Help please! Belkin Wireless network router problem

Hi,
I wondered if anyone in cyberspace has any ideas that might help me
setup my wireless home network.

I have a Belkin 4 port wireless network router, using Ethernet cables.
I have wired up the NTL broadband modem to the router, and the router
to the PC running XP home, yet my PC can't communicate with the
router. All lights work on all equipment as described in the manuals
and if I remove the router from the loop, and hook the PC up the
modem, using ethernet cables (I have tested both) I can see the web no
problem.

I have tried disabling the XP firewall (the only firewall I have
installed currently) and enabling it, tested a variety of cables, yet
the set up wizard tells me it is unable to communicate with the
router. The IP address the PC is generating is an internal one. (169.)

The router setup procedure goes through 3 stages as far as I can tell
1) The install procedure communicates with the PC to pick up any
settings it may need
2) The computer then needs to establish communication with the router
3) The router needs to ping the web

I haven't got past stage 2 yet !
Has anyone any ideas ? - settings that might need changing for example
thanks in advance
Fi

(E-Mail Removed) (fiona) wrote in message news:<(E-Mail Removed). com>...
> Hi,
> I wondered if anyone in cyberspace has any ideas that might help me
> setup my wireless home network.
>
> I have a Belkin 4 port wireless network router, using Ethernet cables.
> I have wired up the NTL broadband modem to the router, and the router
> to the PC running XP home, yet my PC can't communicate with the
> router. All lights work on all equipment as described in the manuals
> and if I remove the router from the loop, and hook the PC up the
> modem, using ethernet cables (I have tested both) I can see the web no
> problem.
>
> I have tried disabling the XP firewall (the only firewall I have
> installed currently) and enabling it, tested a variety of cables, yet
> the set up wizard tells me it is unable to communicate with the
> router. The IP address the PC is generating is an internal one. (169.)
>
> The router setup procedure goes through 3 stages as far as I can tell
> 1) The install procedure communicates with the PC to pick up any
> settings it may need
> 2) The computer then needs to establish communication with the router
> 3) The router needs to ping the web
>
> I haven't got past stage 2 yet !
> Has anyone any ideas ? - settings that might need changing for example
> thanks in advance
> Fi

The 169 address is the default Microsoft address that gets asigned
when DHCP fails. I assume that you have the PC set to DHCP? I'm not
familiar with the Belkin router, but some devices have a crossover
port, so check that you aren't connected to a port that has been
crossed over.

The other thing you could try is setting a fixed IP address in your
PC. The router is likely to be 192.168.0.1 (netmask 255.255.255.0) so
try setting the PC to 192.168.0.2 (same netmask) and a gateway of
192.168.0.1. If you open a command prompt and ping 192.168.0.1
successfully, that will prove the cables are working.

Pete

Try cutting back on your network speed, if it is connecting at 100mbs
cut it back to 10mbs. I had the same problem with dsl modem and router
and this worked for me. Also can you ping the router? Hope this will
help.