Creating network for wired router / modem 3 PCs

8ond007

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Sorry if this is in the wrong spot. My dad is having issues at work and being somewhat computer competent, I thought I could help.

His set up is as follows: ethernet cable to a Westell WireSpeed C90-36R516-01 modem which is wired to a Linksys router BEFW11S4 which has the all the computers wired into it and then a network was created (I think) on the "main" computer. All the computers are Win 7 x64 Ultimate

Someone hit the reset button on the Linksys and all three computers stopped connecting to the internet. I noticed that the wireless button on the Linksys was now blinking after the reset button was hit. I went to 192.168.1.1 to try to disable it, but the default password was not working. I ended up creating a new network (broadband connection), which got his computer connected (the "main" one), but not the other 2. I kept getting a PPPoE Wizard Fails with Error Code 651. I tried sharing the connection but that didn't work as well. I tried to set up a new network but nothing appeared in the window "Choose a wireless router or access point you want to configure. This can take up to 90 seconds..."

Basically all the hardware is setup but I believe I have to create a new network and/or disable the wireless feature (which was not on before).

I am home now but will be back tomorrow. Can anyone guide me? I tried turning both the modem and router on and off as well as all the computers, but that didn't work. Please let me know if you need anymore info and thank you in advance for your help.
 
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If you're talking about setting up a network through Windows, that's only for sharing files and printers. If all you want to do is have access to the internet for all the computers, that's going to be done through the router. Resetting it to factory default should let you achieve that.
If it doesn't, then you will have to check whether or not each computer has an IP address manually set. You do that by going to Control Panel > Network and Internet > Change adapter settings. Then right click the ethernet connection that is being used to connect to the router and hit Properties. Go and check the properties for both Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) and the 6 version too (chances are 4 is used and not 6). If the options are set...

8ond007

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Thanks for your reply. I doubt that the router died though if I was able to connect one of the computers to the internet through the router, no?
 

8ond007

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Thanks for the reply. I thought I held it down long, but wasn't counting. I will try again. I think the main part is reconfiguring the settings.
"Basically all the hardware is setup but I believe I have to create a new network and/or disable the wireless feature (which was not on before)... Can anyone guide me?"

Thanks for the help so far guys. I appreciate it.
 

navysealbrian

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If you're talking about setting up a network through Windows, that's only for sharing files and printers. If all you want to do is have access to the internet for all the computers, that's going to be done through the router. Resetting it to factory default should let you achieve that.
If it doesn't, then you will have to check whether or not each computer has an IP address manually set. You do that by going to Control Panel > Network and Internet > Change adapter settings. Then right click the ethernet connection that is being used to connect to the router and hit Properties. Go and check the properties for both Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) and the 6 version too (chances are 4 is used and not 6). If the options are set to Use the following IP address and there are numbers filled in the boxes, then you have 2 options. By default, Linksys routers have DHCP enabled, meaning that those manual IP addresses will usually conflict and stop you from accessing the internet. So you can do 1 of two things, either disable DHCP on the router, and make sure all the numbers listed in the Internet Protocol Version 4 or 6 (only one will be used, chances are it's 4) match what's on the router OR you can set the Internet Protocol Version to Obtain an IP address automatically and make sure DHCP is enabled on the router.

Would like to add, unless there is a specific reason manual IP addresses are required, easiest solution is enable DHCP on the router and set it to Obtain IP address automatically on the computers.
 
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8ond007

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I will try this tomorrow and post back. Thanks

Yea, I did peek around early and did see IPv4 was being used with a manual address.

I appreciate the walk through sir.