Switching from cable modem to DSL

I have a WRT54G that is connected to a desktop computer. I also have a laptop. I am currently trying to switch from cable modem to At&T DSL service. AT&T uses a Motorola 2210 modem. I am having trouble setting up the router under the new DSL system. I have an intenet connection when I connect straight from the modem to the desktop. When I connect the computer to the modem through the router I do not have internet connection, even though the appropriate lights are lit (according to the instructions found on the Linksys site).
I have tried to connect to the router website, but obviously connot when I do not get an internet signal with the modem connected to the router. How do I correct this problem?

As you have changed your Internet Service Providor from Cable to DSL you should reset your router first...
Press and hold the reset button for 30 seconds...Release the reset button...Unplug the power cable from your router, wait for 30 seconds and re-connect the power cable...Now re-configure your router using the link here

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Need help switching from cable modem to DSL

Howdy all. I've had an iMac for a few months now and I'm still clueless. LOL (PC user for years). Please list all the steps I need to do to switch from dial up to DSL. All help is appreciated and needed.
Thanks.
craftology.

As you dont say where in the world you are it is impossible to give specific information. However this is how it works in the UK. ISP's dont install anything for you. You sign up with the ISP, you purchase a package, this varies from the speed i.e 2mb, 8mb 16mb 20mb per sec.
You then have options such as unlimited downloads, or a monthly data cap. Then you pay for your first month usually with a debit/credit card and setup a direct debit from your bank account there after. Some contracts are for 12 months others are 3 months and some are 1 month at a time.
But the thing you need to be aware of in the UK if you already have cable then this usually means you have cable TV and a cable provided phone line. In the UK you cannot get DSL on a cable phone line you have to get a British Telecom line.
You then provide your BT phone number to the ISP. Then after they process your payment they inform you as to when your line will be activated and then they send you a preconfigured ADSL router. You just then follow the instruction plug it in and it works. Most boxes have WPA setup already and have the password printed on the bottom of the router. An engineer does not come to your house unless the is a problem and they detected a line fault that requires and engineer visit.
Of course if you are a business you can pay for a engineer visit to setup the network as well but this costs money.
edit just saw that your location in your profile is listed as 'Mo' where is 'Mo
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How to reconfigure WRT300N from cable modem to DSL modem

I have moved my wireless WRT300N router from my home in Michigan where it was configured using a cable modem for the internet connection to my Florida home where I use DSL. I went though the routine of using the install disk to re-set up the modem to use the DSL line and it fails to connect to the internet. I did this twice, first using my new Vista os computer, and then thinking Vista was a problem, I tried the same procedure using an older XP os machine. Both gave me the same result getting a message that the router could not connect to the internet.
Any idea what is going on? The DSL line is connected to the internet otherwise I would not be online right now asking this question.
Thanks all for your help.
Jerry

Before you try to use the CD setup disk, you need to reset the router to factory defaults, using the reset button on the back of the router.
To reset your router to factory defaults, use the following procedure:
1) Power down all computers, the router, and the modem, and unplug them from the wall.
2) Disconnect all wires from the router.
3) Power up the router and allow it to fully boot (1-2 minutes).
4) Press and hold the reset button for 30 seconds, then release it, then let the router reset and reboot (2-3 minutes).
5) Power down the router.
6) Connect one computer by wire to port 1 on the router (NOT to the internet port).
7) Power up the router and allow it to fully boot (1-2 minutes).
8) Power up the computer (if the computer has a wireless card, make sure it is off).
9) Try to ping the router. To do this, click the "Start" button > All Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt. A black DOS box will appear. Enter the following: "ping 192.168.1.1" (no quotes), and hit the Enter key. You will see 3 or 4 lines that start either with "Reply from ... " or "Request timed out." If you see "Reply from ...", your computer has found your router.
10) Open your browser and point it to 192.168.1.1. This will take you to your router's login page. Leave the user name blank, and in the password field, enter "admin" (with no quotes). This will take you to your router setup page. Note the version number of your firmware (usually listed near upper right corner of screen). Exit your browser.
If you get this far without problems, try the setup disk (or setup the router manually, if you prefer), and see if you can get your router setup and working.
If you cannot get "Reply from ..." in step 9 above, your router is dead.
If you get a reply in step 9, but cannot complete step 10, then either your router is dead or the firmware is corrupt. In this case, use the Linksys tftp.exe program to try to reload your router with the latest firmware. After reloading the firmware, repeat the above procedure starting with step 1.
If you need additional help, please state your ISP, the make and model of your modem, your router's firmware version, and the results of steps 9 and 10. Also, if you get any error messages, copy them exactly and report back.
Please let me know how things turn out for you.

