Re: WRT54G WAN access failure

[Joel Roth <joelz@pobox.com>]

On Sat, Aug 08, 2009 at 12:06:31PM -0400, Jeff Soules wrote:

> On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 11:31 AM, Ron Johnson<ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
> > On 2009-08-07 21:47, Joel Roth wrote:
> >>
> >> I'd like to ask for help setting up a used router for my
> >> brother.
> >>
> >> First of all, I get usual internet services without the
> >> router:
> >>
> >> Computer ---> DSL modem
> >>
> >> I have problems with basic configuration:
> >> Computer ---> Router ---> DSL modem
> >>
> >> The panel LEDs display normally, and the router gets a pingable WAN
> >> address from the DSL modem.
> 
> How are you pinging the WAN address?  From a separate network?
> 
> Sorry not the WAN address. I think it is a LAN address: 192.168.1.46
> 
> >> However....
> >>
> >> ping google.com returns 'unknown host'
> >>
> >> ping 74.125.45.100 (google.com) returns 'destination unreachable'
> 
> This is from your computer, right?  The way I would go about this is
> to test pinging the router from your computer (192.168.1.1 for factory
> defaults), then test if your router itself can ping google.  (With
> firmware from the last year or so, there is an option in the web
> configuration tool to have the router itself try pinging an IP).
> 
> Like Ron said, check the PC's network connection settings (DHCP vs.
> static IP and all that).
> I would ensure that your computer is set to use the router's internal
> IP as the gateway, also; the PC won't know who to talk to if this
> isn't set up right.


Isn't this a default? I connected three different computers.

Am away for the next few days. Will check with the 'route'
command.
 
> Hope that's helpful; let us know what you find next.

Thanks for your suggestions. 

Joel
> 
> Best,
> Jeff
> 
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Joel Roth