How to connect?!?

[Panja]

Hi guys,

First of all great forum! I'm new here and it looks very good.
Second if I'm not posting this in the right forum or break the rules in any way I'm very sorry.

I'm living in Holland and I'm using Chello cable internet.
I've got the Chello Light version.
Internet works great and recently I bought an Edimax Broadband router.
Works perfectly! I can get 2 pc's online at the same time (probably more but I only have 2 )

Now I got a new laptop with WiFi and wanted a W-Lan.
So I bought the Asus wl-500g. But I'm not having any luck...

I removed the Edimax router.
Cable modem -> wl-500g -> cable to my dekstop pc & WiFi to my laptop

But on both machines I dont have internet! it can find my w-Lan but internet does not work!
I did the quicksetup in the admin page.
Ofcourse before I tried it I double checked if my internet actaully works.
Afterthe wl-500g didnt work I tried my Edimax again and internet works...

I'm pretty much lost what to do.

I hope someone can help me out.
I'm using the latest Asus firmware 1.7.5.6
And I tried Antiloop's guide

Cheers
Panja

[max2950]

Hi guys,

First of all great forum! I'm new here and it looks very good.
Second if I'm not posting this in the right forum or break the rules in any way I'm very sorry.

I'm living in Holland and I'm using Chello cable internet.
I've got the Chello Light version.
Internet works great and recently I bought an Edimax Broadband router.
Works perfectly! I can get 2 pc's online at the same time (probably more but I only have 2 )

Now I got a new laptop with WiFi and wanted a W-Lan.
So I bought the Asus wl-500g. But I'm not having any luck...

I removed the Edimax router.
Cable modem -> wl-500g -> cable to my dekstop pc & WiFi to my laptop

But on both machines I dont have internet! it can find my w-Lan but internet does not work!
I did the quicksetup in the admin page.
Ofcourse before I tried it I double checked if my internet actaully works.
Afterthe wl-500g didnt work I tried my Edimax again and internet works...

I'm pretty much lost what to do.

I hope someone can help me out.
I'm using the latest Asus firmware 1.7.5.6
And I tried Antiloop's guide

Cheers
Panja

Hi, i'm french... But i think i have few things that would help you...

First you should check that you have configured your Asus router to use PPPoE since most internet providers... If this does not work, try other connection modes.

To help us identify your problem could you post your asus log file?

Best regards....

[Panja]

Thanks for the reply!

I dont think my provider uses PPPoE but ofcourse I will try that!
(chello uses DCHP without any pass/usernames. Just plug and play..)
I will post the log tonight (not home right now)

Cheers
Marcel

[max2950]

Thanks for the reply!

I dont think my provider uses PPPoE but ofcourse I will try that!
(chello uses DCHP without any pass/usernames. Just plug and play..)
I will post the log tonight (not home right now)

Cheers
Marcel

One thing you could do is look how your other router is configured, and try to set up the same config in the WL500....

I'm asking myself how does chello know which user is connecting to their network if they do not have username/password?

[Panja]

I think they know it by Mac Address...?
Never used a pass/user in my 5 years of Chello...

[skandale]

UPC uses a cable modem. The ID of that box identifies your subscription level, much like how the cable TV system works.

In Norway, you may not move the cable modem between different locations (at least not locations connected to different UPC centrals). I tried this once, and the cable modem stopped working. They lock a cable modem to a specific connection central the first time you connect it to their network.

Best Regards,
(skan)DALE

[Panja]

Thanks for the reply.

But does this mean it wont work for me?
Because a normal router DOES work...

[Dominic]

I had problems until I got the setting right on mine. My provider uses PPPoA, which the ADSL modem deals with.

The WL500g has 4 different settings, one of which is PPPoE, and I think this is the default. However, you probably want to set it to the final setting, which is just to use DHCP and not need a username or password. I had all sorts of problems, some relating to settings on modem, and some to do with ISP, but it's all working perfectly now.

Or I suppose you could always try connecting it to your other router, and connect that to your modem, as an experiment...

Good luck!

Dominic

[gandalf]

Did you already try to reset the cable modem? My own modem (Multikabel) locks to the MAC-address of the NIC it is connected to and if you plug in to another computer/router you have to switch it off for some minutes and then power it up again so that it sets itself to the new MAC-address it is attached to.
Hope this can help you..

[Panja]

Did you already try to reset the cable modem? My own modem (Multikabel) locks to the MAC-address of the NIC it is connected to and if you plug in to another computer/router you have to switch it off for some minutes and then power it up again so that it sets itself to the new MAC-address it is attached to.
Hope this can help you..

Guys, thanks for the replies.
Gandalf I will give this a try later on.

Thanks!

[Panja]

Another problem...
Got home today and tried to get into my admin page but no luck.
I simply can NOT connect to 192.168.1.1
So I cannot change any settings

My edimax wired router still works perfectly

[Panja]

I got the admin page working again but still no internet.
I tried the solution of Gandalf but no luck...

I will attach the status log, maybe someone can help me out...

Thanks

p.s. I just installed Oleg's firmware, latest one c5
No internet

[Antiloop]

ok..

you can do a few things.

as i can't find the modem you are using, so I assume you have a Motorola SB4x00 or similair
if you have one: push the reset button (it's a very small hole at the back of the motorola) be sure you're edimax is not connected anymore but your wl500g is. after you have pushed the reset button it takes a few minutes and your modem should connect again.

second thing you can do is to give the wl500g the same mac address as your edimax router

[Panja]

Hey m8,

I just checked and I have a Motorola SB5100e
There is no reset button it.

I will try and shut the power down and than reboot with the wl-500 connected...

Will let you know later on

[Panja]

This is my edimax systemlog.

Maybe you can find anything?