HT2497 Using Time Machine for home wifi just fine. Switched to cable modem from DSL. Now having trouble connecting laptops to wifi. ISP says it is not their fault. Mac books won't connect on their own.

Changed from DSL to cable modem. Now Mac book pro won't connect to wifi - Time Machine?
One Mac ok, other not. Help?

Thanks. We have been using an existing Time Machine for wifi. Cable modem replaced DSL router and was hooked up to Time Machine. What's odd is that 3 computers and iPad2 are connecting to home wifi just fine, using exact same network and password as before. My Mac book pro and an older iPad are not. IPhones are also connecting to home wifi just fine. I managed to get my Mac book pro hooked one time by copying ip address from a Mac that was working (entered manually) then turning that one off. That's not what I need.
The error message is "no ip address".

Upgraded to Maverick. Now cannot connect to wifi. All my other devices will connect. Have rest wireless hot spot switch and cable modem. Other devices still connect but MacPro does not. MacPro wireless is self assigning an IP address blocking access.

Upgraded to Maverick. Now cannot connect to wifi. All my other devices will connect. Have rest wireless hot spot switch and cable modem. Other devices still connect but MacPro does not. MacPro wireless is self assigning an IP address blocking access. It will connect if I connect to my iPhone hot spot via wifi. Any ideas?

If you follow this video you'll see how to delete your WiFi AP from the OS, this will allow you to select it again which I feel will correct your problem.
https://app.box.com/s/fe7v7h7kywjr23spumqp

Switching from Cable TV to Direct TV--need input on DirectTV

I am thinking of switching from CABLE TV to DIRECT TV..can anyone give me any advice when dealing with DirectTV..much appreciated..Thanks

I would NOT switch to Directv through Verizon..The Verizon sales rep failed to mention several key "additional" charges and when I tried to get them straightened out I got the runaround from both Verizon and Directv. This continues and has gone on for months. I have been charged $50 and higher on top of the "total" price quoted by Verizon.
Do your research on Directv well. I can no longer get most Philly sporting team games, the weather channel does not have true "local on the eights", and I have more frequent signal issues than I had with cable. There are other issues.
I looked into NFL Sunday Ticket. They want $319 for the season and there is no guarantee I will be able to see my team's games. That is outrageous. There must be a lot of subscribers with more money than they know what to do with if Directv is able to charge that kind of money.

EA4500 Won't get a DHCP WAN address from Cable Modem

I have an EA 4500 that I used to replace a bad WRT45 (or something like that). We have an ADT camera system that allows you to view the cameras locally and remotely. All I have to do is set a static internal address on the DVR and the public IP on the router in the application. I duplicated the setting in the old router and everything was running smoothly. However, the speed test result I was getting from the router and speedtest.net were not even close to what we were paying for (wireless and wired. But it was functional.
I called Comcast and they said we needed a Docsis 3 modem. So, I went to the Comcast office and they traded out my modem for a docsis 3. Hooked it up and everything was working again. Speeds were better but not really up to par. Hooked my laptop directly into the new modem and I was getting speeds off the charts. Frustrated, I called Comcast, they said the modem needed to be put in Bridge mode. Then the EA4500 wouldn't get a DHCP WAN adress. They took it out of bridge mode. Same result.
They sent a tech out (Mind you I've been a Network Engineer for almost 20 yrs) and he tells me they gave me the wrong modem (I wasn't there either, roommate let him in). He replaced the modem with a new all inclusive router/switch/wifi modem. He then proceeds to setup a whole new network, which of course , except the laptops that connected, my devices don't see ( printers, cameras, dvr, etc). Then, this baffles me... he did a factory reset on my EA4500. So now there are 2 seperate networks one with slow Internet and one without WAAN services.
After all this, my EA4500 still will not get a WAN address when plugged into the new modem. I would just use their new modem but to make any config changesto it, something as simple as changing the SSID name or the password, you have to call them. They won't give you access to the admin page.
Anyone have any ideas why my EA4500 won't get a WAN address? Oh, btw, I did do a MAC address clone on the EA4500 while connected to the modem and it DID get the address, but the speeds were dismal, not even 1mb up or down.

