Shoutbox

On Friday evening i got my new computer (yay finally), and so i started to set it up. Today i came to set up the internet. Before doing this i went to the website of my router and found this guide to connect to the internet as i have no idea how to set it up.
I connected the Internet cable from my modem to my router and the LAN cable from my router to my computer.
I booted up my computer and went into FF. The page could not be loaded. So i started to follow the instructions on the sheet. And got stuck on step 2. When i input http://192.168.0.1 on that computer, still nothing works and it says it cannot be found. (Obviously it works on my current computer).

Does anyone know why this is happening?
Should i install the firmware then try again?

Help would be much appreciated

Dont bother with firmware, its dangrous, if power goes out or something goes wrong, you have to buy a brand new one.

Why type of internet do you have? You generally dont have to set up anything on your computer (Unless its dialup, and maybe cable, im not sure, but it would probably be like ADSL and have all your settings in your router).

Try going to 10.1.1.1. And look and see if all the settings look right. Eg, see if the username and password are correct.

Try other browsers as well (IE, Opera, Safari). See if they can connect up.

I have Optus Cable. I tried in IE and FF (only ones installed on the new pc). It didnt work in both browsers.

Well admidtly, ive had 0 experince with cable.... cant really help you sorry.

Are you saying that the routers config screen will not open on your new computer? If it does open on your other computer do it from there... Make sure your router gives your computer an IP-address with DHCP.

If you can't reach the config screen with ANY computer, try to set your ip manually, 192.168.0.10 or something, with subnet 255.255.255.0 and gateway 192.168.0.1, the try again to load the config screen.

The router config screen will not open on my New computer (opens fine on my old computer). So what are you saying i should do?

Open it on the old one and make sure the router is set to give your computer an ip address with DHCP, so search the config screen for the DHCP settngs and make sure it's on and giving out correct ip-addresses.

Using the router as a  DHCP server is enabled (not sure if this is what you meant), but this is the only trace DHCP i can find.

You need to double check your TCP/IP properties under network connections [or your routers if it's supposed to be automatic], you probably don't have the correct addresses.

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Originally posted by zach
You need to double check your TCP/IP properties under network connections, you probably don't have the correct addresses.

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how do i do that? =/