Moving

Kyttn · Post by **Kyttn** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 1:07 pm

Unfortunately we have discovered that our neighbour where we are currently renting is a psychopath. We have decided that we cannot keep living here and have found a new place to rent. If all goes well we will shift early next week. However, we cannot transfer the internet connection till a phone is on a the new place. So Miinii and I will probably be offline for a short while.

Don't worry, we are coming back.

Kilajan · Post by **Kilajan** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 1:09 pm

Anonfx · Post by **Anonfx** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 1:51 pm

nerf psychopaths, see you ingame when you get back.

Derkiet · Post by **Derkiet** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 2:25 pm

Hey, just because I moved in next door to you doesn't mean you need to leave.

cutiecub · Post by **cutiecub** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 2:56 pm

the owner a psychopat? Did the body in the garage told you that

Anonfx · Post by **Anonfx** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 5:38 pm

lol der

Post by **Chrisax** » Tue Jan 02, 2007 8:10 pm

Weird indeed... I hope everything will be OK in your new home, and be back soon.

Alphacenta · Post by **Alphacenta** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 3:49 pm

Scary Kyttn..

Stay unhurt, and be back soon

Kyttn · Post by **Kyttn** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 11:54 am

OK The move has occurred and we are relocated in a nice quiet house next to a church. Much better neighbours!

The internet if now connected.

Unfortunately, the only phone point is in the hallway next to the front door. I have tried to add a wireless router to the LAN so I setup the PCs. However, the only time I managed to connect to the net via the wireless it ran so slow it was worse than dial-up!

I currently have my PC on a card table in the hallway at the front door just so I can reach the modem via an ethernet cable. Any suggestions welcome.

Modem is Netgear DG814
Router is D-Link DI-524UP

Sillanto · Post by **Sillanto** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 12:47 pm

First suggestion is go down to your local pc shop and buy a 20ft ethernet cable and run it to a more comfortable place for you to have a computer.

As for the wireless problem that sounds like a signal problem. What does windows show your signal and connection rate at?

Are there lots of walls between where you had the pc and the access point. Have you got any powercables running round / between the pc and access point as these can cause problems. Try and get the arial on both (if the access point has an arial) in the same orientation. See if rotating the PC case so the back points towards the router helps?

Hexy · Post by **Hexy** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 3:12 pm

Sillanto wrote:First suggestion is go down to your local pc shop and buy a 20ft ethernet cable and run it to a more cumfortable place for you to have a computer.

As for the wireless problem that sounds like a signal problem. What does windows show your signal and connection rate at?

Are there lots of walls between where you had the pc and the access point. Have you got any powercables running round / between the pc and access point as these can cause problems. Try and get the arial on both (if the access point has an arial in the same orientation. See if rotating the PC case so the back points towards the router helps?

err yah what he said...and come back soon!!!

Kyttn · Post by **Kyttn** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 9:36 pm

Signal strength is running about 90%+. I am the only wireless network that I can detect out here.

Part of the problem is (I think) that the modem address is 192.168.1.1 while the router address is 192.168.0.1 The one time I did manage to get the two of them talking was when I changed the router's default address to 192.168.1 240 However, as I said it ran like a wet year! Trying to connect to the Router's own admin functions was slow and while the internet was there it would have taken an hour to load a basic page.

Sillanto · Post by **Sillanto** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 10:41 pm

hmm odd. the first thing i spotted is that the 0/1 difference puts the router and modem on different networks (i believe) Unless you have any settings you really need i suggest a doigna hardware reset on both modem and router, the manual should tell you how to do this but it usually means holding a reset button down on the back for 10s~

Then turn on the router.

Then turn on the PC, make sure its set to automatically get an ip. (Wireless)

Once on chekc you have a connection to the router wirelessly. Easiest way to check is to access the routers internal settings webpage, see manual.

Ones thats working turn on the modem and plug it into the modem/uplink port on the router. Hopefully at this point the modem and the router will talk to each other

canuckg5 · Post by **canuckg5** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 12:25 am

Kyttn wrote:Signal strength is running about 90%+. I am the only wireless network that I can detect out here.

Part of the problem is (I think) that the modem address is 192.168.1.1 while the router address is 192.168.0.1 .

yeah that is strange, seems that you have 2 routers lined up, i have never heard of a ISP providing an ip address the same as a router does. just for test purposes get a direct line to your computer bypassing the router, then go to START>run>cmd>ipconfig. see if the ip address that shows is 192.168.1.1, if it is contact your isp and try to get a different ip address assigned.
Who is your isp?

Kyttn · Post by **Kyttn** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 3:27 am

Sorry for the confusion Canuk, the 192.168.1.1 is the "internal LAN address" of the Modem that connects to the ISP (The Netcomm).

Currently, Sill's first suggestion has won out and we have rearranged the lounge room to squeeze in a table and chairs for the PCs and run 2 10m ethernet cables around the walls to our PCs.

Sill, your suggestion about changing the Router (D-Link) IP to put it on the same LAN as the modem ... When I tried that, connecting to the router's admin pages took approx 60s to download the pages wirelessly (approx 1/2s with default settings) and internet did work ... but was slower than dial up.

I do not know what was interferring with the transmission or operation. I have tried forcing the Modem and the Router to be the default DHCP, but neither option made any difference. I am thinking that this particular router does not like to be used just as an access point.