internet problem

[Michael Havens]

the PC is still connected to the linksys. should it be connected go to a
LAN port or the internet port

:-)~MIKE~(-:

On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 7:59 PM, Carruth, Rusty <Rusty at smartm.com> wrote:

> 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).
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> *From:* plug-discuss-bounces at lists.phxlinux.org [mailto:
> plug-discuss-bounces at lists.phxlinux.org] *On Behalf Of *Michael Havens
> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 15, 2014 12:58 PM
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> *To:* Main PLUG discussion list
> *Subject:* Re: internet problem
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> 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?
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> :-)~MIKE~(-:
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> On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 7:54 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> 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?
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> :-)~MIKE~(-:
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> On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 7:43 PM, Carruth, Rusty <Rusty at smartm.com> wrote:
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> 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 ;-))
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> IF your modem (actiontek) doesn’t do firewalling, then you need to fix
> that asap, IMHO.
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> 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 ;-)
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> Another thing strikes me – this whole thing started because of some
> problem with something…
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> 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).
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> 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?)
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> *From:* plug-discuss-bounces at lists.phxlinux.org [mailto:
> plug-discuss-bounces at 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
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> 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)
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> 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…
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> *From:* plug-discuss-bounces at lists.phxlinux.org [
> mailto:plug-discuss-bounces at lists.phxlinux.org
> <plug-discuss-bounces at 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
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> 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.
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>      The router doesn't seem to be handing out ip addresses. I didn't
> change anything in the pc so DHCP should be enabled.
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> :-)~MIKE~(-:
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> On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 7:05 PM, <kitepilot at kitepilot.com> wrote:
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> 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
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> Carruth, Rusty writes:
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> 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 at lists.phxlinux.org [mailto:
> plug-discuss-bounces at 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.
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> :-)~MIKE~(-:
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> On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 6:27 PM, Gilbert T. Gutierrez, Jr. <
> mailing-lists at 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
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> 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.
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>         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?
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>         :-)~MIKE~(-:
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