< New to routers, can't configure with AOL

[Guest]

I bought a DLink-524 wireless router, because I am getting another computer
and a laptop and I wanted to share the network. I am running AOL with
Broadband DSL which I have had for some time with no problems. Here is the
setups (Like I said I am new to routers) DSL modem > Router > Computer (As
the manual said).

There is an ip to connect to to configure the router. I can get there no
problem, and configure it (pppoe). But it doesn't connect. It seems that the
only way I can connect to the internet is directly from the modem to my
computer. Am I missing something here? All the cables and lines work, and I
am up-to-date with my Firmware. I read somewhere that AOL doesn't like MTU
above 1400, so it's set at 1400 (no Idea what it is).

Anyone have any idea of what I can do here? I would gladly provide any/all
further information about my computer to see how to do this.

(NOTE: My dsl modem is dual connect, so I was wondering...if I connect it
with the USB to my computer, and then the ethernet to the router, would it
work?)

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

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I bought a DLink-524 wireless router, because I am getting another
computer and a laptop and I wanted to share the network. I am running
AOL with Broadband DSL which I have had for some time with no
problems. Here is the setups (Like I said I am new to routers) DSL
modem > Router > Computer (As the manual said).

There is an ip to connect to to configure the router. I can get there
no problem, and configure it (pppoe). But it doesn't connect.

As in, the router doesn't log in properly/get an IP address from the DSL
modem? Are you sure you configured your credentials properly? Are you
testing on the router's config page itself, not via your PC? Your PC may
have the PPPoE connection set as default, whatnot, so it isn't the best
thing to test first. See if the Dlink has a diagnostic page that lets you
try to ping something on the Internet by IP (like your DNS server IP) if it
has gotten a DHCP-configured IP address from the modem.

 

[N. Miller]

I bought a DLink-524 wireless router, because I am getting another computer
and a laptop and I wanted to share the network. I am running AOL with
Broadband DSL which I have had for some time with no problems. Here is the
setups (Like I said I am new to routers) DSL modem > Router > Computer (As
the manual said).

There is an ip to connect to to configure the router. I can get there no
problem, and configure it (pppoe). But it doesn't connect. It seems that the
only way I can connect to the internet is directly from the modem to my
computer. Am I missing something here? All the cables and lines work, and I
am up-to-date with my Firmware. I read somewhere that AOL doesn't like MTU
above 1400, so it's set at 1400 (no Idea what it is).

Anyone have any idea of what I can do here? I would gladly provide any/all
further information about my computer to see how to do this.

(NOTE: My dsl modem is dual connect, so I was wondering...if I connect it
with the USB to my computer, and then the ethernet to the router, would it
work?)

What make and model is the modem? How is the modem configured; bridge mode,
or something else?

 

[Michael Taylor]

I read an article in the November edition of PCW. Writer Barry Fox described
something similar to the problem you've described, where you can use your
USB modem fine, but the router won't work. I'm quoting direct.....
"The magic nugget of truth is that a combined modem/router will only work
with AOL if the AOL password is between six and eight characters long, and
contains no uppercase characters."
"The trick is to use a working modem to change the email password to a word
that fits the magic requirement, and then store it in the modem/router"

I setup a DLink DSL-G604T for a customer on AOL broadband and did not have
to change the MTU value.

HTH
Mike

 

[N. Miller]

I read an article in the November edition of PCW. Writer Barry Fox described
something similar to the problem you've described...

Did I say I had a problem? Just wondering why you responded to my post, and
not to the original post.