(Hopefully!) simple question no1

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Simon Hancock

I'm just starting to get into ADSL/wireless networking. I have two
laptops - one running XP Home and one running XP Pro and with wireless
networking capabilities. I'm currently waiting for my ADSL service to
be enabled and I've been trying to set up my modem/router (3com
OfficeConnect). To configure the router I need to open Internet
Explorer and enter the router IP address (192.168.1.1). When I do
this, IE complains that I can only access this address if I go online.
If I connect to my dialup service I am able to connect to the IP
address and talk to the router. I'm sure I shouldn't have to connect
to the internet to access the router. Is there some simple setting
that lets me talk to the router without having to connect to the
internet? There must be some way otherwise how would anyone set up
their modem/router if that was their only interface to the internet.

TIA
 
I'm just starting to get into ADSL/wireless networking. I have two
laptops - one running XP Home and one running XP Pro and with wireless
networking capabilities. I'm currently waiting for my ADSL service to
be enabled and I've been trying to set up my modem/router (3com
OfficeConnect). To configure the router I need to open Internet
Explorer and enter the router IP address (192.168.1.1). When I do
this, IE complains that I can only access this address if I go online.
If I connect to my dialup service I am able to connect to the IP
address and talk to the router. I'm sure I shouldn't have to connect
to the internet to access the router. Is there some simple setting
that lets me talk to the router without having to connect to the
internet? There must be some way otherwise how would anyone set up
their modem/router if that was their only interface to the internet.

TIA
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Simon,

From a laptop with a wired network card, you need to configure the network card
to talk to the router. If the card is set to automatically obtain settings,
it's probably self-assigning an APIPA address, which is useless except to talk
to other APIPA addresses. You need to set the card up with an address say
192.168.1.2, subnet mask 255.255.255.0. That will allow you to talk to the
router with address 192.168.1.1.

Or try running "ipconfig /release" then "ipconfig /renew" with the network card
connected to the router. That should force the card to get an address from the
router. If DHCP on the router is running by default.

With the network card having an address say 169.254.1.1, IE thinks that
192.168.1.1 is thru the PPP adapter and refuses to connect without dialing to
the internet.

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
 
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