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Originally Posted by rsjaurr ... Can someone please guide me how to do it from scratch step by step. ... |
Here goes, doctor-saab:
1. Disconnect the Linksys box from the Huawei model for the time being
2. Connect your laptop to the Huawei modem using a LAN cable, and in a browser call up 192.168.1.1 (which should be the LAN address of the Huawei box; there may be no problems with the settings, but still - check and confirm)
* Under Advanced>IP Routing, the Default Route should show Gateway IP address the same as Basic>Service Information>Gateway IP address (against one of the PVC- rows)
* Basic>DHCP should show DHCP Server checked
* Basic>DHCP>Address Pools, set Start Address to 192.168.1.2, and End Address to 192.168.1.32 (effectively max 31 clients, can be more or less)
* Advanced>NAT, Enabled should be checked
* Advanced>DNS, DNS Status Enabled should be checked, and Primary and Secondary DNS addresses should be set to the addresses @tsk had mentioned
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Disconnect the LAN cable from the Huawei modem and connect to the Linksys router. Call up the Linksys Admin page via browser (again, 192.168.1.1, give username "admin" & password in the logon challenge box)
* In the Setup screen beside LAN
- set IP address to 192.168.1.254
- set Subnet Mask to 255.255.0.0
* Click Apply button
* Power down and up the Linksys box again, and this time call up the Admin screen at 192.168.1.254
* In the Setup screen beside Wireless
- Set Mode to Mixed
- Enter your wireless network name of your choice against SSID, and set Broadcast SSID to Disable
- Set WEP to Enable and click Apply
- Click Edit WEP Settings
- Select 128-bit encryption
- Against Key 1, enter a 13-character phrase that you will use for Wireless access security (you have to actually enter 26 hex characters; for this you must convert your phrase to the Hex ASCII equivalent, e.g. "@" is "40" in hex, "A" is "41", "B" is "42" etc. In the Character Map utility, mouse-over on a character shows the Hex ASCII equivalent)
- Click Apply
- Close browser, disconnect and remove LAN cable
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* Under Laptop wireless network settings (your Pic 2), check "Obtain IP Address automatically" AND "Obtain DNS Server address automatically", then save the settings (don't reboot yet)
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* Restart the Huawei modem
* Restart the Linksys router (should be done in this order)
* Reboot Laptop
* Fire up a command window (enter cmd under Run), and at the prompt type "ipconfig /all" and press Enter
* The laptop IP configuration should now indicate
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Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : <name set in your laptop>
...
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : <date and time>
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : <date and time>
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* At the command prompt, enter "ping www.google.com" and press Enter
* If the result says Unable to resolve name
www.... or Unable to contact ..., the problem persists. Otherwise, the result will show the IP address of the Google server, and 4 results of time taken to ping Google
* Close the command window
All the best.
PS: Oops, TSK did it faster, God bless him. He prefers the router as the DHCP server, I prefer the modem. Either should work. Just keep the addresses of the boxes apart!