07-01-2008, 03:55 PM

I've got an wireless network established - on a D-Link DSL-G604T. Feeding into this is my internet connection - it's NOT ADSL, rather an Ethernet connection straight into this router (so I'm not using the ADSL modem in the D-Link).

My iPod connects to the wireless network, and browses the web without problem.

However I can't get my new MacBook (or *any* other laptops) to do the same - it connects to the wireless without any problem whatsoever, but simply won't find the internet connection.

What's different about the protocol that the iPod uses compared to the MacBook?

- J

07-01-2008, 04:43 PM

What kind of ethernet connection straight into the router? I know of one system that operates that way with no modem - Verizon FIOS. There are others such as a company T-1 line.

Anyway, respond back and I'll try to assist. My system is Verizon FIOS and my connection is direct to the router. But I have no difficulty connecting both with my MacBook and a Toshiba notebook PC. I don't own an iPOD so have no idea how they connect.

Note: FIOS is PPPoE (Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet) and generates its own DNS settings. Airport DNS should be set to 0,0,0,0 for primary and secondary.

Regards.

07-01-2008, 05:47 PM

Did your ISP give you anything to install? I was with NTL and nothing would happen until I installed the software...

07-02-2008, 12:04 AM

Originally Posted by chscag

What kind of ethernet connection straight into the router?

You know what, I don't know. I'm outside of the USA... it's pretty much a "a city-wide shared Ethernet". We plug the Ethernet cable into a relevant modem (ACS box) and then pipe that into the wireless router.

Originally Posted by skaheadpunk

Did your ISP give you anything to install? I was with NTL and nothing would happen until I installed the software...

Fair question. Don't think so, will check it out. Funny that the iPod Touch connects and uses the internet without any 'software' though.

07-02-2008, 07:15 PM

Resolved.

Manual TCP/IP configuration - just had to find the correct IP, Gateway, DNS settings (from another hardwired PC) and copy those over. Seems to work a treat.

07-02-2008, 07:19 PM

Thanks guys!