Penny Arcade Forums› Help / Advice Forum
The new forums will be named Coin Return (based on the most recent vote)! You can check on the status and timeline of the transition to the new forums here.
The Guiding Principles and New Rules document is now in effect.

Setting up DSL on a router

urahonkyurahonky Cynical Old ManRegistered User regular
edited July 2009 in Help / Advice Forum
Hey guys.

So yeah I work in IT and this is pretty embarrassing but frustrating. I just got myself AT&T DSL and can't seem to get it to work with my Linksys WRT54G2 router.

I set the router to PPPoE, set the username and password correctly. Then I tell it to connect and it does not get an IP address.

It clearly works wired, but for whatever reason it will not work through the router.

I tried setting it as DHCP Server, but still nothing happens. What the hell am I missing?

urahonky on

Posts

  • matt has a problemmatt has a problem Points to 'off' Points to 'on'Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    We had the same DSL provider and same router at work (Well, WRT54G), and I didn't have to set it to PPPoE. It worked just like cable worked, no username or password necessary. Pretty straightforward plug-and-play.

    matt has a problem on
    nibXTE7.png
  • DrFrylockDrFrylock Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    If you have a dsl modem that's already doing the PPPoE, then you do not also need to do it on the router. Also make sure your router IP is not conflicting with your modem's. I recently got dsl and had to put my router on 192.168.2.x so i didn't have a conflict on the 192.168.1.x subnet.

    DrFrylock on
  • urahonkyurahonky Cynical Old Man Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    God I love you guys. I changed the subnet to 192.168.2.x and set it to DHCP and it worked like a champ. Thanks guys.

    urahonky on
Sign In or Register to comment.
Penny Arcade Forums› Help / Advice Forum