You want specs, I got specs.
I am using Time Warner Cable broadband. They supplied me with a Motorola SB5101 cable modem (no routing here).
I bought a TrendNet TEW-452BRP wireless router (a/b/g). I hear your eyes rolling: "idiot can't spring for a $100 dlink router. No wonder." Well, sorry.
rogair: I have tried the power cycling reset...several times. That was the only suggestion from my ISP help desk.
cwa107: I know MAC is powerless against a packet sniffer, but I hesitate to turn it off, because I could get no response at all from the router (wirelessly) until I set up MAC. The router default IP is 192.168.1.1
The router is set for DHCP.
My computer IP is currently 76.85.204.145 (connected directly to modem)
I don't think I get an IP from the router. Maybe I don't understand the question.
kfordham...: I updated the firmware.
Been reading over the site because my brother and I are planning on switching from PC's to Macs. I could not help to respond to this thread.
I am IT professional. At least I want to think so
Let me see if I can offer you a solution.
At this point, start from scratch. It is much easier than trying to "repair" a botched job.
1 - Reset everything to factory defaults. Router specifically.
2 - Delete whatever wireless networks were found by your computer. Start clean.
3 - Turn off your modem for 2 minutes. Physically unplug it. Leave it unplugged.
Now, here we go - its going to be really easy so just follow along...
1 - Turn off the wireless on you computer. Disable it. You will turn it on later.
2 - If you have not already turned off your modem (unplugged it from power), do it now and let it sit for a few minutes 2-3. Plug it back in. This resets the modem to allow a new MAC address to be assigned to it. Problem is, when you plugged in your computer, the modem registered your computers MAC as the ONLY device able to use the model. So when you plugged in your router, it would not work.
3 - If you have not reset your router, do it now. Use a pen or something to press the reset button on the back next to the power cord. The lights should flash/go out and come back on. Unplug it.
4 - Plug an ethernet cable from your modem to the WAN port on your router.
5 - Plug your router in and let it sit for a moment. Give it about 2-5 minutes. Your power, status, wan and wlan light should come on. Your cable provider should AUTOMATICALLY give your router an IP address, subnet, gateway and dns. Unless they gave you these numbers and told you - you need to enter them - NEVER enter the IP information manually. Leave it set to DHCP!
6 - Now, plug an ethernet cable from your computer to one of the 4 LAN ports on the router . Restart your computer.
7 - See if you are getting an ip or browse the web. If that works, setup your router by typing in
http://192.168.1.1 - You seem like you know how to do this but I will mention a few things.. do not enable wireless security or mac filtering or anything at this point. The object is to get everything working then make small changes. So if something goes wrong, you know what caused it and undo it. Make sure you are allowing enough IPS for your local network (DHCP).
8 - Once you have the router setup, your on the net and are getting an IP address and all is working via WIRED (Ethernet), sever the cable. Unplug it from the computer and the router.
9 - Enable wireless on your computer. It should pickup your wireless system without incident now. Once that happens, give it a run through and make sure it's good to go.
10 - Now you can enable WPA/WEP whatever it is you want to use. Remember to make small changes simple changes. Not a lot of changes at once.
Hope this helps you.