help router problems

[thehitman]

so i shouldnt be trying to connect one computer to another

[thehitman]

so i shouldnt be trying to connect one computer to another

[Lansing_Banda]

Okay, what you want to do is first, make sure that your router is set up as 192.168.1.1 . This should be under LAN ip address. Then make sure your subnet mask is 255.255.255.0. Your WAN connection should be get IP automatically.

Then make sure your router is acting as a DHCP server and make sure it starts at 192.168.1.100

Finally on each computer, go to netowork connections, and right click your uplink NIC ( the one that is connected to the router). Go down to TCP/IP protocal and click properties. Make sure both IP and DNS are both set to automatic. Do this on both computers. Also make sure that both computers are on the same workgroup if you want to share files. To do this, right click my computer and go to properties; it is in there.

Restart your computer if you have to. If all this doesn't work, turn off your firewalls or IDS and try again.

Make sure all your cables are plugged in correctly and that you can actually ping the router.

Go to start->run and type in cmd. Once the terminal opens up type ping 192.168.1.1 and if you get a reply then you are good. If not you either have your protocal set up wrong, your nic is bad, your cable isn't plugged in, or you don't have your computer set up to accept DHCP.

<addon>

If your first computer has an ip of 68.yadda, that means that you are connecting it straight into the internet. Don't do that. Make your chain look like this

Wall--->Modem--->Router--->Computers

And make sure that you have NAT forwarding set up on your router.

Post back if this doesn't help.

[Lansing_Banda]

Okay, what you want to do is first, make sure that your router is set up as 192.168.1.1 . This should be under LAN ip address. Then make sure your subnet mask is 255.255.255.0. Your WAN connection should be get IP automatically.

Then make sure your router is acting as a DHCP server and make sure it starts at 192.168.1.100

Finally on each computer, go to netowork connections, and right click your uplink NIC ( the one that is connected to the router). Go down to TCP/IP protocal and click properties. Make sure both IP and DNS are both set to automatic. Do this on both computers. Also make sure that both computers are on the same workgroup if you want to share files. To do this, right click my computer and go to properties; it is in there.

Restart your computer if you have to. If all this doesn't work, turn off your firewalls or IDS and try again.

Make sure all your cables are plugged in correctly and that you can actually ping the router.

Go to start-&gt;run and type in cmd. Once the terminal opens up type ping 192.168.1.1 and if you get a reply then you are good. If not you either have your protocal set up wrong, your nic is bad, your cable isn't plugged in, or you don't have your computer set up to accept DHCP.

<addon>

If your first computer has an ip of 68.yadda, that means that you are connecting it straight into the internet. Don't do that. Make your chain look like this

Wall--->Modem--->Router--->Computers

And make sure that you have NAT forwarding set up on your router.

Post back if this doesn't help.

[cheyenne1212]

As if you don't have enough responses yet heres anohter suggestion. lol

Reading throught your answer, you said that you copied the same info from one computer to the other, but after doing so recieved a message abotu a conflict.
That is because two computers can not have the same IP.

To correct this, instead of assigining the same IP to the second computer, assign it one number off.

For example if your first computers IP is 192.168.1.100 assign your second one 192.168.1.101
The second easiest thing to do is find the DCHP option on the router, enable it and have both computers obtain an IP automatically.

[cheyenne1212]

As if you don't have enough responses yet heres anohter suggestion. lol

Reading throught your answer, you said that you copied the same info from one computer to the other, but after doing so recieved a message abotu a conflict.
That is because two computers can not have the same IP.

To correct this, instead of assigining the same IP to the second computer, assign it one number off.

For example if your first computers IP is 192.168.1.100 assign your second one 192.168.1.101
The second easiest thing to do is find the DCHP option on the router, enable it and have both computers obtain an IP automatically.

[HTRegz]

ps this looks weird I thought that private wireless network ips lookedlike this 192.168........
but the computer that is hooked up to the internet has an ip starting with 68.51.......

and the computer that is not online its ip is 192.168.......

This is his problem. His one computer is plugged in directly to the net, meaning he doesn't have it setup correctly (even tho he insists he does). I'm guessing this also means the router might not be dialing up the net/connecting to the wan properly (because he doesn't know what he's doing.. as he's admitted). He needs to unplug the computer on the internet and plug it into the router like myself, Lansing Banda and other's have told him.. Plugging it into the internet and the expecting the router to get a second address will never work unless he pays for a second address.

Peace,
HT

[HTRegz]

ps this looks weird I thought that private wireless network ips lookedlike this 192.168........
but the computer that is hooked up to the internet has an ip starting with 68.51.......

and the computer that is not online its ip is 192.168.......

This is his problem. His one computer is plugged in directly to the net, meaning he doesn't have it setup correctly (even tho he insists he does). I'm guessing this also means the router might not be dialing up the net/connecting to the wan properly (because he doesn't know what he's doing.. as he's admitted). He needs to unplug the computer on the internet and plug it into the router like myself, Lansing Banda and other's have told him.. Plugging it into the internet and the expecting the router to get a second address will never work unless he pays for a second address.

Peace,
HT

[cheyenne1212]

oh I understood it to be that he had the modem plugged into the router, and one computer going, but couldn't get the other one going that was plugged into the router.

this computer is connected to the modem and to the router.

I see now though

yeah he needs to unplug the modem from the computer and just plug it into the WAN port on the router.

My old eyes don't see as good as they use to when they were 18. 19's a old age for me now
lol

[cheyenne1212]

oh I understood it to be that he had the modem plugged into the router, and one computer going, but couldn't get the other one going that was plugged into the router.

this computer is connected to the modem and to the router.

I see now though

yeah he needs to unplug the modem from the computer and just plug it into the WAN port on the router.

My old eyes don't see as good as they use to when they were 18. 19's a old age for me now
lol