Router set up

[John DeCarlo]

On 3/6/06, scott <sclewin at bmts.com> wrote:
>
>     Everything seems fine until I get to the point where I need to type
> the IP of the router in the browser.  The browser keeps on telling me it
> can't find the address.


You know the IP address of the router (192.168.0.1 or something similar).

You have an Ethernet NIC in your computer.

You start kcontrol (you can start the whole thing in Administrator mode if
you hit Alt-F2 and type:

kdesu kcontrol

and enter your password at the prompt.

You go to Internet and Network and click on Network Settings.

You see an entry for eth0 - it shows as disabled.

Highlight it with a left click.

Click on Configure Interface.

The new window that opens should have the following selected:

(o) Automatic  [dhcp]

(  ) Manual

[x] Activate when the computer starts

Click OK.

Now click on Enable Interface.

This should work and connect you to the router and set up a route so you can
browse into the router.


>    I also have a laptop and I purchased a DWL-G630 wireless card to go
> with the router.  I was originally able to get a connection with the
> router before I set it up, but now I can't seem to.  The laptop is also
> running Kubuntu 5.10.  When I go to Network Connection I notice the
> wireless card is showed disabled; the same is true with the PC's
> ethernet card.  When I go into administrator mode and select enable the
> card simply reverts back top enabled; so, I don't know if I need to
> enable it some how.


I think you need to do the exact same thing.  Make sure the wireless is set
to Automatic and DHCP, at least.
Plus you need to fill in the ESSID to be the same as on the router (which
may call it an SSID).

Web into the router to verify the ESSID and to make sure encryption is off
for now - want to get everything else working first.

Then try to enable it.

--
John DeCarlo, My Views Are My Own
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