On Aug 31, 2006, at 8:41 AM, Beth Phillips wrote: > I'm trying to set up a home network between my husband's PC, my Mac > and > eventually a printer. We are using BellSouth DSL to connect to the > internet > and it has been working fine. I bought a Linksys BEFSR41 router but > can't > get it to talk to the Bell South modem. I knew that the default IP > address > of the router was the same as the Westel modem from Bell South, so > when I > connected the router I tried to go into the web configuration page > to change > the IP address. I couldn't access the page so I called Linksys tech > support. > After 45 minutes of resetting the router and switching cables, etc. > they > determined I had a bad router.
I don't know how your BellSouth connection is assigned the network address, but most DSL/cable connections get the network information via DHCP discovery. This means they seek out a DHCP server to get the configuration information from the ISP and the server assigns the external IP address to the device. The problem may be the DHCP server from BellSouth. It is probably set to recognize the MAC (Ethernet hardware) identifier of the device you previously had plugged into the modem. When you change devices, the DHCP server has to be informed of the new MAC, or you have to set the router to impersonate the older device. I'd check the BellSouth help pages for information about this. Most systems now have an easy way to register a new MAC online. You can usually find the MAC of a router written somewhere on the back or bottom of the device. --- Lee Larson, Mathematics Department, University of Louisville Phone: 502.852.6826 FAX: 502.852.7132 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/pkcs7-signature Size: 2462 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20060831/7fed182e/attachment.bin
