(OT) Building a network

[mottlee]

OK, I am so so with computers, I was given a D-Link broadband router, I now have cable I want to hook up my daughters laptop to the system and she has a wireless conn built in.
The cable modem was hooked to my system Via USB not the cat5 do I need to get something else to make this work?
I have spen 3 hrs trying to get it to run and I have uninstalled the D-Link software now. any help will not be thown out http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Fyron]

Yes, you will need cat 5 cables. The cable modem will need to be hooked into the uplink port on the d-link router. Is it a wireless router? If not, each computer will need to be connected to the router via cat 5 cables. If so, all computers lacking wireless network cards will need to be hooked in via cat 5 cable.

You will need to configure the wireless router to accept the notebook computer over the wireless network. It is quite possible that the router has MAC address filtering enabled, which prevents any wireless network device from connecting to it unless it has been explicitly authorized. I don't know about d-link routers, but with netgear, you can go to a web browser on a PC connected to the network and type in the address 192.168.0.1 to interface with the router configuration. You will need to know the login id and password. Did you get a manual with the router? If not, you might want to search Online on the D-Like web site for one.

[mottlee]

OK I think I have some searching to do, software I have is for a laptop card and a plug in for a computer not for the router it's self http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif as it is now comes from modem with a USB cable to my system the router has a Cat5 input (listed as WAN) not USB

[Fyron]

You probably don't need any software for the router. Just a web browser _should_ work, but again, I have never used D-Link...

Does the modem have a cat 5 port on it? If so, you just need to remove the USB cable and hook it up with cat 5 to the router in the WAN port. Then plug another cat 5 cable in to your computer, from a port on the router. You will need a network card for the computer, if you do not already have one. MotherBoards made in the Last 3 years or so generally have a network card built in to them. Your desktop computer plugged in with cat 5 should configure itself to network through the router if you are using windows 2000 or XP. Might need to reboot, but that should be all. If you are running windows 98 or ME, it gets trickier.

[mottlee]

OK I un-pluged the modem, router removed the USB installed the Cat5, pluged them in and nothing....I pluged the modem power into the router..me thinks I fried it now http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/mad.gif

[Fyron]

What are the voltage, current and power Ratings listed for the router, its plug, the modem, and its plug?

[Gandalf Parker]

Do you have any old computers in the closet? Lots of fun there. Seperate firewalls, honeypots, or a game server? You can even replace your ISP. Seriously. It takes alot less computer to serve things to the net than it takes to create them. What is too crappy to be a desktop or game machine is often 3 times as much as you need for a server. 10 times as much if you go with Linux. 50 times as much if you go Unix.

[rdouglass]

Well, if you didn't fry the hardware, the easiest way to setup a D-Link is to power on the equipment in the proper order. Hook up all equipment powered off using the ethernet cables as suggested. (They don't actually have to be cat5 but you'll get your best performance with good cat5 cables.)

1. Power on cable modem first and be sure it's status lights are normal (don't use USB connection).

2. Power on D_Link router and ensure WAN activity LED's.

3. Power on PC. Check router for LAN activity LED's. Open a browser to http://192.168.0.1 to view and change the router web interface. (At least with factory defaults anyways). If you can hit the management interface, LAN side of router is OK.

4. For wireless, be sure to change the SSID and use WEP right away.

These options usually work 'out-of-the-box' from D_Link when used with a standard dynamic-IP cable modem. DSL modems are a little different in the sense you'll have to config your PPPoE stuff. However, the default settings are wide-open for wireless hence my advice above.

I use D-Link a lot and have had quite good luck with them for the money.

Hope it helps.

[mottlee]

Well I think it is dead for the simple fact it now STINKS!power to modem is 10VDC and to router is 5VDC os it was 2X I know someone who will set it up for me, I have now went out and bought a new router so by next week I should have it up and running http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smirk.gif

[Gandalf Parker]

mottlee said:
Well I think it is dead for the simple fact it now STINKS!power to modem is 10VDC and to router is 5VDC os it was 2X I know someone who will set it up for me, I have now went out and bought a new router so by next week I should have it up and running http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smirk.gif



You in Northern California? I have a garage full of equipment I got "in lieugh of pay" when the ISP I was working for dot-crashed

[mottlee]

Sorry, no I am in Michigan, I have replaced the router thanks for the offer http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Atrocities]

whats the differance between WAN and LAN?

I found out today that my nieghbor might be using the wireless features of my Actiontec wireless DSL router. Any suggestions for me?

I was talking to him and the subject of internet connections came up. He told me that since June he has had internet for free. I asked him what he meant, and he said, and I quote: "All of a sudden one day I click on the E thing and it connected."

Wow? Was my response. Can I see your Lap Top?

Its one of those DELL lap tops that his wife gave him after she bought a new one. It is set up for wireless use. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

Since they live close enough, he gets a pretty decent connection. I FEAR, that it is either my ISP or the neighbor on the other side of him that he has locked onto.

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif What do I or should I do?

[Fyron]

Atrocities said:
whats the differance between WAN and LAN?

WAN means Wide Area Network. LAN means Local Area Network. WAN is the network connection to the internet. LAN is the network connection between computers in the same place.


I found out today that my nieghbor might be using the wireless features of my Actiontec wireless DSL router. Any suggestions for me?

Turn on all of your computers that use a wireless network device, and connect them to the network. Then, go into the router configuration. Usually typing 192.128.0.1 into a web browser window of a computer connected to the network will access it. Access it from a computer using a wired ethernet connection if possible. Find the Wireless Access List settings. Add the MAC address of each connected device that you want connected to the access list. They should be listed by computer name. You can check each of your computers on the wireless network to see what the MAC address of their wireless network device is, to make sure you have the correct devices. Then, enable "Access Control", which cuts off any wireless network device that is not on the access list. I am not sure what it is called in other routers, just that it is called "Access Control" in my Netgear router.

Next, enable WEP and put in a password. This will make it so you need a password to connect to the wireless network. You will need to alter the connection settings for each of your computers on the wireless network to use this password.

Feel free to log on to MSN or IRC if you need further help...

[Atrocities]

Thanks Fyron.

[mottlee]

Watch out some wireless will interfear with cordless phones also and vis-versa(sp)

[mottlee]

OK the other shoe has dropped http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/mad.gif I have the router running, I can get the web, Email etc however now I get random freezes, Cont, Alt, Det and end task for explorer and will run for a few, Temp software said CPU temp is 110' is this to hot? running Win ME ( I know http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif ) AMD 2200 CPU 256 Ram....any Ideas??

[narf poit chez BOOM]

110 farenheit means try another fan. 110 celcius means it's melting.

[Phoenix-D]

110 F is actually a pretty good CPU temp. For reference, mine has been on a couple hours under no hge amount of load, and it is at 115 F (46C)

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Heh. In the summer, our old computer kept crashing at 110, or around there.

[mottlee]

Sorry...F' it has been a little higher, could it be the PS?




narf poit chez BOOM said:
110 farenheit means try another fan. 110 celcius means it's melting.