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? :-)~MIKE~(-: On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 7:43 PM, Carruth, Rusty wrote: > 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 ;-)) > > > > IF your modem (actiontek) doesn’t do firewalling, then you need to fix > that asap, IMHO. > > > > 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 ;-) > > > > Another thing strikes me – this whole thing started because of some > problem with something… > > > > 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). > > > > 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?) > > > > > > > > *From:* plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org [mailto: > plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org] *On Behalf Of *Carruth, Rusty > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 15, 2014 12:36 PM > *To:* Main PLUG discussion list > *Subject:* RE: internet problem > > > > 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) > > > > 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… > > > > > > > > *From:* plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org [ > mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org > ] *On Behalf Of *Michael Havens > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 15, 2014 12:33 PM > *To:* Main PLUG discussion list > *Subject:* Re: internet problem > > > > 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. > > The router doesn't seem to be handing out ip addresses. I didn't > change anything in the pc so DHCP should be enabled. > > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > > On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 7:05 PM, wrote: > > Assuming that you are DHCP(ing) (and you better be), you can also: > $ ip route show|grep 'default via' > Whatever address you see, is your router. > YMMV... > ET > > > Carruth, Rusty writes: > > Looking only at the ‘connecting to the linksys’ issue. > 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. > 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 ;-) > From: plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org [mailto: > plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org] On Behalf Of Michael Havens > Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2014 11:41 AM > To: Main PLUG discussion list > Subject: Re: internet problem > > well it isn't really two routes. 1 is a modem router. > > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 6:27 PM, Gilbert T. Gutierrez, Jr. < > mailing-lists@phoenixinternet.net> wrote: > Michael, > 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. > Gilbert > > On 10/15/2014 11:18 AM, Michael Havens wrote: > Here is my setup: > 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. > > 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. What am I > doing wrong? > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >