SETTING UP A WIRELESS NETWORK?

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OK thanks guys for taking the time to explain things, before I go offline and try through the router I was wondering if i should tick the option to block an ICMP ping?

 

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Thats similiar, if not the same thing as ping -t *insert ip address*. when someone constantly pings your machine shite loads of times to get access to your computer

 

Is this a typo, dont you mean "automaticaly assign IP ADDRESS from ISP???

 

No - don't try advanced stuff before you get the basics working.

Harry.

 

it shows it under the firewall settings actually it describes it as an example, just never heard of it? I wondered what effect it could have??

 

Im not sure, but I have because a lot of hakers use the internet control message protol

 

Yes and no. The point of the DNS info is so the network behind the router can look up machine names. However, this makes no difference to being able to connect, or to using IP addressing for pings and traceroutes.

Hence my comment about it being of lesser importance.

Harry.

 

Yeah sorry mate, it's getting late and I need some caffine in my body to keep awake

 

Don't try to mess with the firewall before you have this thing connected. You will only make life more difficult for yourself!

In many cases the default PC firewall will be perfectly adequate while you get the basics sorted.

Harry.

 

Thanks Stu!

 

The two are not the same.

Both settings can be set from the ISP.

Harry.

 

Good point, thanks Harry

 

Cheeks have you got a wireless network? if so what gear do you use?

 

I'm off to bed anyway mate. Good luck (even though I think you have cracked it now. One more thing, If any of the machines on his network is Win98 then it wont support WPA so you will need to download some software, but I'll give you the info in the morning. Let us know how it went!!

 

Yes, I know. Its just the way it is worded lead me to believe it should have said IP. Most of the time routers lump DNS and IP options into one, so you only have to tick one box to get all the info.

night all

 

No i dont... I did have one some time ago, but took it down as i rarely used it, and the main reason for using it was to try and "hack" my network...

I'm all hard-wired now baby... pc's, laptop, xbox

 

OK I still can't get connected through the setup , the message shown is "internet account information not accepted"

Which is weird because I have eb=ven cut and paste it from the site into the setup boxes!!

If it wasn't my mates router i would be testing out my shot putting skills with it right now!! You should see how far I can throw a 17" CRT.

OK here are the steps,

1) connect the PC through Lan port RJ45 to back of router
2) connect the Router RJ11 to ADSL filter with RJ11 Connection
3) Switch on the router and wait for setup.
4) run CD/setup and follow instructions

After this bit it asks for the internet provider, well it's not on the list it's a BT phone line but Eclipse internet provider. So I chose PPPoA settings enter the VPI/VCI and enter username and password.

 

Sparky if I post a screen shot here of the ipconfig all settings shown in the command window am I opening myself for attackes by hackers?? is it safe to post the infor?

 

UCM,

Can I suggest you go and sleep and tackle the problem with a fresh mind tomorrow. I used to do that and my brain got fried a few times and ended up making mistakes that made the problem worse