I tryed to change my ip address, it did it and then it keep trying to reconnect to the old one. Then I could'nt do anything. It was like everything was screwed up, I couldn't access the router config page. I reset the router hoping that would help. I left everything as the defaults seeing if I could get it to work and now, I am getting a connection timed out error message when I try to connect to the internet. I checked the LAN settings and all that kind of stuff, but nothing looks wrong..

I finally just connected the modem directly to the computer and the internet worked fine. I don't know why I can't get the internet when I plug the modem into the router. Can you please help me?

Changing the default IP of the router can make it impossible for your computer to access the router's configuration page after the changes unless you then reconfigure the IP settings on the computer from which you are connecting to the router accordingly. If done incorrectly, your router and your computer will essentially be on separate (logical) networks and will be unable to communicate.

Changing the default IP/etc. info on the router may be a bit of overkill at the moment, and since it will cause problems if not done correctly, let's put that aside for now and get your basic communication with the router restored:

- BTW: Is your Internet connection via cable, or DSL? If DSL, who is your ISP?

- If your reset of the router worked, you should be able to plug the router back in to the equation and access it at its default 192.168.1.1 IP address.

a) Power down the modem.

b) Reconnect the router to the modem and apply power to it. Let it stabilize (get through its power-up tests).

c) Turn on the modem and let it stabilize as well.

d) The computer that you want to use to access the router's configuration page should be connected to the router by an Ethernet cable, not via a wireless connection. Before connecting the cable between that computer and the router, set the TCP/IP settings in the Properties of the (wired) Local Area Connection network adapter to obtain IP address and DNS server info automatically. then connect the Ethernet cable fron the computer to the router, and turn the computer on.

e) Once the computer is up and running, can you now at least get to router's setup page through your browser as I described in my last post? If not, please do the following and post the results:

- Under your Start button, go to Programs->Accessories and click on Command Prompt.

- In the resulting DOS box/window, type "ipconfig /all" (omit the quotes, and note the "space" character before the "/")

I have cable with media com. I did what you said and can get to the config page, but the internet's still not working. I made sure a firewall wasn't blocking it, and that it obtained an ip automatically.

OK- since you can now get back to the router's config pages, what info does the router's Status page give you for Login Type, Login Status, IP Address, Subnet mask, etc.?

Sorry for late post. I just got this, so I'll have to give you the results after I get back from school.

That's OK- the past couple of days have been crazed for me as well, which is why I haven't followed up with the rest of the info. Hopefully the weekend will allow me the spare time to do so...

Cool. I finally got it fixed. I don't know what I did different but it just started working. I did find out why the changiing of my ip address didn't work. When I did it, I never released and then renewed it. That's all I did wrong. This afternoon I'm going to run through the tutorial you posted for me and get some security on here. I can't do it now, because I'm heading to my grandma's house. :eek:

Glad you got it figured out. I usually do a reboot after changing DHCP-related settings just to make sure that the changes fully take effect. Rebooting shouldn't be necessary, but I've found that sometimes the changes just don't ripple down the way they should if you don't.

I'm glad you're not in a hurry here- I've been too busy to post the rest of the info (WEP encryption, etc.), but I should be able to do so before Monday.

Thanks for your patience!

I got all the other things you posted set up right now. Although, I can't seem to get my laptops connected to it. So you might have to explain a little about that. But don't worry about time. If you don't feel like posting until next week, then that's fine! I'm just taking this one step at a time.

Note: I hate that I keep bothering you about this, but I don't know much about networking and you have learned me SO MUCH.

Are you guys going to get back to this thread? I just discovered it, have the same setup and was really getting into reading the posts and it just stops in the middle. Did server crash´s net get its security?