Re: WRT54G WAN access failure
On 2009-08-09 02:41, Joel Roth wrote:
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.
By this, do you mean a routeable IP address?
Wrong terminology I think.
Yes, I mean something like 192.168.1.46
That's the internal, unroutable address.
The WRT54G should have both a routeable address (provided by your
ISP) *and* an unrouteable 192.168.x.y address which it provides itself.
However....
ping google.com returns 'unknown host'
ping 74.125.45.100 (google.com) returns 'destination unreachable'
What if you ping 74.125.45.100?
destination unreachable
(That's what I meant above.)
Your routing tables or DNS aren't configured properly.
Resetting the router to factory defaults doesn't help.
Any ideas for what to try? Thanks.
Can your PC see the router itself? My WRT54GL has a web interface,
and one of the pages shows the external IP address, DNS addresses, etc.
Yes, I can see the router's web interface
Well, that's a start!
So, tell us what's on the router status page... It should give you
information like this:
Firmware Version: v4.zz.yy, Aug. X, 200Y
Current Time: Sun, 09 Aug 2009 03:47:47
MAC Address: 00:1E:AA:BB:CC:DD
Router Name: WRT54GL
Host Name:
Domain Name: no.cox.net
Login Type: Automatic Configuration - DHCP
IP Address: 70.xxx.yyy.zzz
Subnet Mask: 255.255.248.0
Default Gateway: 70.aaa.bbb.ccc
DNS 1: 68.105.28.12
DNS 2: 68.105.29.12
DNS 3: 68.105.28.11
MTU: 1500
Also, how is your PC configured? For DHCP, static, etc?
for DHCP
Then the PC gets it's IP address from the WRT54G.
Also, what does the PC think it's DNS servers are?
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