help with befsr41 linksys

Feb 13, 2005 12 Replies

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calrball 21 years ago

my cable modem is connected to one of these "routers". the

192.168.1.100 pc works fine. a second pc on the network collects an ip address and what appears to be all the correct dns information. the linksys router sees pc number 2. i can ping the other pc, and the 192.68.1.1. i can ping ip addresses i know on the internet in the outside world. but i cannot ping or connect to the address if i try the "url". like my i can't use the dns?? so i'm concluding that all comm stuff is good...

any ideas??

thanks

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aard 21 years ago

I believe that you ain't gettin dns from the router. Odd that it would just do that to the one PC, tho. But I had a dlink do it to me. try setting your ISP's dns servers IP addreses static in the PC.

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James Knott 21 years ago

Yes, you might try using capitals and proper line structure, so that your message is readable.

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calrball 21 years ago

The working PC is 192.168.1.100. The non working PC is 192.168.1.101. ipconfig /all on the non working PC shows default gateway of

192.168.1.1. It shows two DNS listings (that are not in front of me) that match the DNS from the cable modem, also visible when I look at the http://192.168.1.1 admin port on the working PC.

If the n> calrball wrote:

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Rick Merrill 21 years ago

Given the typo above, please enter the IP for BOTH PCs and the gateway/router.

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calrball 21 years ago

Linksys BEFSR41.

So I guess seeing the correct info for DNS with the ipconfig /all is not good enough? I need to check tcp/ip properties and manually enter the info?

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Ron Hunter 21 years ago

Check the TCP/IP settings on the non working PC. Make sure it is set to use DNS from the remote DNS by DHCP.

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Rick Merrill 21 years ago

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Right! It also might help to ID the type of router you have.

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Rick Merrill 21 years ago

The message is that you should make sure that the PC is getting DNS information via DHCP (i.e. from the gateway). If for some reason or other this is not possible, enter data manually.

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calrball 21 years ago

The DNS data was manually entered and it did not change the outcome.

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Rick Merrill 21 years ago

Why was it not possible to get DNS via DHCP?

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calrball 21 years ago

I think that is my question. I feel confident that that the pc has the DNS information. I am guessing the failing piece is the Linksys, there is no other piece that could be the problem.

Rick Merrill wrote:

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Rick Merrill 21 years ago

Try the 2 minute drill: power off all; wait 2 min; power modem; wait 2 min; power router; wait 2 min power PC.

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