WRT54G not connecting

My buddy called me tonight and said he bought a WRT54G router. He hooked it all up and had it working for a couple hours and decided to unhook and move downstairs. Well when he unhooked and rehooked, he could not get a connection on either computer. I finally got his laptop back on but as soon as you reconnect the desktop they both lose connection. So only one or the other works. You cannot even run on wired and the other wireless. I didnt have any problems with mine like that. I tried restarting everything like 25 times and didnt help. I dont know what the firmware is. I dont know if it would have anything to do with firmware anyway. I would like to help him out if anyone can figure it out. I not computer litirate so try to help us if you can.

You need your PCs to be using DHCP also. Your router is the DCHP server, your PCs are DHCP clients. Your router will assign IP addresses to the clients that are using DHCP.
Open Control Panel, Network Connections. Right-click your "Local Area Connecton" and click properties. Click to highlight the bottom entry in the box, "Internet Protocol", and click properties. Make sure "Obtain IP address automatically" and "Obtain DNS server address automatically" are selected.
Ok and OK, then let the system get addresses. Sometimes rebooting is a good idea, although not necessary (in XP).
To check what IP address your PC has, click Start, Run, type "cmd" without the quotes in the entry, and press OK. When the DOS window opens, type, without the quotes, "ipconfig". Your IP address will be something like 192.168.1.100. The last number, the 100 or whatever, must be different for all computers on the network.

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When following the setup disc it keeps coming up that it cant find the router although i have followed the instructions and have them connected via the network cable..
Any Help anyone.. please?
Louis R

What is the IP address you are getting on this PC? Check if you can ping to this router with its IP address (default IP: 192.168.1.1) if not then try resetting it for 1 min by pressing the reset button. Once you get the ping then you can try configuring the router.

I had a problem with my WRT54GS not connecting to my inte...

I had a problem with my WRT54GS not connecting to my internet until I cloned my old routers mac address. I was using a BEFW11S4 which was bullet proof and worked for several years until I changed to Wireless G. Upon purchasing the WRT54GS and setting up all parameters exactly like I had before I could not make any connections, wireless or otherwise until I cloned my mac address to the same address as my previous router. Apparently my ISP had that mac address registered and would not properly perform DHCP even though all other paremeters were correct. I read lots of messages here on line with issues with the WRT54GS connecting and this fixed my problem outright. If you upgrade from a previous generation router (Linksys or otherwise apparently) copy your old routers mac address and clone it to your new router and you should be able to connect. This fixed my problem after several hours and days of troubleshooting. Good Luck Karnage

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WRT54G not connecting properly with Netgear switch

I have a WRT54Gv4 which I've been using as both a WAP and a wired switch. I now have too many wired devices to plug into the built-in switch, so I tried to expand the WRT54G using a Netgear FS108 8-port switch. The WRT54G and the FS108 both work perfectly well when not connected to each other, but all hell breaks loose as soon as I plug them together. If I plug the cable into a regular port on the FS108, then the "network activity" light on the corresponding WRT54G port blinks rapidly and continuously. If I plug the cable into the uplink port on the FS108, then the "network activity" light on the FS108 port blinks rapidly and continuously. I get around 50% packet loss trying to communicate between a computer plugged into the WRT54G and another computer plugged into the FS108. I've already tried 3 different cables between the WRT54G and the FS108, and all have exhibited the same problem. I have also tried all kinds of power cycling of the different devices, and nothing I have done has worked.
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If you have McAfee anti-virus, then I guarantee IT IS a McAfee + Vista issue. In the Firewall settings for Vista, enable Peer-to-Peer and add and enable ports TCP 5357, TCP 5358, UDP 3702, TCP 2869, UDP 1900, UDP 137, UDP 138, TCP 139, TCP 445. THEN, disable Vista Firewall and enable McAfee Firewall. Click on Internet & Network Protection and then Configure. This is where the McAfee Firewall protection is enabled. Click on the Advanced tab. Click on Grant Full Access and apply. Click OK, close out and reboot. Your system will utilize the McAfee Firewall and not the Microsoft one, and as long as you have WAP encryption and a private network, your Linksys router will allow printer and file sharing and be protected.

WRT54G not connecting to XBOX 360.

Ok, my Xbox was working fine with my router since I got it, nearly 2 months ago. But just this last week I have not been able to pull an IP address from it, no matter what I try.
It just gives me the error message;
"Your console was unable to negotiate a lease with your DHCP server. Make sure that addresses are available on your server."
I have 3 other devices running on my network, (PC, Wii, and Laptop) and they have no problem connecting. I do have the DHCP users set so enough can connect, and I'm running a wired connection. Power cycling everything hasn't helped yet, either.
I can't even get it to connect if I plug it in straight into the modem.. which as I understand should be pretty straight forward, but I just keep getting the same error. Could this mean something is wrong with Xbox?
Any help would be appreciated!
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Message Edited by scorcho on 01-02-2008 10:44 PM

I tried it with DMZ, it still failed.
Doing a manual setup fails the at IP Address test and gives me the message
"Your gateway did not respond to a network request."
Doing the automatic setup fails as well but gives the message
"Your console was unable to negotiate a lease with your DHCP server. Make sure that addresses are available on your server."
Interestingly enough, it DID pass the IP test a few with manual settings, but it failed on the DNS settings.
I don't know what to make of this.

