Name: Anonymous 2007-06-25 17:41 ID:REXHrOVr
Hello /comp/,
I am new to home networking and I am having trouble figuring some things out. I recently purchased a second computer for my son to use and a router so we could have a connection on both computers.
But this is where I am confused.. Without the router, my computer connects OK, but when connecting the modem to his computer just as it is with mine and using the installation disc, he gets no connection. We put the modem back onto my computer and it worked, so we connected the router to both computers and came up with a problem on my computer as well as his.. The router tries to do an automatic search for my provider's server, or something of the sort and it never connects.
So, two problems then.. His computer and the router not connecting.
We looked at his computer and his has 2 ethernet(?) ports, where mine has only 1. But he does not have the telephone line ports on his (the card that lets you plug in the telephone line, et c). Is this why his computer does not connect, because no phone line is running through? Or maybe his ethernet ports are different from mine? Is this even possible?
Second is the router, A Linksys BEFSX41 ver 2.1 Broadband Firewall Router with 4-Port Switch / VPN Endpoint. I connect the cables and change the settings just as it tells me to and it still does not connect to my ISP. Which is Verizon DSL. But I will probably call them for help with the router after I get my son's computer at least internet able.
I am new to home networking and I am having trouble figuring some things out. I recently purchased a second computer for my son to use and a router so we could have a connection on both computers.
But this is where I am confused.. Without the router, my computer connects OK, but when connecting the modem to his computer just as it is with mine and using the installation disc, he gets no connection. We put the modem back onto my computer and it worked, so we connected the router to both computers and came up with a problem on my computer as well as his.. The router tries to do an automatic search for my provider's server, or something of the sort and it never connects.
So, two problems then.. His computer and the router not connecting.
We looked at his computer and his has 2 ethernet(?) ports, where mine has only 1. But he does not have the telephone line ports on his (the card that lets you plug in the telephone line, et c). Is this why his computer does not connect, because no phone line is running through? Or maybe his ethernet ports are different from mine? Is this even possible?
Second is the router, A Linksys BEFSX41 ver 2.1 Broadband Firewall Router with 4-Port Switch / VPN Endpoint. I connect the cables and change the settings just as it tells me to and it still does not connect to my ISP. Which is Verizon DSL. But I will probably call them for help with the router after I get my son's computer at least internet able.