So you can't ping the router itself either? That I didn't pick up.
Have you given the router itself a secondary IP address? Like 198.162.0.1? And then
giving the other machines other IP addresses on that range. If you make sure that the
machine knows it's gateway is 198.162.0.1, and their subnet mask is 255.255.255.255,
you should be able to ping that router.
What'd I'd suggest for trouble shooting this is to get rid of every "extra" issue. So
don't plug the router into the cable modem, and only work with one machine plugged into
the router.
Or course make sure you're plugging your ethernet into the correct port, and make sure
the router boots. I don't know what it does in the way of software, but make sure it's
loaded correctly. Maybe there are lights that indicate that.
>From there bring up the machine. After it's completely loaded, then try pinging the
address 198.162.0.1. IF that doesn't work move where the cables are, or try another
cable. I'm assuming it would be using a straight through CAT 5 for this and not a
cross over cable, but I'm sure the documentation should say that.
There was recently something on TechTV's The ScreenSavers about this. The one they
used was a LinkSys router that was also a 4 or 5 port hub. That one had a web page you
could point to the router to configure it. From what I saw on the show it was pretty
smooth going. Not sure if yours has something like that.
So first make sure you can establish that connection. Make sure your cables are good,
make sure they're plugged into the correct ports. Make sure the NIC is completely
configured. But if you can plug the machine right into your cable modem and connect
you should be good on the NIC config.
Does the router have some sort of "firewall" that doesn't allow return ping packets?
Again I don't have any experience with this problem, I'm just giving out suggestions of
what I'd do in this case. Maybe something will be of help.
tdh
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| Thanks for the heads up on the MAC address but my router is able to spoof
| this. But I'll give them a call and see what can happen.
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| And I am clueless why I'm unable to ping my router. I have tried setting
| everything to manual on my box and keepimng the dhcp settings on the router,
| still can't see the router and of course connecting to my isp. Would this
| also be from the MAC address issue?
|
| Thanks again for your help!
|
| Jim
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