If you mean moving the ethernet cables to different ports
on the router, yes. This still doesn't work.
I can force the subnet to be identical, but my
understanding is that manual configuration disables
DHCP. I need a more detailed explanation of how to
configure this. Autoconfig keeps giving the wrong subnet.
>-----Original Message-----
>DHCP is initiated by a broadcast from the client. As
long as the router is
>on the same subnet, it should respond.
>
>Have you tried switching ports?
>
>
>"Pete" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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>news:792501c40273$19f18610$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> The router is performing DHCP. I can see active leases
>> for the machines that connect to it properly. The ME
>> unit doesn't seem to "know" where to look. If I leave
>> its IPAutoConfiguration Enabled, it fails to find the
>> router and assigns a 169.etc IP to the machine. All
the
>> others and the router have a 192.etc IP. If
>> IPAutoconfiguration is disabled, I can force the
machine
>> IP, subnet mask and DHCP server to be what they need to
>> be, but I can't find a way to set the default gateway.
>> The default gateway is always blank on the ME unit's
>> config, whereas it is the router IP on all the working
>> units.
>>
>> The router was built about a month ago and I did not
know
>> when we ordered it that it would be designed only to
work
>> easily with the latest OS versions. The install/config
>> software seem to presume that nobody would ever want to
>> use the unit with OS versions predating win2000 or
winXP.
>>
>> I did have the ME unit reaching the internet via the
>> router before, but I had to power down and move my
office
>> and since I have not been able to recreate that
>> configuration. I was trying to share a printer on this
>> unit's ECP printer port, and possibly my attempts to
make
>> the router serve as a LAN hub have created part of the
>> problem.
>>
>> Another possible source of difficulty is that my ISP
>> offers no obvious way for me set up the router as a
>> recognized machine. The router actually mimics the MAC
>> address of the most recent machine connected to the
>> modem, if you allow it to be setup automatically.
>> Troubleshooting would be easier if I could the the ISP
to
>> recognize the router as a unique device.
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >Router configuration software? Never used any of it-
-
>> not necessary.
>> >
>> >What IP address are you receiving. Is the router
>> performing DHCP?
>> >
>> ><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> >news:770b01c40244$925fa570$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >> I am trying to set up a home network with cable
modem
>> and
>> >> wireless router with 4 LAN ports. One machine is a
>> >> laptop which connects just fine wireless or ethernet
>> LAN,
>> >> using Windows XP. Another is a desktop, again
>> connecting
>> >> fine using Windows 2000 and wired LAN.
>> >>
>> >> The 3rd machine is the problem. It has Windows ME
and
>> I
>> >> can only get it to connect directly through the
cable
>> >> modem, not the router. The router install software
>> only
>> >> supports 2000 and XP, so to configure the ME
machine, I
>> >> have to set things up manually. IPCONFIG indicates
the
>> >> wrong default gateway (thinks the unit is still
wired
>> >> directly to the modem) and I can't for the life of
me
>> >> find a windows menu or registry key that allows me
to
>> >> force this to look at the router. I have all my MAC
>> >> numbers and the router is set up to give a
sufficient
>> >> number of IP addresses.
>> >>
>> >> Any ideas?
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
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