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My WRT54GS wireless connections wont go through, as it clearly says, Not Connected, yet my network connections will show that I am connected to the internet and indeed, I can browse the web. My biggest problem with this is that eventually (around 10 minutes or so) it will disconnect from the internet, which is a problem since i play online games. Anyone ever had this happen?

under the network connections , what all connections do you see....ensure that any other connection except for the wireless network connection is disabled..
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Hey Guys!
I just got my AirPort Extreme Base, but I can't use my HP Deskjet F4580 wireless printer with it.
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hi..if you want to uninstall the router...the only thing you need to do is hold the reset button down for 30 seconds...
i m a bit confused here as to why the ISP techs asked you to forward ports on the router...port forwarding is needed for a specific application or a device that is behind the router....
the mentioned ports are for AOL messenger ( AIM )....and has nothing to do with the modem...anyways , let us work out together on this issue...carry out the steps i mention and you can revert back with the results and your success rate...
1) connect the computer to the modem and check what ip address you have on the computer ??
2) go to start -> control panel -> network connections ->
let me know what other icons you have besides Local Area Connection and Wireless Network Connection..
3)connect the computer to the router and the router to the modem...
access the router using http://192.168.1.1 .. let the internet connection type be on DHCP....check the ip address on the status page of the router ui...
4) if it is 0.0.0.0 , go to setup tab and go to mac address clone subtab , enable it and hit clone..save the settings and do a power cycle...
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6)if the ip address comes up as 192.168.1.x , change the local ip add of the router to 192.168.2.1 and do a power cycle..
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[WRT54G] Random connection drops on hardwired computer but not wireless connections

I bought a WRT54G, it's a version 6 if that matters, using the latest Linksys firmware.
The WRT54G is connected to my main desktop and DSL modem, dynamic IP and PPPoE. I set the router with a static IP, there's WPA2 going as well.
I have a notebook and another desktop computer connected wirelessly.
The issue is that my main computer will seem to lose its Internet connection randomly for 15 minutes and then come back by itself.
The problem is hard to describe but I'll try:
Let's say everything is working fine, I go on www.someforum.com/forums and browse around then I go to www.bestbuy.com and click a few links.
Then the issue starts, I get a "Cannot find server" to sites I haven't visited yet in this session like Google or eBay. I can't ping them either. However, if I go to Best Buy or here, it still works fine. I can still browse the forums. So, it seems like somehow, if the connection is "cached," everything still works but I can't make new connections.
Also, during that 15 minutes when my hardwired desktop has the problem, my 2 other computers work fine over wireless.
I can access my router at 192.168.1.1 at all times.

Using the 2 procedures that you noted (answer ID 688 and 534) will get you port forwarding to a computer at a fixed LAN IP address behind your router. This means that your desktop computer would have a fixed LAN IP address that is set in the computer itself, and not assigned by the router's DHCP server. It sounds like the DHCP server is giving addresses to your other computers.
It is important to know what fixed LAN IP address you have assigned your desktop computer. The reason for this is that Linksys has specific rules about assigning fixed LAN IP addresses, and if you don't follow those rules, you can get problems like the one you originally described. That is the reason that I have pursued this question.
When you assign a fixed LAN IP address, it must follow these rules:
1) Any fixed LAN IP address must be outside the DHCP server range, which is typically 192.168.1.100 thru 192.168.1.149
2) The fixed LAN IP address must be consistant with the default gateway address, that is it must typically be in the form of 192.168.1.x
3) The "x" in item 2 cannot be equal to 1 or 255
So typically, a fixed LAN IP address must be in the range of:
192.168.1.2 thru 192.168.1.99 or
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So for example, if you assigned your desktop computer an address of 192.168.1.101, this could be the cause for your problem. So what address did you assign to your desktop computer when you used the Answer ID 534 procedure?

My Linksys WRT54GS says that I am not connected to the internet, but I really am. Why?

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Horsey!
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I amp having the same problem. I tried what you had said about using the xbox settings but no luck. I found a link that told me to open these ports:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/mediacenter/firewall.mspx#EMG
It says Inbound and outbound, but I have no idea what that means. I basically went to Port Range Forwading (I have the BEFSX41 wired router by the way.). It would only allow me to put in 10 . Also there is no incoming and outgoing!!?? So if there was just 1 number for the port I put that number in both Start and end, and if it had 2 number I put the 1st one as start and the second one as end.
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