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10-19-2004, 11:47 PM
The Setting:
1. A standard computer connects to our school's network and the outside Internet through Ethernet ports located in each dorm room. Each computer has its own static IP address.
2. I am trying to use a Linksys 802.11b wireless thing that connects to the school's network via Ethernet and has 4 Ethernet hubs and wireless receptors. It has its own static IP address.
3. The connection is, well, flaky. The power light is on, the Internet light (when connected via Ethernet) is on, and the LAN lights (if a computer connects to the Linksys via Ethernet) work. The only light that's flaky (and apparently my Internet connection is dependent on it) is the Wireless-B light. Although it makes sense that if this light isn't working, wireless users can't access the internet, a computer connected to the Linksys via Ethernet cabling also can't access the internet. To which I have to say...
<font size=+4>WTF?</font>
So help me out someone. How can I get this thing to be less flaky? I don't have the instruction manual, so anyone with this model router and has the manual would be really appreciated here. Help me out.
1. A standard computer connects to our school's network and the outside Internet through Ethernet ports located in each dorm room. Each computer has its own static IP address.
2. I am trying to use a Linksys 802.11b wireless thing that connects to the school's network via Ethernet and has 4 Ethernet hubs and wireless receptors. It has its own static IP address.
3. The connection is, well, flaky. The power light is on, the Internet light (when connected via Ethernet) is on, and the LAN lights (if a computer connects to the Linksys via Ethernet) work. The only light that's flaky (and apparently my Internet connection is dependent on it) is the Wireless-B light. Although it makes sense that if this light isn't working, wireless users can't access the internet, a computer connected to the Linksys via Ethernet cabling also can't access the internet. To which I have to say...
<font size=+4>WTF?</font>
So help me out someone. How can I get this thing to be less flaky? I don't have the instruction manual, so anyone with this model router and has the manual would be really appreciated here. Help me out.