simple wireless router question

[HyBry]

100Mbps is speed between you PC and dynex wired router.

however the speed between dynex and you ISP is much slower than that, you u never actually come close to using all the 100Mbps the link between dylex and PC allows you to.

[HTF]

  Volatile said:

Modems usually "marry" themselves to the first Mac encounter. You should turn off your modem, wait a tad.. turn it back on... hook up the wireless router.. wait for it to power up.. then turn on your computer (wireless or wired) to connect. A router should not need a wired computer to setup or run right out of the box. If you have done manual configuration THEN a wired connection may be necessary to fix any issues.

ok ill try that

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100Mbps is speed between you PC and dynex wired router.

however the speed between dynex and you ISP is much slower than that, you u never actually come close to using all the 100Mbps the link between dylex and PC allows you to.

ok i see

[HTF]

tryed the above and still nothing

[+PeterUK MVC]

  HTF said:

tryed the above and still nothing

Since turning off the modem and back on didn't work your going to have to copy the MAC from the NIC you use with your modem to the wireless router.

[HTF]

ok, and how would i go about doing that. kinda slow when it comes to networking and stuff

[+PeterUK MVC]

  HTF said:

ok, and how would i go about doing that. kinda slow when it comes to networking and stuff

Just to be sure your connection before was a modem connected to your computers NIC?

[HTF]

as of right now i have my modem connected to a dynex wired router. which is what i've been using for a few years now.

[+PeterUK MVC]

  HTF said:

as of right now i have my modem connected to a dynex wired router. which is what i've been using for a few years now.

So your replacing the router with the wireless router? If so I get to that in a min (if needed).

The other way you can connect the wireless router up is by connecting the WAN side of the wireless router to the wired router ports and that should work.

[HTF]

woo hoo! lol it works

thank you very much for all your help

[HTF]

well now i have a new problem, every 15mins or so i lose connection. to reconnect i have to go to the network connections, then disable the connection, then enable it again. and that reconnects it then 15mins or so later it disconnects agian.

[+PeterUK MVC]

  HTF said:

well now i have a new problem, every 15mins or so i lose connection. to reconnect i have to go to the network connections, then disable the connection, then enable it again. and that reconnects it then 15mins or so later it disconnects agian.

Running a software firewall?

To see if its a wireless problem connect the computer up by wire to the wireless router.

Also have you setup WPA wireless encryption so no one else can use your internet?

[HTF]

i have spysweeper, and a trial version of nod32 antivirus

[HTF]

could it be windows firewall??

[HTF]

ok, so it must be the windows firewall thats disrupting my wireless connection. cause i turned it off about a half an hour ago and hooked up my wireless again, and now its working fine.

so how do i go about getting my windows firewall to allow my wireless connection??

[+PeterUK MVC]

  HTF said:

ok, so it must be the windows firewall thats disrupting my wireless connection. cause i turned it off about a half an hour ago and hooked up my wireless again, and now its working fine.

so how do i go about getting my windows firewall to allow my wireless connection??

Great that you found what the problem is but I don't know much about windows firewall (XP?) but its likely a ICMP setting or incoming DHCP traffic on UDP 68.