Buffalo WYR-G54

I just bought a Buffalo WYR-G54 wireless router, but I'm having
problems setting it up, I wondered if anyone might be able to help me.
I've connected the router exactly as instructed (by the 'Quick Setup
Guide'), with a connection from my Cable modem to the router, and from
the router to my PC. Once it is connected I cannot access the internet
from my PC, which prevents me from completing the "Internet Connection
Test" (as well as accessing the internet, obviously). The router is
detected by my wireless devices, but similarly they will not connect.
Can anyone offer me any advice on what to do? When i check my Network
Connections (I'm running Windows XP SP2), my wired connection appears
there, and as if it is fully working, but still i cannot connect. I do
have my settings to DHCP.
Thanks for any help.

blork <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> I just bought a Buffalo WYR-G54 wireless router, but I'm having
> problems setting it up, I wondered if anyone might be able to help me.
> I've connected the router exactly as instructed (by the 'Quick Setup
> Guide'), with a connection from my Cable modem to the router, and from
> the router to my PC. Once it is connected I cannot access the internet
> from my PC, which prevents me from completing the "Internet Connection
> Test" (as well as accessing the internet, obviously). The router is
> detected by my wireless devices, but similarly they will not connect.
> Can anyone offer me any advice on what to do? When i check my Network
> Connections (I'm running Windows XP SP2), my wired connection appears
> there, and as if it is fully working, but still i cannot connect. I do
> have my settings to DHCP.

Did you power-cycle the cable modem after you connected it to the new
router?

you mean turn them on in order? Cable modem -> Wireless Router -> PC?
Yeah, did that.

blork <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> I just bought a Buffalo WYR-G54 wireless router, but I'm having
> problems setting it up, I wondered if anyone might be able to help me.
> I've connected the router exactly as instructed (by the 'Quick Setup
> Guide'), with a connection from my Cable modem to the router, and from
> the router to my PC. Once it is connected I cannot access the internet
> from my PC

Was your PC connected directly to the cable modem previously?
If so, your cable modem, and possibly the cable provider, have registered
the MAC address of your PC.

With some cable providers, like Comcast, the registration is flexible. If
you turn off the modem and router for 20 minutes, then turn on the modem,
wait until it's ready, and turn on the router, it will all be fine.

With Mediacom, if I connect a new PC to the cable modem, I get a login
screen on any browser access inviting me to register the new MAC in place
of the old MAC. If I connect a router, I don't get to see that screen.

With either Comcast or Mediacom, the easy solution is to make your router
"clone" the MAC address of the PC. This is under "WAN MAC address" on
page 17 and 29 of your manual.

You set the MAC address of the router to equal the address that has already
been recognized by the cable modem and the cable ISP, and it should all
work.


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Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8,-122.5

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> You set the MAC address of the router to equal the address that has already
> been recognized by the cable modem and the cable ISP, and it should all
> work.

With Windows XP, you can discover your own MAC address in a few ways.
It would show up in one of the status screens of the router.
It can be seen with start-run-cmd- ipconfig /all, as Physical Address.
If you right-click on the NIC in the systray or Network Connections window,
look at status, support tab, details, physical address.

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Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8,-122.5