Trying To Set Up a Network With VISTA an XP?

anil099 · 07-27-2007, 11:24 AM

Hey, I just moved back from the dorms to my home and my brother has a VISTA desktop PC which he is connected through dsl and works fine. However, when I Bring my wireless router and try to hook it up through vista...its a linksys wrt54g...The desktop won't connect? IT will say "Can't communicate with DNS Server so and so....Network DIagnostics pinged the remote host but did not recieve a response"

Any help is appreciated

lovely? · 07-27-2007, 12:07 PM

vista is not to blame, in fact, vista is actually better then xp in that certain perspective. when i installed vista, i had no need to install the modem and router, they just worked, i didnt even have to click a button for them to start up...

Deepblue · 07-27-2007, 03:40 PM

DSL is not as easy to setup as Cable, the thing most dont understand about DSL is that it does requires a user name and pw to connect.
in a one computer setup ( without a router ) the user name and PW is set in the modem setup.
when you try to access the internet the modem will verify the connection and if one is not there the modem will connect to the ISP using the stored info.
when attacting a router this does not work. the modem needs to be set to a bridged ethernet connection and the router needs to be set to PPPoE with the user name and PW. this way the router is in control of the connection.

this is a simple process, you will need to connect one pc directly to the modem and enter the address 192.168.1.254 ( this address may depend on the model of modem ) this will get you to the modem setup page. the user name and pw are the same as the unser name and pw on the DSL account.
once the modem is set to bridged ethernet and saved and rebooted you then connect the router and enter its setup page 192.168.1.1 and set the router to make the connection.
and your done

hope this helps

anil099 · 07-27-2007, 06:00 PM

Thanks that makes sense. But how exactly do I set up an ethernet bridge? I connected it directly to the model (the host pc)....and went to the dsl configure page entering the address you gave me. What do i do to make this an ethernet bridge? is there an option where you just click yes on ethernet bridge? I went around different menus and didn't see anythinga bout ethernet bride? or is it something that i manually do like enter an ip adresss somewhere?

thanks

EDIT: Nevermind, I got it. Thank you SO MUCH Deepblue. You have been a great help. I genuinely appreciate it.

Deepblue · 07-27-2007, 08:11 PM

Sorry i didnt reply sooner but im at work lol. anyway glad you got it working
and glad i could help

07-27-2007, 11:24 AM	#1 (permalink)
anil099 Gold Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Atlanta, Georgia Age: 20 Posts: 381	Trying To Set Up a Network With VISTA an XP? Hey, I just moved back from the dorms to my home and my brother has a VISTA desktop PC which he is connected through dsl and works fine. However, when I Bring my wireless router and try to hook it up through vista...its a linksys wrt54g...The desktop won't connect? IT will say "Can't communicate with DNS Server so and so....Network DIagnostics pinged the remote host but did not recieve a response" Any help is appreciated __________________ CPU: AMD Athlon 3700+ San Diego GPU: MSI 7600 GS HDD: 200 GB Slave: 80 GB Memory: 2 x 512MB PSU: Hipro 500W 29A 3DMark06: 2502 Laptop: Acer 5601 Core Duo 1.66 Ghz...100 GB HDD...512 MB...8 Cell Battery...6.6 Lbs...Double Layer DVD Drive...

07-27-2007, 12:07 PM	#2 (permalink)
lovely? Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: California Age: 15 Posts: 3,737	vista is not to blame, in fact, vista is actually better then xp in that certain perspective. when i installed vista, i had no need to install the modem and router, they just worked, i didnt even have to click a button for them to start up... __________________ E4500 @ 2.93GHZ ASUS P5K-DELUXE 2GB OCZ Reaper CL3 @ 800MHZ 3-4-4-15 eVGA 8800GT OZC GameXStream 700W PSU 320GB WD Caviar SATA, 80GB WD Caviar IDE Sometimes scientists make things alot harder than they need to. All they've gotta do is put a big spring on the ground where they think it's gonna land, or send a mission to the moon to erect a sign that says "Welcome to Earth".

07-27-2007, 03:40 PM	#3 (permalink)
Deepblue Platinum Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: New Orleans Posts: 504	DSL is not as easy to setup as Cable, the thing most dont understand about DSL is that it does requires a user name and pw to connect. in a one computer setup ( without a router ) the user name and PW is set in the modem setup. when you try to access the internet the modem will verify the connection and if one is not there the modem will connect to the ISP using the stored info. when attacting a router this does not work. the modem needs to be set to a bridged ethernet connection and the router needs to be set to PPPoE with the user name and PW. this way the router is in control of the connection. this is a simple process, you will need to connect one pc directly to the modem and enter the address 192.168.1.254 ( this address may depend on the model of modem ) this will get you to the modem setup page. the user name and pw are the same as the unser name and pw on the DSL account. once the modem is set to bridged ethernet and saved and rebooted you then connect the router and enter its setup page 192.168.1.1 and set the router to make the connection. and your done hope this helps __________________ My Main System : P4 3.0Ghz / 2Gig Ram / 21in LCD My domain controler : P4 2.6Ghz / 1Gig Ram / My Hosts : 2x P4 2.5Ghz / 1Gig Ram / on KVM sw P2 500Mhz / 1Gig Ram / on KVM sw Other Equip : 2x Cisco 2610 Routers Cisco Catalyst 2924 Ent Sw http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l1...4/100_0230.jpg http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l1...4/100_0233.jpg http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l1...omenetwork.jpg

07-27-2007, 06:00 PM	#4 (permalink)
anil099 Gold Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Atlanta, Georgia Age: 20 Posts: 381	Thanks that makes sense. But how exactly do I set up an ethernet bridge? I connected it directly to the model (the host pc)....and went to the dsl configure page entering the address you gave me. What do i do to make this an ethernet bridge? is there an option where you just click yes on ethernet bridge? I went around different menus and didn't see anythinga bout ethernet bride? or is it something that i manually do like enter an ip adresss somewhere? thanks EDIT: Nevermind, I got it. Thank you SO MUCH Deepblue. You have been a great help. I genuinely appreciate it. __________________ CPU: AMD Athlon 3700+ San Diego GPU: MSI 7600 GS HDD: 200 GB Slave: 80 GB Memory: 2 x 512MB PSU: Hipro 500W 29A 3DMark06: 2502 Laptop: Acer 5601 Core Duo 1.66 Ghz...100 GB HDD...512 MB...8 Cell Battery...6.6 Lbs...Double Layer DVD Drive... Last edited by anil099; 07-27-2007 at 08:02 PM.

07-27-2007, 08:11 PM	#5 (permalink)
Deepblue Platinum Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: New Orleans Posts: 504	Sorry i didnt reply sooner but im at work lol. anyway glad you got it working and glad i could help __________________ My Main System : P4 3.0Ghz / 2Gig Ram / 21in LCD My domain controler : P4 2.6Ghz / 1Gig Ram / My Hosts : 2x P4 2.5Ghz / 1Gig Ram / on KVM sw P2 500Mhz / 1Gig Ram / on KVM sw Other Equip : 2x Cisco 2610 Routers Cisco Catalyst 2924 Ent Sw http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l1...4/100_0230.jpg http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l1...4/100_0233.jpg http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l1...omenetwork.jpg

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