Hey, recently i bought a D-Link router and im having some trouble getting everything working, any help would be great. Ok i think have everything hooked up right from my cable modem to the other PC. I went into TCP/IP properties and chose obtain IP address automatically. Next i configured the router with my browser, under Change WAN type i chose obtain an IP address from ISP automatically. The next thing i wasnt sure about, i had to enter the "host name given to you by your ISP", it has @home as default so i just left it there. Thats as far as the instruction manual took me and i couldnt connect to the internet with either computer. Under troubleshooting it told me to Run>command>ping 192.168.0.1. I got 4 sucessful connection replies, but it still isnt working. Any ideas? Thanks

I'm not familiar with the D-Link router specifically. But since you are setting up your 2 clients (router and PC) for DHCP, make sure that (a) your ISP uses DHCP, as opposed to a static IP address and (b) your router is set up to operate as a DHCP server and client.

You can tell if DHCP is working by typing ipconfig /all (in Win2K/XP) and checking for "DHCP Enabled: Yes" and the lease expiry date. Since you mentioned you can ping your router, this is probably not an issue, but a good thing to check anyway.

Next, make sure you enter the address of your primary and secondary DNS on the router (these are obtained from your ISP). Without proper DNS addresses, your PC won't be able to resolve site names to IP numbers, and you will only be able to connect to sites using IP addresses.

Now, if you can ping your router (192.168.0.1 or 1962.168.1.1 are common IPs that the router will assign to itself), try pinging something on the Internet using IPs only, e.g., 209.247.51.195. If that works, but names don't (e.g., www.ezboard.com), double check the DNS entries.

Don't fret if that last step doesn't work either, since it is ezboard after all. <img src=http://www.geocities.com/lag999/biggrin.txt>

I have not worked with a dlink but try this
I have my host and domain names blank.

Also I remember having a little trouble with m router getting an IP the first time.

So release your Ip on your PC(s)
Turn off your router
Turn off(or unplug) your cable modem for a couple of mins

turn on/plug in your modem.
turn on your router
Turn on your PC.

Also check to make sure you have your cables plugged in right. The linksys has a port called "Wan" I think Dlink would have something like that. Make sure you have a cable going from your modem to that port.

You sure you have good data cables?
Can you get a good internet connection without the router?

Ah. @Home. One thing, the host name they are talking about is what the tech "named" your computer when he set it up. Network Properties->Identification "Computer Name" is what you are looking for. Mine was C then a long string of numbers.

Also, if the tech installed a nic, you may want to spoof its MAC address. Most routers that I have seen - ok the whole three I have seen, seem to allow you to do this.

I have had issues with my Linksys releasing DNS IP entries when I want to change them (therefore it insisted on using bad DNS entries). For some reason it appears to retain the old entries and use them instead. I think I had to do a hard reset to clear it and even then it wasnt always successful. That could be a Linksys issue but worth checking on your D-Link just in case. It usually means you have to reset the whole router up also which was a pain considering I use a wireless router and have to setup the WEP, etc.

Tudamorf is correct in that your next step is to ping something beyond your router. Your ISP should be able to give you a valid IP so you dont have to guess at whether it is up or not. They should also have some kind of website you could use to test the DNS servers also. I always ping the DNS servers also just for drill to make sure I can get to them.

Basically, start at your internal network and work your way to the Internet, one step at a time. You have already tested the internal portion by pinging your router successfully so you just need to work your way through your ISP and to the Internet. You will find the break pretty quickly using that method. Then it is just a matter of figured out how to fix the break. :)

Thanks guys, i have been at work alot recently havent got a chance to mess with it again. Ill let u guys know how it goes this weekend.

Lerris is quite right...

you must have your computer name in the dlink setup
somewhere.... @HOME has to have it.

Host name doesn't matter in case. It's just an alias for the IP address. It's not why you aren't connecting.

You'll be setting up the WAN or Dlink box IP and then the generic priviate IPs for the home computers you'll be connecting. From what you wrote, you haven't done this next part yet. You'll probably want to use the DLink as a DHCP server -- assuming it sets up like a Linksys. Say if you give the DLink a base LAN IP address (not the same as the WAN address -- this the internal private address) such as: 192.168.1.1 subnet mask 255.255.255.0 then enable DHCP and under the address pool set the first number to 192.168.1.100 mask 255.255.255.0 and the last address to 192.168.1.x where x is number of you computers you are connecting. The private IPs will translate via PAT on the DLIINk and you'll be good to go.

Let us know how it went.

Loth

one thing you should not forget, configure your router as the default gateway. So it should read

default gateway: 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.1.1

You can configure this in the DHCP as well. This will tell your PC to use the router as gateway for any adresses outside of your local network.

DNS, as already said is your ISPs DNS.

Hostname doesn't matter, as it is just a local setting. The network wont notice what the PCs name is, unless you run a local DNS or Wins.

Usualy IP adresses are configures as follows:

Router: 192.168.0.1
Server: 192.168.0.10
PCs IP Range: 192.168.0.30 - 192.168.0.xxx (any number between 30 and 254)
Default Gateway: 192.168.0.1 (your router)
DNS: (your ISPs DNS or your local DNS)
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

Next you will have to do is configure the login to your ISP on your router. Your ISP should have sent you workthrough for this.