@stix180
There is a need to reset and reconfigure the EA4500 router to work with the new modem. There are certain configurations on the router that will make it work for a particular modem, and this might be causing the issue. Cable modem authenticates end users through username and password but there are cable modem/router as well in which the IP address are on the same range with the default IP address of the router. Please try to check the IP address of the computer wired directly to your modem, it should not be on the same IP address range with the EA4500 router since it will cause IP address conflict. You can change the default IP address of your router from 192.168.1.1 to 10.10.10.1. Please try to make sure that your router also has the latest firmware version installed. And it would help if you do port forwarding on the router for your camera and DVRs to resolve NAT issues.

Should Iplace my ethernet switch between cable modem and airport extreme?

I'm looking for the best placement of an ethernet switch in my home network.
Should I place it "between" my cable modem and my AEBS or connect it to the output from my AEBS?
The current placement is connected to one of the AEBS outputs.
I'm attempting to set up an old AE (802.11 a/g from 2004) with a different network name than my home network, that I'm trying to set up for a college dorm network and each time I plug the AE to the switch to confirm its functionality, my network gets a little confused.
Help appreciated.
Regards,
jim P.

Should I place it "between" my cable modem and my AEBS or connect it to the output from my AEBS?
This all depends on whether you have a simple modem.....or.....a modem/router or gateway combination device.
If you have a simple modem, you cannot place the switch between the modem and the AEBS. The reason for this is that the modem can only deliver one valid IP address and it will be a matter of chance as to which of the devices connected to the switch receives it. The other device connected to the switch will not be able to access the Internet.
If you have a modem/router or gateway type of device, you can place the switch after the modem/router and before the AEBS if you wish, although there is really no advantage to doing so unless this makes things easier for you in terms of hook up.
If none of this makes much sense at all to you, leave the switch in its current location connected to one of the LAN <-> ports on the AEBS since that setup will work correctly no matter what type of "modem" that you might have.

Connecting Cisco 2821 Router, Switch, and Cable Modem

Hey everyone,
I am currently in the Cisco Network Academy at my school and just finished CCNA 1. I have a few questions though.
I am purchasing new equipment and that equipment includes:
1-Cisco 2821 2-port Gigabit Router
1-Linksys SE3016 16-Port Gigabit Switch (unmanaged)
1-Cisco WAP4410n Wireless Access Point
1-Motorla SurfBoard Gigabit Cable Modem (no router built in-Just standalone Modem used with Comcast Xfinity High Speed Internet)
1-12U Network Rack (not enclosed)
I am confused on how I will connect the cable modem to the router and the router to the switch and the WAP so that I still have WiFi. Since the router only has 2 Ge Ports, how would I cable this up?
If my assumptions are correct, would I do the following set up?
Take the Cable Modem and run a Straight Thru to Port 1 of the Router.
Connect the Switch Port 1 to Port 2 of the Router using a Straight Thru cable (I believe I will most likely have to Subnet a network, won't I?).
Connect Switch Port 2 to WAP using Straight Thru Cable (so I still have WiFi in my home).
Connect all my computers and other devices to the Switch (this includes several PC's/Laptops, two printers that are ethernet, two TV's that are ethernet, an AppleTV and a Blue Ray Player that are both ethernet, and some Cisco Powerline Network Adapters).
Will that set up work?
Also, how would I configure the router to work with my cable modem AND act as a DHCP Server so that all of my devices get IP Addresses? I have the Cisco Command Guide Book, but it is confusing to me as of now.
Thanks!
Chris

