Networking and Win XP Home

[JEDORI]

Windows 2000 Server, Linksys Router w/8 ports, D-Link 8 port Switch. Just had 3 new Cat-5 cables run to different rooms. There're only 5 people on the LAN.

When the Laptop with Win XP Home I'm using is plugged into an RJ-45 outlet from the old connection it gets on the Web and can access other shared hardware. We have a Cable connection to the Web through the Router which is connected to the Switch. The Web is connected to the WAN port on the Router and the Router is then connected to the LAN through the Switch, port "1" on both devices.

Now, when I try to connect to the Router @ 192.168.1.1 I cannot access it from the Laptop but can from the Server. When the Laptop is connected to the Router the Connection light and 10/100 light come on but not the activity light. When I connect the cable to the Switch no lights come on.

I have run ipconfig (release and renew) many times to no avail. The way I left it was that the new cables are all connected to the Router, all the other PC's are connected to the Switch.

I am thinking it's the cables... Your ideas???


THANKS A MILLION!!!


Jeff

 

[wolluf]

Why do you need an 8 port router and an 8 port switch with only 5 machines on the LAN? Does it work without the switch?

btw - if you think its the cables, have you tried swapping them? (and swapping ports for that matter)?

 

[JEDORI]

I have tried switching ports both on the Linksys and the D-Link. The 3 extra cables are for the future and there are 6 PC's connected, 2 of which log on as Admin. Regardless, I should get an IP address off the Rouer. Whouldn't you think?


Jeff

 

[bcastner]

I am confused a bit by your description.

The router and switch should be from lan port on the router to uplink port on the switch; unless you use a cross-over cable or the switch is auto-DX sensing. If you used a straight-through cable there will be no router to switch connection.

Everything else you described would flow from this lack of connection.

 

[wolluf]

Yes, I would. Has the XP Home laptop actually been successfully networked to anything else? You say you've run ipconfig /release /renew - but what does ipconfig on its own show you (should give current IP address details). Can you ping 127.0.0.1? (Laptop is configured to pick up IP address automatically & router is functioning as DHCP server?)

 

[JEDORI]

The cable connection is connected to the Router WAN port. The Switch is connected from port "1" on the Router to the "Up-Link" on the Switch.

The Laptop has been connected to one of the other connections to the Internet successfully. When I try to access the the IP of the Router from the new location I cannot access it. I have not tried 127.0.0.1.

Thanks for ALL your input!!


Jeff

 

[cdogg]

I'm still confused as to why you need the D-Link switch in the first place. The Linksys Router has a built-in switch, does it not?

~cdogg

"The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources."
- A. Einstein

 

[jraratea]

On your Win XP laptop, type ipconfig/all on cmd prompt to find out what IP address do you have.

 

[bcastner]

If the issue is that you cannot get to the setup screen for the router on your laptop, in IE goto Tools, Internet Options, Security, pick Intranet icon, Custom, scroll down to the bottom and select Prompt for Username and Password, or Automatic Logon only in Intranet Zone. Otherwise you will never see the logon prompt from the router and will not be able to connect.

 

[JEDORI]

The issue is that I don't get an IP address. ipconfig does the ole bogus IP with a Subnet of 255.255.0.0.

 

[tjv]

is DHCP enable on the router?

 

[JEDORI]

Yes, the other PC's connected are fine w/the Internet and they are connected to the D-Link Switch which is connected to the Router, port 1 on the Router to the Uplink on the Switch.


Jeff

 

[bcastner]

Pull the wallplates off at one new drop and look at the pinning of the connection.

I had a two-man team pull new cable and one religiously did 568A and the other guy religiously 568B.