Hey all,
My new apartment's wireless is terrible (and expensive) so I had them run a lan into my unit. I figured I could now connect the ethernet to a router within my apartment and have super awesome wifi! Unfortunately that is not the case. First, my computer wouldn't even see anything when plugged in directly to the lan, but my roommates worked fine. I brushed it off and just figured I'd use our new wireless router.
All I wanted was something I can plug my lan into, and in turn give me glorious wifi capabilities. I went out and bought a Belkin Wireless N Modem-Router. Can't find an link to the exact model, I think this is the most similar model I can find (I live in Thailand). Now I'm thinking this is not the kind of product I want, is there something else I should have bought?
I had no success setting it up, I think because I don't need a modem and that's what I bought. I guessed and plugged the lan to one of the four back lan ports. So I read to try turning off DHCP and it worked. Now I had wifi access, but my roommate could not connect to DNS. Also, I'm now unable to get back to my routers settings via its IP.
I tried resetting the router and now neither of us can access wifi and I still cannot get into my routers settings. My computer still cannot see the lan when plugged in, so here I am on my roommates computer hooked up to a 3 foot ethernet cord asking for your help! I guess my main question is, will the router I bought do the job I want it to do, and if so, how do I get it to do so. Also, why on Earth will my computer not see the lan, Ive never had problems with that in the past.
My new apartment's wireless is terrible (and expensive) so I had them run a lan into my unit. I figured I could now connect the ethernet to a router within my apartment and have super awesome wifi! Unfortunately that is not the case. First, my computer wouldn't even see anything when plugged in directly to the lan, but my roommates worked fine. I brushed it off and just figured I'd use our new wireless router.
All I wanted was something I can plug my lan into, and in turn give me glorious wifi capabilities. I went out and bought a Belkin Wireless N Modem-Router. Can't find an link to the exact model, I think this is the most similar model I can find (I live in Thailand). Now I'm thinking this is not the kind of product I want, is there something else I should have bought?
I had no success setting it up, I think because I don't need a modem and that's what I bought. I guessed and plugged the lan to one of the four back lan ports. So I read to try turning off DHCP and it worked. Now I had wifi access, but my roommate could not connect to DNS. Also, I'm now unable to get back to my routers settings via its IP.
I tried resetting the router and now neither of us can access wifi and I still cannot get into my routers settings. My computer still cannot see the lan when plugged in, so here I am on my roommates computer hooked up to a 3 foot ethernet cord asking for your help! I guess my main question is, will the router I bought do the job I want it to do, and if so, how do I get it to do so. Also, why on Earth will my computer not see the lan, Ive never had problems with that in the past.