having problems with my first wireless network

fatgav

hi guys.

i'm an irish international student living in sweden along with another girl. we had one internet connection in the house which meant going online one at a time so i bought a wireless router, a dlink dir-301. it's working fine when we connect using wires but i can't get the wireless to work, with security on or off. i get the 'windows has detected an IP address conflict' and then only get a local connection. i'm running vista off an HP Pavillion dv2000 and as it's locked up in a box i can't tell what modem we have. Laptop is set to automatically set the IP address and my housemate is having a similar problem on an older machine.

any help would be greatly appreciated.

Spear

Are you setting static IP addresses?


Edit:

scratch that. If the modem is in a box, how are you getting access to it? The router should be connected by it's WAN port to the modem.

-=al=-

Your router should give u a different IP for your laptop, so you wont get the conflict....

You gota put ur Internet settings on the router - the IP, Subnet Mask, Gateway and the DNS settings, so thats the basestation and then your router will assign an IP pool so various IP's can connect to the one source, It should all be in the router settings handy enough.... check ur manual its usually something like "192.168.1.2" which u type into ur web browser then u can edit the router settings n stuff there...

but thats only for a static ip adress or somethin i think but meh try it

Im sure people will give u some better info, i only set up the wireless connection i have here with no help and through trial and error really, but eventually got it in the ene

fatgav

i'm using an automatic IP address on the laptop. i'm getting access to the modemthrough a connection in the wall which feeds from the moden which is in a locked container that i can see from here!! the router is connected to it through the same port i was connecting the laptop to as well when i was plugging that into the wall.

fatgav

this is a screen grab of the internet settings page.

i'm not sure about the PPPoE thing as I don't know what it is. All i do know is that we've been told to accept automatic IP addressing or the internet won't work at all.

Spear

fatgav wrote: »

this is a screen grab of the internet settings page.

i'm not sure about the PPPoE thing as I don't know what it is. All i do know is that we've been told to accept automatic IP addressing or the internet won't work at all.

Hard to tell until we know what kind of modem it is and who the provider is.

-=al=-

well u wana try n plug the connection from the wall/modem into the WAN port of the router

then try n connect the laptop to a LAN port of the router or try a wireless connection

fatgav

did that al. that's how i'm online now!! is there anyway i can find out what modem i'm running with??

Spear

fatgav wrote: »

did that al. that's how i'm online now!! is there anyway i can find out what modem i'm running with??

If you know who the provider is we can take a guess. Sounds like it's some form of cable modem similar to NTL, though it could also be something like the routers Smart have in some estates.

If the laptop is working when plugged in the LAN port, the router should be working okay. Have you set an SSID and encryption type and passphrase/key on the routers wireless config?

fatgav

its a swedish provider so i presume you guys, great as your help as been, might not know.

the router is by a company called allied telesis. it's model number AT-iMG616LH

http://www.alliedtelesis.se/products/detail.aspx?pid=623&lid=4

Spear

fatgav wrote: »

its a swedish provider so i presume you guys, great as your help as been, might not know.

the router is by a company called allied telesis. it's model number AT-iMG616LH

http://www.alliedtelesis.se/products/detail.aspx?pid=623&lid=4

It's similar to the system used by Smart alright. How did you set the wireless on the router though?

fatgav

i tried doing it without security because initially i thought that was the problem and i can go back and change it using the CD that came with it

edit: once i get it up and running i'll run an encryption on it, either WEP or WPA-PSK

Spear

fatgav wrote: »

i tried doing it without security because initially i thought that was the problem and i can go back and change it using the CD that came with it

Very bad idea to set it like that. Set it to use WPA and set a good long key.

fatgav

thats the plan in the end spear, for now i'm just looking for a wireless WAN connection as opposed to a local one.

Spear

fatgav wrote: »

thats the plan in the end spear, for now i'm just looking for a wireless WAN connection as opposed to a local one.

Then your router should be appearing in the detectable list of your laptops (and anything else nearby with Wifi cards). Should be easily joined with the router supplying the needed details by DHCP to the laptops.

fatgav

its late... but that's not my excuse. you've lost me ther ei'm afraid.

sorry

Spear

fatgav wrote: »

its late... but that's not my excuse. you've lost me ther ei'm afraid.

sorry

The wireless cards should detect your routers presence by it's SSID broadcast.

fatgav

now i got you.

ya i'm picking it up alright, and when i connect i'm getting a local connection and a messae saying there's an IP address conflict but no WAN connection.

Spear

fatgav wrote: »

now i got you.

ya i'm picking it up alright, and when i connect i'm getting a local connection and a messae saying there's an IP address conflict but no WAN connection.

Check both the wireless card and wired connection properties, and see if they're set to a static IP. The router should be using DHCP to give out addresses so there should be no conflict.

fatgav

Spear wrote: »

Check both the wireless card and wired connection properties, and see if they're set to a static IP. The router should be using DHCP to give out addresses so there should be no conflict.

that was my problem mate. the wireless card was set wrong. this is the first thing i've done wirelessly here. cheers spear. you're a legend. owe you one big time.