Hi there,
I'm trying to set up a new adsl router (D-LInk DSL-G604T) with my laptop. I've connected to the router with an ethernet cable in order to set things up (it also does wireless - which I will use with other computers). The problem is that when I enter the router IP address in IE in order to access the routers configuration it just comes up with not available, it also asks to connect to the internet which I cannot do as I'm using the same one ethernet connection that I normally use to connect to my other computer for internet access. So you can probably gather from that that their is already a LAN connection already set up on my laptop that I use to connect to my main PC. I tried pinging the router and it timed out with no connection although the router is registering the connected ethernet cable. All of the router functions are working as they should i.e. connections etc. I also looked at the IP config (sorry - I use XP) and this appears to show different IP settings to those needed for the router, presumably because they have been auto configured for my current network.
So the question is do I need to set up a new network for the router - the manual doesn't say anything about this but it does say a lot about the IP config etc. Or, do I need to completely rid the laptop of the old LAN settings. Or, do I just need to reset the IP configs - if so how do you do it?
I'd be grateful for anyone with any ideas.
Thanks
I'm trying to set up a new adsl router (D-LInk DSL-G604T) with my laptop. I've connected to the router with an ethernet cable in order to set things up (it also does wireless - which I will use with other computers). The problem is that when I enter the router IP address in IE in order to access the routers configuration it just comes up with not available, it also asks to connect to the internet which I cannot do as I'm using the same one ethernet connection that I normally use to connect to my other computer for internet access. So you can probably gather from that that their is already a LAN connection already set up on my laptop that I use to connect to my main PC. I tried pinging the router and it timed out with no connection although the router is registering the connected ethernet cable. All of the router functions are working as they should i.e. connections etc. I also looked at the IP config (sorry - I use XP) and this appears to show different IP settings to those needed for the router, presumably because they have been auto configured for my current network.
So the question is do I need to set up a new network for the router - the manual doesn't say anything about this but it does say a lot about the IP config etc. Or, do I need to completely rid the laptop of the old LAN settings. Or, do I just need to reset the IP configs - if so how do you do it?
I'd be grateful for anyone with any ideas.
Thanks