Re: 2WIRE SBC connection problems
- From: Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 09:41:55 -0700
On Sat, 17 Sep 2005 16:06:09 -0000, ificandream
<ficandream@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>I'm having a problem with my wireless connection. It's the 2Wire Home
>Portal/wireless network adaptor connections that came with my SBC account.
>
>The Home Portal is fine but my USB network adaptor connection keeps
>dropping. It seems to come back fine by unplugging and plugging it back in
>or rebooting.
What model 2wire? The model number is on the serial number tag on the
bottom of the case.
You should not be using the USB connection for connectivity. You
should be using the ethernet connection. The USB port is useful for
configuration and it's possible to use it to surf the web, but it's
not a great idea.
Could you describe how you have everything wired and cabled?
The way you should be using this is to have the Home Portal login to
your SBC PPPoE account. The two computers then plug into the ethernet
ports on the Home Portal. The USB port is not used. You should NOT
be using Enternet 300 for logging into the SBC DSL network.
Once this is working (and only after it's working), dive into the XP
Control Panel and remove all the useless SBC/Yahoo crap that SBC
supplied as it's totally un-necessary and I suspect causes problems.
See:
http://www.dslreports.com/faq/5306
For administration (via ethernet), try:
http://172.16.1.1 or http://172.16.0.1
>I think it's the adaptor. SBC says its out of warranty and it'll cost me.
It's not the adapter. It's probably the power save or power
management "feature" on either the USB port driver or the computer
that's causing problems.
>But is there another problem? I'm not using a router...I'm just using the
>home portal that came with the SBC software.
The Home Portal *IS* a router. You should be using it as a router,
not as a single machine modem via USB as apparently you have it
configured.
Frankly, methinks you have a mess that is going to require some
substantial tinkering with the setup to get it setup correctly. I
suggest you find a local expert with SBC DSL experience and have them
clean up your system.
>By the way, these are two PCs with XP.
By the way, if you've read any of my junk in this newsgroup, you'll
find that I detest generalities and lack of numeric information.
Pretend you went to an automobile machanic for help with your vehicle
using your same general format. "I have a car with a red paint job".
Not very useful. Kindly supply the make and model of your PC, with
which mutation of XP you're using, and what hardware are you using.
You'll get better answers if you supply:
1. What problem are you trying to solve?
2. What do you have to work with? (hardware and software list)
3. What have you done so far and what happened?
>Any thoughts? Much appreciated.
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