Solved: My Linksys router will not connect to the internet.

I tried changing my IP address and it stopped working so i hard restarted my router and got it to go to factory default settings. It gets up to where it tries to connect to the internet and it says its not able to connect to the internet please try turning off and turning back on your modem i have done that several times and it doesn't work. Its the Wireless-g broadband router model WRT54GS

 

Did it work before? What type of internet connection are you using?

 

Power off all of your network devices, including the modem, Router,
and computers.
Then power on each device in the following order:
Cable or DSL modem
Router
Computer

 

yes it worked before and its a zyxel p-600 series modem i got from the phone company idk if that helps at all its a regular dsl modem and i have tried what u said but i will try it again

 

Please supply the following info, exact make and models of the equipment please.

Make and model of the broadband modem.
Make and model of the router.
Connection type, wired or wireless.
If wireless, encryption used, (none, WEP, WPA, or WPA2)
Make/model of your computer.
Version and patch level of Windows on all affected machines, i.e. XP-Home (or XP-Pro), SP2, Vista, etc.

Can you connect directly to the modem?





On any problem computer, I'd also like to see this directly from the modem, then again from the router after connecting it and restarting all the units, modem, router, computer:

Start, Run, CMD to open a command prompt:

Type the following command:

IPCONFIG /ALL

Right click in the command window and choose Select All, then hit Enter.
Paste the results in a message here.

If you are on a machine with no network connection, use a floppy, USB disk, or a CD-RW disk to transfer a text file with the information to allow pasting it here.

 

Modem is a ZyXEL P-600 Series Model Number P-660R-D1

Rotuter is a Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router With Speed Booster Model Number WRT56GS v.5

It Is a wireless router. Has no wireless encryption.

My Computer is an HP Pavilion 374n Running MS Windows XP SP2 with an intel Pentium 4 2.00GHz CPU, 1.2 GB of ram, and a Radeon 9250 Graphics card. The modem works fine i am using it directly to my computer.

 

Your "modem" is a modem/router, and it's base address is the same as the Linksys, 192.168.1.1. That being the case, you either have to configure the ZyXEL in bridge mode to eliminate the routing function, or change the base address of the Linksys to a non-conflicting address. Try changing the Linksys base address to 192.168.2.1 and see if that doesn't get you connected.

 

Is your ISP by chance Sprint? (They use the 660)

They commonly use DHCP or PPoE. I also believe that the 660 uses IP address 192.168.2.1, so this should not cause a conflict with a Linksys router using 192.168.1.1

Reset your modem and router both, and you will be fine if you have a DHCP configuration.

 

According to the user manual for the ZyXEL P-660R, it uses 192.168.1.1. Now, they may have printed incorrectly, but my guess is they're right.

Here's the page for that router: http://www.zyxel.com/web/product_fa...yGroupNo=C8A3A230-907F-4CA8-9C3B-3A84F5A06405

Here's a link to the User Manual: ftp://ftp.zyxel.com/P-660R-T3_v2/user_guide/P-660R-T3 v2_3.40_Ed2.pdf

 

The 645s were 192.168.1.1, but it's VERY possible that Sprint had their 660s configured specifically to their tastes. I'd trust the manual...

...unless he has Sprint that is.

 

I never saw the IP Config output. This would tell us what address the 660 uses and thus end the discussion about who is right reading the manual or guessing.

 

Well, I did ask for it.

 

Modem-Computer
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Owner>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : LOPERJ
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethe
rnet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-40-CA-49-47-3F
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.34
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, December 07, 2007 8:07:58 PM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, December 10, 2007 8:07:58 PM


C:\Documents and Settings\Owner>




Modem-Router-Computer
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Owner>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : LOPERJ
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethe
rnet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-40-CA-49-47-3F
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.34
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, December 07, 2007 8:07:58 PM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, December 10, 2007 8:07:58 PM


C:\Documents and Settings\Owner>

 

my isp is bay springs telephone company and no thats not a mistake they are the same for some reason

 

There's your problem. You need to change the base address of the router to something other than 192.168.1.1, I suggest perhaps 192.168.2.1 as an alternative. Then the two routers won't have an address conflict. With both base addresses the same, the router can never make a connection to that modem/router, and you don't get an Internet connection.