Re: TP-Link 108M Wireless Router with Voyager 205 ADSL Router

On Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:49:35 +0100, Ken Walsh wrote:

> If anyone can help me get this working (its connection correctly with
> the cables)

What exactly isn't working for which PC?


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Ken Walsh wrote:
> "terryc" <newssevenspam-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:4a4e9814$0$39496$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> On Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:49:35 +0100, Ken Walsh wrote:
>>
>>> If anyone can help me get this working (its connection correctly
>>> with the cables)
>>
>> What exactly isn't working for which PC?
>>
>
> Well its not working on any. Forget the Wireless and any other
> machines even the main PC will not work.
>
> My main ADSL Router works on its own no problem. When connected to
> the new Wireless Bridge TP-Link router its not working. Its saying
> connection in the icon bottom right. This is through standard
> ethernet cable
> I`ve changed the LAN address of one machine so it comes up (both
> settings in my browser) but after that the setting for both
> machines is a nightmare (I`ve set same password both machine)
>
> I`m lost what to do becaue of the options so many in both machines
> (on paper it should work)

Ken, as you mentioned both units have quite a few configuration options
which can conflict if not set correctly. Here are a few suggestions on how
to proceed.

1) check the configuration of your ADSL modem. Is there a user name and
password configured in the unit to automatically log into the ISP's network
or is your PC doing this PPPoE authentication? I'm not talking about the
user name and password you use to get into the configuration menus of the
modem. If it is the PC that is doing this then you will need to configure
your TP-Link to a WAN connection type of PPPoE and then configure in the
user name and password to access the ISP. Then convert your PC's back to
plain dumb Ethernet with no PPPoE login in them at all.

2) If your modem is logging in to the ISP using PPPoE for you and not your
PC then you need to set your TP-Link for a WAN connection type of Dynamic
IP, provided the PC's were not already configured for a fixed IP when
talking directly with the modem. If a fixed IP is configured in the PC then
choose a WAN connection type of Static and put in the same IP address that
is configured in your PC. Then you will also need to configure in the
Default Gateway, Subnet Mask, and DNS Server(s) in the TP-Link to match what
your PC's had in them while they were set for a fixed IP.

As for the LAN side of the TP-Link, I'd leave it at factory default and
configure the PC's to use DHCP to get their IP's from the router.

Hope some of this makes sense and helps make things work for you.

On Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:04:14 +0100, Ken Walsh wrote:

> "terryc" <newssevenspam-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:4a4e9814$0$39496$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> On Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:49:35 +0100, Ken Walsh wrote:
>>
>>> If anyone can help me get this working (its connection correctly with
>>> the cables)
>>
>> What exactly isn't working for which PC?
>>
>>
> Well its not working on any. Forget the Wireless and any other machines
> even the main PC will not work.

Sigh, lets go basic.

1) Your main pc is cabled to the adsl router? This is working?

2) Connect your wireless router to the main adsl router by a cable in the
same vicinity. Then plug your main pc into it. This is testing a) the
cable you are going to run between the two and b) the bridging* working
on the wireless router.

As a bridge, it should just send the signal it gets on the wireless or
any of the ethernet ports out the other three devices. So, it should have/
need ip addresses or routing.


3) what diagnositics do you have on the lappie? Usually the wireless
9inbuilt or pcmcia) NIC in the lappie has some diagnostic capacity like
listing detected wifi links. Hint, worry about security later, so give
the wireless a SSID and make it visible and turn off security.




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