Hi All,

I'm running ubuntu 5.04 on two machines and want them both to have Internet connectivity so... I went out and bought a Belkin 4 port router to accomodate them. I followed the setup instruction with the acception of course of using the install cd (for mac and windows). I get power on the router and with both cat 5s going fron the NICS to the router and then another cat 5 from the router to my wireless port, I get amber lights on the router and no connect6ivity> I'm stuck and not sure how to procede from here.

Any Help?


Thanks,

aq

Can you access the router control panel?

Go to a web browser on one of your machines, and try the address 192.168.2.1 (I have a belkin and that's the address for mine--but yours might differ. If that address doesn't work, the right one will be in the manual someplace)

Thanks so much for the reply,

I'm new to routers and just want to make sure I understand. A workstation connected to the Belkin router should be able to access a setup gui on the router via a browser using the router's factory assigned ip address? From there, is there a gui setup page where I can work on setting up my other machines to connect? Sorry for the excruciating newbism.

Many Thanks,

ab

" I get power on the router and with both cat 5s going fron the NICS to the router and then another cat 5 from the router to my wireless port, I get amber lights on the router and no connect6ivity> I'm stuck and not sure how to procede from here."

I just want to make sure I understand your setup. You have the 4 port switch (built into the router) and also a port labeled WAN. Is this correct? You have your 2 workstations plugged into ports on the switch. Then you have the cable from the WAN port going to ??? Is it going to your cable modem? Do you have a wireless internet provider and you connect through some kind of wireless bridge that you got from them?

I just want to make sure. If you have your computers plugged into the router's switch ports, you should be able to, as was said in a previous post, open up a web browser and go to 192.168.2.1 and configure your router.

Yep, that's right. As long as you have a machine connected to the router, it can access the control panel.

Thanks for the confirmation. I'll roll on this and see what happens.

-ab