internet problem

Wed Oct 15 13:26:00 MST 2014

okay.... I have been rebooting as we go along here. I was rebooting once in
the internet port than once in the LAN port. Now I won't need to reboot
twice:)

:-)~MIKE~(-:

On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 8:10 PM, Stephen Partington <cryptworks at gmail.com>
wrote:

> generally anytime you change the interface that catches the modem it needs
> a reboot a well to identify the new device.
>
> also you need the outside world connected to the internet port, inside
> world to your lan side.
>
> On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 12:57 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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?
>>
>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 7:54 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 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 <Rusty at smartm.com>
>>> 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 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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, <kitepilot at kitepilot.com> 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 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.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>>
>>>> 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
>>>>
>>>> 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at lists.phxlinux.org
>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:
>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
>>
>
>
>
> --
> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from
> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.
>
> Stephen
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------
> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org
> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:
> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.phxlinux.org/pipermail/plug-discuss/attachments/20141015/4ed67c87/attachment.html>