On 18 Nov 2001, at 22:26, Robin Smith wrote:

> Well, the network setup attempt was unsuccessful. Again, here's
> the arrangement: 2 PCs - one running Windows 98 and one running
> Windows  ME. A DSL modem and Linksys Ethernet DSL router
> (BEFSR41). Cat5 Ethernet cables for all connections - straight
> through - if I hold the ends side by side (clip down) the wires
> are exactly the same from left to right. Everything is connected
> correctly - router to modem, PCs to router. DSL modem is DHCP and
> the 2 PCs are set to use DHCP. I cannot get either PC to
> communicate with the router so that it can be configured. I can't
> even ping the IP address (192.168.1.1) of the router. We tried
> different cables, different ports on the router. Linksys wanted me
> to upgrade the firmware for the router since the link light for
> the port that the PC is connected to is blinking green instead of
> steady green. However, I was unable to download the file this
> evening from their website. Will try again tomorrow. In the
> meantime, outside of something being wrong with the router, is
> there anything obvious that I am missing?
>
> Thanks,
> Robin

  There may be issues to resolve between the "modem" and the router,
but if the router is working as a DHCP server and the cables are
right, the PCs should be able to obtain configurations from it the
router that they can use to ping it.  What does "IPCONFIG /ALL" show
on either of the PCs.

  The one other case I can think of where there could be an issue is
if the 192.168.1.x range is being used between the modem and the
router.  If that's the case, can you configure the router to use
192.168.2.1 as the gateway/server address facing the PCs?

Dave Gillett

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