Cable Broadband, Can anyone help!!Please

Hi
I am in the UK, and have a cable broadband connection.
I am trying to connect a router, but I keep getting told a plug is not
connected, even though I have everything connected correctly.
I am using a Cisco systems wrt54gs, router.
my wife's laptop is picking up the signal from the router.
But we both cannot connect to the internet.
I expect I am doing something stupid.
Please can anyone help.
Thanks.

philip cossey wrote:
> Hi
> I am in the UK, and have a cable broadband connection.
> I am trying to connect a router, but I keep getting told a plug is not
> connected, even though I have everything connected correctly.
> I am using a Cisco systems wrt54gs, router.
> my wife's laptop is picking up the signal from the router.
> But we both cannot connect to the internet.
> I expect I am doing something stupid.
> Please can anyone help.
> Thanks.
>
>
Hi,
I am sure you have cable modem.
Turn off modem, router. all your computers. Then connect your modem to
router, connect your computers to router. Then turn the power on in this
order; modem, router, all your computers one by one.
And from one of your computer, do this command. ipconfig /all. What do
you see?
Good luck,
Tony

philip cossey wrote:
> Hi
> I am in the UK, and have a cable broadband connection.
> I am trying to connect a router, but I keep getting told a plug is not
> connected, even though I have everything connected correctly.
> I am using a Cisco systems wrt54gs, router.
> my wife's laptop is picking up the signal from the router.
> But we both cannot connect to the internet.
> I expect I am doing something stupid.
> Please can anyone help.
> Thanks.
>
>
You got the cable using RJ45 from the modem connected to the WAN port on
the router?

Do you know if the ISP uses MAC authentication to access its network?

Duane

On Sat, 04 Feb 2006 23:36:10 GMT, in alt.internet.wireless , Duane
Arnold <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Do you know if the ISP uses MAC authentication to access its network?

As far as Im aware no UK cable modem broadband provider locks to the
MAC any more.
Mark McIntyre
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"philip cossey" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
news:vxaFf.257001$(E-Mail Removed) .uk:

> Hi
> I am in the UK, and have a cable broadband connection.
> I am trying to connect a router, but I keep getting told a plug
> is not connected, even though I have everything connected
> correctly. I am using a Cisco systems wrt54gs, router.
> my wife's laptop is picking up the signal from the router.
> But we both cannot connect to the internet.
> I expect I am doing something stupid.
> Please can anyone help.
> Thanks.
>

You may find this article helpful:

http://www.chetnet.co.uk/articles/in...x_v2&id=73&c=8

BTW/FYI: The WRT54GS is usually referred to as a product of Linksys
- a subsidiary of Cisco Systems.

Mark McIntyre <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
news:(E-Mail Removed):

> On Sat, 04 Feb 2006 23:36:10 GMT, in alt.internet.wireless ,
> Duane Arnold <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>Do you know if the ISP uses MAC authentication to access its
>>network?
>
> As far as Im aware no UK cable modem broadband provider locks to
> the MAC any more.

Not a clue, as usual.

Frazer Jolly Goodfellow wrote:
> Mark McIntyre <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> news:(E-Mail Removed):
>
>
>>On Sat, 04 Feb 2006 23:36:10 GMT, in alt.internet.wireless ,
>>Duane Arnold <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Do you know if the ISP uses MAC authentication to access its
>>>network?
>>
>>As far as Im aware no UK cable modem broadband provider locks to
>>the MAC any more.
>
>
> Not a clue, as usual.

I don't live in the UK so how would I know you jackass. I live in the US
and the BB ISP that I use Insightbb does MAC authentication.

I put a couple of things out there the OP could look at and some jackass
*clown* needs to make a comment.

You can take the jackass *Good Fellow* and stick up your *Good* you know
where.

Duane

Frazer Jolly Goodfellow wrote:
> "philip cossey" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> news:vxaFf.257001$(E-Mail Removed) .uk:
>
>
>>Hi
>>I am in the UK, and have a cable broadband connection.
>>I am trying to connect a router, but I keep getting told a plug
>>is not connected, even though I have everything connected
>>correctly. I am using a Cisco systems wrt54gs, router.
>>my wife's laptop is picking up the signal from the router.
>>But we both cannot connect to the internet.
>>I expect I am doing something stupid.
>>Please can anyone help.
>>Thanks.
>>
>
>
> You may find this article helpful:
>
> http://www.chetnet.co.uk/articles/in...x_v2&id=73&c=8
>
> BTW/FYI: The WRT54GS is usually referred to as a product of Linksys
> - a subsidiary of Cisco Systems.

That's impressive real impressive I do say. You damn *clown* everyone
knows Linksys is subsidiary of Cisco. I am surprised you even mention
it. The OP is not stupid and should be to figure out 2*2. <g>

Duane

Mark McIntyre wrote:
> On Sat, 04 Feb 2006 23:36:10 GMT, in alt.internet.wireless , Duane
> Arnold <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>
>>Do you know if the ISP uses MAC authentication to access its network?
>
>
> As far as Im aware no UK cable modem broadband provider locks to the
> MAC any more.
> Mark McIntyre

Thanks for that information as you're helpful.

Duane

Thanks for the advice from everyone.
I will have another later.
cheers
"Frazer Jolly Goodfellow" <no-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "philip cossey" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> news:vxaFf.257001$(E-Mail Removed) .uk:
>
>> Hi
>> I am in the UK, and have a cable broadband connection.
>> I am trying to connect a router, but I keep getting told a plug
>> is not connected, even though I have everything connected
>> correctly. I am using a Cisco systems wrt54gs, router.
>> my wife's laptop is picking up the signal from the router.
>> But we both cannot connect to the internet.
>> I expect I am doing something stupid.
>> Please can anyone help.
>> Thanks.
>>
>
> You may find this article helpful:
>
> http://www.chetnet.co.uk/articles/in...x_v2&id=73&c=8
>
> BTW/FYI: The WRT54GS is usually referred to as a product of Linksys
> - a subsidiary of Cisco Systems.