I don't know if this will help, but if you are running a firewall, try
disabling it. But I am sure you have tried this.
--
William
"ferris" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:377C696E-5FC7-44E8-AECE-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thank you for your advice, problem solved but MAC address was not the
> cause.
> Spoke to ISP (yet again!) but this time they provided me with the
> appropriate
> router settings which seem to work so far.
>
> Seems that Tiscali support is a bit hit and miss.
>
> I am now stuck with my wireless connection, I cannot get my notebook to
> access the internet through the router yet it will connect to the wireless
> network with ease, this time I really am without a clue!
>
> Any suggestions or links to relevant websites that can help would be
> appreciated.
>
> Notebook is Toshiba Tecra A2, running XP Pro SP2 with Centrino 802.11g.
>
> Many thanks
>
> "WTC" wrote:
>
>> You might have to clone your MAC address in the router's configuration by
>> using the old router MAC address.. Many ISPs use the MAC address to
>> identify
>> your computer or router. Or simply calling your ISP to register the new
>> hardware (the router).
>>
>> --
>> William
>> MS-7008 PT880 Neo LSR MoBo
>> Intel P4 3eGHz 1MB L2 800 FSB
>> 256MB DDR 400 X 4
>> ATI Radeon 9550 AGP 256MB 8X
>> Maxtor - 80GB IDE, 20GB IDE
>> DVD-RW and CD-RW Drives
>> SB Live!5.1
>> Windows XP Pro SP2
>> Norton Antivirus 2005
>> "ferris" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:33DE4320-E660-4641-8835-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >I have recently purchased a Linksys WAG54G ADSL Gateway router to enable
>> >me
>> > to access the intenet from both my desktop PC via LAN and wirelessly
>> > using
>> > my
>> > notebook.
>> >
>> > First time set-up according to Linksys instructions was fine, although
>> > I
>> > had
>> > to use the XP network connection wizard and restart my desktop computer
>> > before I actually got connected to the Internet.
>> >
>> > Subsequently I have lost the connection to the Internet. I have tried
>> > many
>> > times to reset the gateway unit, restore my desktop computer to before
>> > the
>> > original setup and start again etc but no result. I have now
>> > reconnected
>> > my
>> > original modem for the desktop PC which I am using now to post this
>> > message.
>> >
>> > I am running XP MCE with XPSP2. Windows firewall is disabled but Norton
>> > is
>> > enabled. The router detects the ADSL connection but will not connect to
>> > the
>> > Internet. My ISP is Tiscali Broadband (requires username & password to
>> > connect)and the first time I set up the gateway I told it I was using
>> > an
>> > RFC
>> > 2364 PPPoA connection, which worked. Now it doesn't. I'm worried that I
>> > have
>> > now used network and internet connection wizards so many times that the
>> > registry is in a mess and I don't know what to do.
>> >
>> > Can anybody help please!
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
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