Ok Simple setup here. One ethernet cable from the cable modem to the WAN port on the belkin wireless router. The Belkin Wireless Router has 4 additional ports, which I connect another ethernet cable to it. That line goes to a 10/100mbp 8 port HUB wich of course brances out to the system systems on my net work. This is the way you are suppose to do it. takes less than what 5 to 10 minutes. Comcast modem has no settings you can configure, it has a MAC address stored in the memory. The Wireless router will not talk with the modem or vice versa. This 6 hour job has gotten me nowhere. I need to get the Cable modem to talk to the router which will spit out DHCP addresses. Issue is the Cable modem acts as a DHCP server too. Even when I turn DHCP off on the router's side, nothing.
Find out what the subnet of the current router you want to connect the wireless router to. your isp router probably has 192.168.1.1 something similar, which will give out ip addresses of 192.168.1.100-192.168.1.254, change the belkin routers internal ip address to 192.168.2.1 and turn off dchp server, that should solve your problems, save settings, power down belkin router then power back on.
If the modem is actually passing out DHCP, then you have to connect the modem to the router 4 port lan side and not the wan port. Give the router a static ip like 192.168.1.2 and you can talk to it and configure the wireless features.
If it is actually passing out addresses in the 192.168.100.xxx range, then set the router as I explained with an address like 192.168.100.2 and the router will function like an access point. If the modem is not passing out addresses, but there is an address conflict in the range 192.168.xxx.xxx then set the router to 10.10.0.1 and pass out dhcp in the range of 10.10.0.xxx with submask 255.255.0.0
Router will pickup the modem ip automatically. If the modem is handling dhcp then without the router, the modem can connect to the hub/switch and bring all the computers online. You can try this and see what addresses get assigned to each computer via IPCONFIG /ALL
I have Comcast and my modem does not handle DHCP.
What make is the router?
Ok, put the modem back on the router wan side and UNPLUG power for 15 minutes. Turn on router DHCP. Set router to Auto Configuration DHCP. Set local ip address to 192.168.1.1 and 255.255.255.0 Enable DHCP Server and start ip addresses at 192.168.1.100 with about 50 users. Do not set DNS, since it will be automatically passed. more to come
According to Motorola's documentation, the modem can handle up to 52 ip addresses, but they have to be purchased. So the router is needed. You should be able to program the modem thru the browser with it's ip address.
Typo correction 32, not 52.
With the modem connected to the router thru wan. Within the router console under Status can you see the modem settings (i.e. Domain, DNS, IP)
They check the MAC address for security. Normally, if you disconnect the power on the modem for about 15 minutes and reconnect, it will be rescanned and the MAC address will reset. If not, you can call them to reset the modem. Otherwise, if you know which computer the modem was originally on, you can ghost the MAC address within the router.
Also known as cloning the MAC address.
WHAT MAKE IS THE ROUTER???
You can get this going. It's either an ip conflict, MAC security, or DNS issue.
Go back to the basics. Connect the computer to the modem and confirm connection. Write down MAC Address of computer via IPCONFIG /ALL . Connect modem to wan of router and computer to router. Set router as previously mentioned: "Turn on router DHCP. Set router to Auto Configuration DHCP. Set local
ip address to 192.168.1.1 and 255.255.255.0 Enable DHCP Server and
start ip addresses at 192.168.1.100 with about 50 users." In router Clone MAC Address you wrote down. Check PC to see if it picked up new ip from router and check router status to see if it picked up ip from modem.
You have probably been here already, but here is the support sight for that rotuer. http://www.belkin.com/support/product/?l...
It's suggested to update the firmware.
The Belkin router is suggesting you set the ip for 192.168.2.1 and pass out 192.168.2.xxx
I have to go for now. I'll check back on progress.
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Step 1 Position your Belkin wireless G router.
Place your wireless G router in a wide open and central location. Don't connect
the power plug into the router, yet. Make sure your computer is turned off.
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Step 2 Connect all the devices.
Find the Ethernet cable that connects your PC to the modem. Unplug the Ethernet
cable from your PC and insert it into the wireless G router's WAN port. You
should have an additional Ethernet cable that came with your router. Take this
cable and plug one end into one of the LAN ports on the router. Then connect
the other end to your PC's Ethernet port.
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Step 3 Turn on your modem, router, and PC.
Plug the power plug adapter into the modem. Turn on the modem. It'll take approximately
30 seconds for the modem to boot up. Connect the power plug adapter to the
router and the other end into a power strip or outlet. Like the modem, it'll
take about 30 seconds for the router to boot. Turn on your PC.
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Step 4 Verify lights are on for your devices.
Make sure the following lights are on for your router: power, WAN, and LAN
light. If you don't see any of them lit, confirm these devices are turned on.
Make sure the Ethernet cable connections are installed correctly.
Step 5 Install and configure software.
Use the setup wizard application to configure your Belkin wireless G router.
Set up features, such as creating your password and setting up your time zone.
Continue to follow the setup wizard so you can configure ?other settings
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comcast is spitting out DHCP addy's like 192.168.100.10
Would I need to create a static IP address using simular numbers. Cause I tried commecting the cable modem to Port#2 on the wireless router after turning off DHCP on the router. Nothing.
I will try that. Thanks..
Another thing came to mind. If the comcast modem has a Static IP, and the modem is acting like a DHCP server. Would I need to enter in the Static IP from comcast into the router??
I tried that. Without using a router just a straight 8 port 10/100 hub I received 169.address. nothing anywhere near 192.168. here's the kicker..IF, I disconnect the other PC's lan cables from the hub, my PC will have internet. Once I start connecting more PC's I loose the connection. Thats why I firmly believe Comcast has my main PC's mac addy stored and I can't add anymore PC's to the connection...
Thats what I thought at first...I checked the settings ( well the ones I can look at ) there are no means and ways for me to change setting on my Surfboard Modem. But ih the Connection settings it states DHCP = on
192.168.100.1 is the IP to get in...The only options I can actually use is Reset the Modem and reset modem to Factory settings.
No other options or settings I can mess with, its like pre-set, no changes can be made...
This is what I found out from a forum on the net...Seems to be Accurate.
"Comcast has a little known "trick" that they use when setting up users. Here's how it works:
When Comcast first comes to setup your new cable modem service, they insist on connecting it to your computer and "testing" it. Most people think nothing of it, and that it's good customer service ...truth be told, what they are doing is attaching your computer's MAC address to that cable modem, so that you cannot create a wireless network. This is because they want you to pay them $150 to do this for you."
Sound bout right??
"Ghost the MAC address within the router?"
I think I would need a modem that I can adjust settings...
Belkin Wireless G F5D7230-4
I hope so...I have a Recording Studio to run..We have a band coming in that wants to do a live POD cast. I had DSL and it lagged, choppy video. Figured Comcast with 20mbps would be the best option. Course that hasn't been the case yet..
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