DLink router problems

[thePh@r@oh]

im trying to setup my dlink router i can use the net fine then i hook it up follow the instructions and nothing happens. my ISP is roadrunner. im not sure what is going on. i did fresh installs on 2 machines and only one machine my old one i was using up until today works. it'll connect but the new one wont. at all. and neither will do anything when the router is hooked up. do you know what im doing wrong im choosing dynamic IP. cause i dont know if i have a static number or not. any help would be great.

[thePh@r@oh]

just tried again plugged into router nothing modem to comp works but only works on one of my comps. tried plugging the modem into other rigs and got nothing. this is odd cause all the hard drives have fresh installs. and this one isnt even the same hard drive as it originally had. it doesnt make sense at all.

[thePh@r@oh]

please somebody help

on the machine that have a new load, do they have a link light on the network card or router?

also on the new machines, do they get a 192.168.*.* number from the router?

Is this a new router that you are hook up for the first time?

The computer that is working have you updated the firmware?

[stroyal]

first get the machine that you can get on the net with hooked up ALONE. when you're sure you can get on line and everything is working, hook up your router and go into the control panel thru your web browser and clone your MAC address. This will transfer the address your service has given you from that computer to your router then all your other computers should work when set to find IP address automatically.

[thePh@r@oh]

Originally posted by stroyal
first get the machine that you can get on the net with hooked up ALONE. when you're sure you can get on line and everything is working, hook up your router and go into the control panel thru your web browser and clone your MAC address. This will transfer the address your service has given you from that computer to your router then all your other computers should work when set to find IP address automatically.

i did that and it didnt work...nothing is working.


i think i know where i screwed up i tried to setup the router on the one that wasnt working first. what should i do? i hit the reset button on the back of the thing and it didnt make it go back to the original factory settings is there something i need to do on my computer?

[agathodaimon]

Have you tried unplugging BOTH the modem and the router for 30 seconds?
I had the exact same issue as you a while back with a DLink and RR... It just needed to reset itself... The reset button didn't work either.

[stroyal]

can you still get on the net with the old computer alone? If you can that computer should be able to cloned from the router.

If you can't get on the net you may have to uninstall, and reinstall your network card in device manager

[thePh@r@oh]

Originally posted by agathodaimon
Have you tried unplugging BOTH the modem and the router for 30 seconds?
I had the exact same issue as you a while back with a DLink and RR... It just needed to reset itself... The reset button didn't work either.

God bless you it worked...whew thats a relief.

[agathodaimon]

Great!
Glad it worked out... Sometimes simple things are the culprits.