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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Whoa. So where is the PC which was connected to the Linksys connected now? In order to access the Linksys, it must be plugged in to it (and preferably the PC ONLY has that one connection).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org [mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Michael Havens<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 15, 2014 12:58 PM<br><b>To:</b> Main PLUG discussion list<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: internet problem<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>I think that until I get my router reconfigured the pc needs to be connected to the internet port. is that correct? should I be connected ro one of the lan ports?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>:-)~MIKE~(-:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 7:54 PM, Michael Havens <<a href="mailto:bmike1@gmail.com" target="_blank">bmike1@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>this was working until I moved my computer to be against another wall in the same room. I checked all the connections. The Link status lights are all correct. How do I check the DHCP status?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>:-)~MIKE~(-:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 7:43 PM, Carruth, Rusty <<a href="mailto:Rusty@smartm.com" target="_blank">Rusty@smartm.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>One thing strikes me – why do you have a router between your living room with the XBMC box and your bedrooms? Does your modem do firewalling? (I hope so for the sake of the living room dwellers ;-))</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>IF your modem (actiontek) doesn’t do firewalling, then you need to fix that asap, IMHO.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>If your modem DOES, then you COULD just use any old network switch (hub, whatever) between the living room and the bedrooms. Unless there’s some security problem you haven’t mentioned ;-)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Another thing strikes me – this whole thing started because of some problem with something… </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Ah, there it is: ‘the internet after the Linksys would not connect’. That statement and the no DHCP could be related (probably are, now that I think of it).</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>So, are all the appropriate Link status lights on the Linksys lit? How about on the devices connected on the other end of the wire to the Linksys? (Are all the wires plugged in completely?)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org" target="_blank">plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org" target="_blank">plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Carruth, Rusty<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 15, 2014 12:36 PM<br><b>To:</b> Main PLUG discussion list<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: internet problem</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>That’s bad. Try disconnecting the Ethernet between the Linksys and the PC, wait about 30 seconds, and plug it back in and see if you get DHCP. (I had this problem a while back with my Linux DHCP server, and that was the solution)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Also, look in /var/log/messages or /var/log/syslog (depending upon your variant – there may be another place also but these are where I know of) and see if your PC was asking for DHCP…</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org" target="_blank">plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org</a> [<a href="mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org" target="_blank">mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Michael Havens<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 15, 2014 12:33 PM<br><b>To:</b> Main PLUG discussion list<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: internet problem</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Yes.... i wrote the instructions on configuring the linksys to work with the modem down so all I am concerned with is connecting to the linksys. Sorry I didn't mention that. <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> The router doesn't seem to be handing out ip addresses. I didn't change anything in the pc so DHCP should be enabled.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>:-)~MIKE~(-:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 7:05 PM, <<a href="mailto:kitepilot@kitepilot.com" target="_blank">kitepilot@kitepilot.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Assuming that you are DHCP(ing) (and you better be), you can also:<br>$ ip route show|grep 'default via' <br>Whatever address you see, is your router.<br>YMMV...<br>ET <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><br>Carruth, Rusty writes: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Looking only at the ‘connecting to the linksys’ issue. <br>If the Linksys is giving out IP addresses to the pc like it should (and assuming the PC is set for DHCP), you should be able to figure out the ‘correct’ IP address of the Linksys. <br>So, do ‘ifconfig’ on the PC to see what address it got (192.168.0.123 or 192.168.1.2 or whatever), and change the last octet to 1 and you should have your linksys IP address. Hopefully ;-) <br>From: <a href="mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org" target="_blank">plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org" target="_blank">plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org</a>] On Behalf Of Michael Havens<br>Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2014 11:41 AM<br>To: Main PLUG discussion list<br>Subject: Re: internet problem <br> <br>well it isn't really two routes. 1 is a modem router. <br> <br><br>:-)~MIKE~(-: <br> <br>On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 6:27 PM, Gilbert T. Gutierrez, Jr. <<a href="mailto:mailing-lists@phoenixinternet.net" target="_blank">mailing-lists@phoenixinternet.net</a>> wrote: <br>Michael,<br>If I remember correctly, you have 2 routers. You should refer to your old conversations on this message board where myself and others described how to setup your network. I would never have hit the reset button, your issue was probably with your cabling. <br>Gilbert <br> <br>On 10/15/2014 11:18 AM, Michael Havens wrote: <br> Here is my setup: <br> I have the modem (actiontek pk5000) in the living room for my xbmc box. From there I ran a hardwire into the office into a router (linksys wrt54g) which feeds a computer in my brothers room and my main computer. <br> <br> I decided to move my main computer and after I did so the internet after the linksys would not connect. so I unplugged the linksys and reconnected the power but that didn't help. SO I figured that maybe I needed to reconfigure it so I pressed the reset button for 30 seconds and connected the internet port to the computer and restarted the computer but I couldn't get into the configuration page (192.168.1.1). I seem to remember that it was 192.168.101.1 but that didn't work either. 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