A good start but a few points I would make.
If you set the clock manually, you may find it resets itself after a router reboot. I would look at pointing it at an NTP server:
#ntp server x.x.x.x
#clock timezone GMT (Assuming you are UK based)
Although not required, I would put a description on each of the interfaces as it may help identify them later if you are not physically in front of the Router.
#interface gi0/0
#description WAN
Same for LAN
You have set up your LAN subnet with a /16 subnet mask which is effectively 10.0.0.1 - 10.0.255.254. This is a large subnet allowing over 65k hosts which is not best practice on enterprise networks. It probably won't cause you any issues but I doubt you will have any more than 254 hosts so personally I would use a /24 subnet (255.255.255.0)
The only major thing missing is NAT which needs to be configured on the router to translate the LAN IP addresses from their 10.* private range to the Public IP address on the Gi0/0 WAN Interface.
Firstly you need to define the 'inside' and 'outside' NAT interfaces which is fairly self explanatory:
#interface gi0/0
#ip nat outside
#interface gi0/1
#ip nat inside
Gi0/0 is your outside interface because its facing the Outside world (i.e the internet) and Gi0/1 is your inside interface because its facing Inside your LAN.
Then you need to tell the router which addresses to translate against by first creating an access list:
#ip access-list standard LAN-Addresses
#permit 10.0.0.0 0.0.255.255
Finally you need to tell the router to start translating:
#ip nat inside source list LAN-Addresses interface gi0/0 overload
Oh, I have just noticed that you do not have a 'default route' configured. A router forwards packets by first looking up the destination IP address of the packet (i.e where its going) in it's own routing table. Obviously home routers are not going to have an entry for every Public IP subnet on the internet so they use something called a default route which effectively says 'If I cannot find an entry for this packet in my routing table, use the default route'.
As you are on DHCP and your IP address (and even default gateway) could change on your WAN interface, I would not bother with the next hop address in the default route but rather use the outgoing interface as below:
#ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 gi0/0
Hope this helps!

How to share internet connection from cable modem through built-in airport on imac?

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The setup I had working is what I have connected to the internet now. A cable modem with one ethernet jack that plugs into the iMac. The airport from the iMac broadcast to my G5 with an airport card in it and received the internet connection. The PC received it the same way from the iMac but to a Netgear wireless adapter.
I messed things up recently adding a wired 4 port ethernet router between the iMac and the modem, so that the modem ethernet plugged into the router, and from the router, plugged into the iMac which then could receive the internet but no more airport connections to my other machines. Haven't been able to get it working since.

Unable to DHCP from Cable Modem

I have to manually set the external ip on my TC every time my ISP (Knology) updates my cable modem. If I set the TC to receive DHCP from the modem, I don't receive an IP. I've reset my modem many times using a variety of methods. Nothing helped. As soon as I connect my MBP directly to the Modem and receive the latest public IP, I turn right around and enter the IP into the TC. Knology provides a renewed public IP on the average of once a week. Obviously having to reset the TC once a week is time consuming and annoying. Any ideas?

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Airport Extreme Cannot see Live Internet Connection from Cable Modem

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When I run a cable directly from my cable modem to my MacBook everything works fine. In fact, that is how I am connected to the Internet right now.
However, when I run the same cable into my Airport Extreme (AE) and then connect my MacBook to the AE (wired or wireless), the AE reports a problem connecting to the Internet. This is a new situation as everything has been working fine for months. I have changed nothing in this set-up for it to stop working.
I can only assume the at the AE is broken: the Internet connection is live, it was working fine for months and then stopped working. Is there anything I should try before I throw the AE in the garbage?
Thanks in advance.

