i looked at both the...

the DSL has always worked fine with the filter there... i have to have the filter coming off the wall jack because that wall jack also "feeds" into my telephone... my vital stats: Crystal 8.5 / Oracle database / Windows 2000 Professional Edition... ... always in a state of...

the DSL has always worked fine with the filter there... i have to have the filter coming off the wall jack because that wall jack also "feeds" into my telephone... my vital stats: Crystal 8.5 / Oracle database / Windows 2000 Professional Edition... ... always in a state of...

hey yall... i am setting up a network in myhome and am already having trouble... i followed all the directions step by step, and my DSL LED lights looked good... the power and internet lights were lit on the router, but the only way to get any of the LAN lights to light up on the router...

thank you both for your advice... i will try this tonight once i get home... thanks again! my vital stats: Crystal 8.5 / Oracle database / Windows 2000 Professional Edition... ... always in a state of [ponder] ... inspiring to some day experience [idea] ...

how do i find out what my hard drive id formatted with? my vital stats: Crystal 8.5 / Oracle database / Windows 2000 Professional Edition... ... always in a state of [ponder] ... inspiring to some day experience [idea] ...

hey yall, i am fixing to network my home PCs, but wanted to check on something... my PC is on windows XP, but both of my roommates are on windows 98 or 98 SE... is it still possible to network these PCs, or do i need to "downgrade" to 98 SE? i dont notice much difference...

kewl - thanks for the heads up ! my vital stats: Crystal 8.5 / Oracle database / Windows 2000 Professional Edition... ... always in a state of [ponder] ... inspiring to some day experience [idea] ...