D-Link DI-514 Setup Problems with WinXP SP2 + cable modem

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No issue, you should be using a straight through cable. The router port will
handle the cross connection itself.

Robert...
<superslicka2@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>I have a good question for all of you.
>
> I'm trying to hook up a D-Link D1-514 wireless router to a Terayon
> TJ615 Rogers cable modem on Windows XP SP2, but whenever I hook up the
> cross-connected wire from the modem to the WAN port on the router and
> an ethernet cable to the computer, the IP is not reset by the router
> (the settings for the Network Connection are set to automatically
> detect). Even if I set up a static IP in the range of the router
> (192.168.0.1 for the gateway, 192.168.0.2 for the computer), it still
> doesn't allow me reach the web config panel for the router (by typing
> in 192.168.0.1 in IE).
>
> I've already gone through the support articles on the support.dlink.com
> site, reset all the IE settings, disabled the firewall, tried enabling
> NetBIOS over TCP/IP, resetting the router to factory settings, cylcing
> power, rebooting, but nothing works !!!! Whenever I try to ping
> 192.168.0.1 I get the 'Request timed out' error. I'm thinking of
> rolling back Windows with a system restore to SP1 and trying from
> there.
>
> Sooo ... is there an issue with the D-Link DI-514 and Windows XP SP 2 ?
>
>
> And if nobody knows, where should I post this question ?
>