Re: Wireless router help

You may have to configure the router's WAN port via the router"s administrative interface, depending on the ISP.

Typical options are:

- static IP address assignment from ISP
- dynamic IP address assignment from ISP (DHCP)
- PPPoE (authentication via username and password)

You can try the default first if you like, but you would benefit from reading the manual.

In fact, if you had read and understood the manual, you wouldn't have mis-configured your network in the first place. No offense intended. :>)

Since your host was connected to the network directly (unprotected by the router), chances are your host may already be compromised.

You might want to use SpyBot or some other trusted application to scan your system, and address any issues if found.

Best Regards,
News Reader

News Reader wrote:
You have connected the ISPs device to the first of four LAN ports.

This is incorrect!

You connect ISP equipment to the WAN port. Your wired equipment gets connected to the LAN ports. Your wireless also connects to the LAN side of the router via RF (wireless).

The purpose of a router is to sit between two networks and facilitate connections between them. Also, if traffic is not passing through the router, how do you expect to derive the security benefits of the router?

What you want is for the router's WAN port to acquire an IP address from a DHCP server of your ISP. Your host (computer) would acquire an IP address from the DHCP server within the router. The host would then have an IP address on the same network (192.168.1.0) as the router's web server interface, and you would be able to access the web interface.

Right now, your host has an IP address from your ISP's network (not 192.168.1.0), and doesn't know how to reach the router's web interface.

Correct your cabling.

Configure your host with a static IP address (e.g.: 192.168.1.2) temporarily, connect to the router, turn DHCP back on, configure your host to use DHCP again, and resume whatever router configuration you desire.

Best Regards,
News Reader


nam-kha@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Hi guys,

I live in rural spain so can't get a landline let alone broadband. I
signed up with a local ISP who came out and installed an antenna on my
roof so I can access the internet via their wifi hotspot. Basically I
have a lan cable from this to plug into my laptop. OK works great. So
then I get more adventurous and buy a wireless router so I don't need
the lan cable to my laptop but use the laptops in built wifi to
connect to the router and the internet.

Everything works fine, but I can't access the router to change it's
settings anymore.

Guy I bought it off told me to turn off dhcp, so I accessed router
setup via html at 192.168.1.1 and did just that. He also told me to
change from unsecured to secured, but after I've turned of dhcp I
can't get the setup page on that IP anymore.

Heres a few more details -

windows vista home premium
compaq with inbuilt wifi
e-tech adwg02 wireless router
isp's network cable from antenna plugged into 1st of four lan
connections

network settings show my computer with an IP allocated from ISP, a
gateway with IP allocated by ISP, and in the middle, the ssid of the
router, but with no IP.

It all works fine but I need to access the router to turn on security.

Any ideas, help appreciated.

Thanks,

Nam-kha

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