Hi. I have a Belkin wireless router model F5D7234-4 version 5. I switched to DHCP long enough to access the router via
Firefox browser and look at all the settings. I turned off all encryption and other security related functions in order to
just get it going. The IP of the router is 192.168.2.1 which is the default for this router. It is set to channel 6. I can
not ping the router from either of two machines using regular ethernet or wireless. I have very limited experience with
routers and am in need of help so I can use this for wireless connection to my living room box to my laptop in the bedroom
about 50 feet away. I tried changing the gateway from the living room box IP number to the router IP number with no
success. I don't have anything connected to the internet port on the router. The living room box and the laptop are
connected to the ethernet ports on the router. Ethernet works fine. Wireless does not. I compiled and installed the
drivers for my wireless card on the laptop, a Realtek 8176 which uses the kernel modules rtl8192ce, rtlwifi and mac80211.
ifup wlan0 brings up the wlan interface with these modules loaded. Right now I just want to be able to ping the router
using regular ethernet. That would tickle me pink at this point. I downloaded the manual but I just can't seem to make
headway. Thanks in advance.

Hello SharpyWarpy,

I did not fully understand your issue.

Are you sure that the IP-adress for the Belkin is still 192.168.2.1 or is it possible, that you've changed it by accident?

Could you please post the output of ifconfig from a computer which is connected via ethernet and the output of iwconfig from a wlanclient?

Can't you access the Belkin via it't webinterface at adress http://192.168.2.1 ?

Markus

Thank you for your reply, markush. I'm sorry I have not replied but I have not been getting email notifications from this forum although I have notifications turned on in my account preferences. Having said that I fixed the problem. It was the subnet mask. I changed it in the router to match my LAN, which is 192.168.0 and that did it. Thanks again.