Welcome to the discussions!
It appears as if you may not be aware that cable modems must be completely reset whenever the device that they are connected to changes. The reason for this is that the cable modem "remembers" the device that it has been connected to. In your case, it's "remembering" your computer and looking for it when you plug it in to the AirPort Extreme.
You need to make your modem "forget" your computer. Here's how:
o Push the reset button on the modem if there is one on your modem
o Power the modem down immediately after you push the reset button
o Pull the battery in the modem if it's easily accessible
o Leave the modem powered down at least 20-30 minutes (Some ISPs take longer)
Power down the rest of your network as well.
After the power down period, start the modem first and let it run 3-4 minutes by itself
Then start the Airport Extreme (you may need to "hard reset" the device again to start over on the configuration) and let it run a few moments
Then start your computers one at a time
Please post back on your progress. Remember, if you need to connect your computer directly to the modem again, you must reset the modem again because it will "remember" the AirPort Extreme if you have reset it correctly.

HT4259 Wanting to extend WiFi from Cable Modem WiFi using Time Capsule

Hello,
I'm trying to extend my existing WiFi in my house that is hosted by my Cable Modem by placing my Time Capsule in my garage (so not connecting time capsule to cable modem using ethernet). I get a WiFi signal from my cable modem in my garage, so can I somehow add my Time Capsule to the existing network to extend it out there? Or does this configuration require I connect it using ethernet?
Thanks,
Jeff

Apple designed the Time Capsule and their other routers to only wirelessly extend the signal from another Apple router....an AirPort Express, AirPort Extreme or another Time Capsule......so the chances that the Time Capsule could extend the wireless network from your cable modem/router are just slightly above zero.
You should plan to connect the Time Capsule using a wired Ethernet connection.
If you cannot run the Ethernet cable.....then a pair of Ethernet powerline adapters might be able to send the signal over the existing AC power lines in your home and garage.

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Just got an AirPort Extreme and have attempted to install it. It won't pull an IP address from my cable modem, and sends my ethernet connected Mac a 10.0.1.....IP address which Mediacom tells me means the router is not talking to the modem correctly. I've tried resetting the router to factory defaults and just about every power cycle pattern one can think of between the modem, router and computer. Any ideas?
This is the third router I have owned and is by far the hardest one to get started out of the box..very frustrated as this is the exact opposite of all of my Apple experiences.

The following is how I fixed my AE basestation after a firmware upgrade and was finally able to establish internet connection to my IBM laptop after four months of AE not working (flashing amber)...at the same time I was setting up a brand new ADSL connection as I moved from Taipei to Beijing so this may help...
The solution listed is for PC Airport Utility 5.3.2 but I think similar steps will work for Macs. The important thing is to get a ethernet cable connection from basestation to computer. After that it is a lot of "button pushing"...my instructions are to the best of my recollection...
My firmware is 7.3.1
Here is what finally worked for me:
1. Power on Extreme basestation without any cables attached. Make sure your PC wireless radio is turned off (don't know if this is required but it is how I did it).
2. Connect ethernet cable from Extreme to PC---do not connect internet cable.
3. Do hard reset by pushing reset button on back of box until it quickly flashes amber and immediately release.
4. Wait ~30-45 secs
5. Open Airport Utility (or if already open, click "Rescan")
6. If AU finds your basestation but reports it isn't working, click on "Manual" (bottom left button). If AU doesn't find basestation, repeat steps 3-5...several times if necessary.
7. Open "Airport", click on "Status" and then either "Fix" or "Ignore" each error listed.
8. Save "No Internet Connection" error for last. For this one, plug in your internet cable to the basestation. You may have to reenter you ISP information.
9.Click on "Internet" and change connection from "Ethernet" to "PPOe"
10.Disconnect ethernet cable from basestation to PC
11. At this point you should have Internet and a Green LED.
12. Start your wireless radio on and hopefully you be able to surf at will.
13. One final suggestion if you find your connection is intermittent is to change the "Channel" (under "Airport" and "Summary") from "Automatic" to "Channel 1" (or other fixed channel). It fixed my intermittent connection problem...
As noted before, the above is to the best of my recollection but I have disabled updating on the Basestation now...I will never, ever, ever, change upgrade this firmware again... that is what started my problem...

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