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Lost ability to connect to home network after phone/DSL failure
After some stormy weather, our phone service went out. After it came back, our desktop PC, direct-connected to DSL modem and router is working fine. We have a Dell laptop that is connected to the network via a netgear USB adaptor. Before the phone system went down, no problems. Now we cannot get the laptop online via our own secure network, but we can access someone else's (non secured) network.
When connected to our own, it shows very strong signal but with limited or no connectivity. The router is plugged into a power strip that has surge protection. The router is the WPN824v2
Re: Lost ability to connect to home network after...
Recreate your wlan network. WLAN signal refers only to radio signal between Router and PC no link with your capability to pass-through: wrong password, access list or firewall can block your access with the strongest radio signal. Check (or recreate ) your credential on your PC. Check if you can log as admin into your Router.
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First, Are you in an area that could possibly not be getting good reception? i.e. basement, thick walled room or is the weather outside stormy?
If you are in an area that might not be getting adequate signal I would suggest going to a window or possibly another room in the house.
If it is stormy outside the cell tower in your area could possibly have been damaged or just too much electrical interference from storm to allow phone enough phone signal to your Motorola E815
Also, make sure your cell phone plan is up to date and paid, your service provider may have canceled your phone or temporarily shut off your service.
The difference between a Lsn Card and a modem are
this - A Lan card is a card that you slide into the side of a laptop
and it can allow you the ability to get onto a network wirelessly. A Lan
card for a PC allows a Lan connection by way of a CAT 5 cable that will
allow you to get onto the internet or if a crossover cable is attached
to your pc to another you are directly connected to the network. A
modem is a piece of hardware that is installed into a slot in the PC
that will allow you the ability to get onto the internet by attaching a
phone line to it through the RJ 11 jack (which it comes with 2 rj11
jacks on it).
Westell makes a line of broadband home networking products that enable
residential customers and users in small businesses to access and share
broadband services. These inexpensive DSL router/modems offer
multi-users Internet LAN access for home or business applications. The
Westell router/modems allow you to have the benefits of the "always on"
high-speed broadband Internet connection without losing the ability to
receive voice calls over the same phone line.
Step 1
Connect
one end of the Ethernet cable to the computer's Ethernet port. Connect
the other end to the Ethernet port on the back of the Westell router.
Step 2
Connect
the barrel end of the router's power cord to the connector labeled "12
v" on the back of the router. Plug the other end of the power cord into
a wall outlet.
Step 3
Connect one end of the DSL phone cable to the DSL line jack on the back of the router. Connect the other end to the wall jack.
Step 4
Wait for the Ready and the Link LEDs to glow steady green. The router is now ready to use.
Is your modem a DSL or cable modem?
If it is a DSL modem do you have a DSL filter on each phone line to the phones in your house?
The DSL modem does not need a DSL filter on the phone line.
It is OK to keep putting the UN and PW in. However you shouldn't have to. I suggest having a tech come to your home and have them do a signal test both at your jack and outside with your home unplugged from your service box. If there is a big difference in the numbers then you're simply loosing signal due to signal bleed inside. This is a simple fix. Have them isolate some wires in your jack and place a DSL filter outside. Then your DSL signal will go straight to your modem and not bounce all over your home. This will NOT affect your phone.
The DSL light blinking or going out indicates that the DSL modem is loosing sync. This is usually caused by noise on the line. When you get the DSL service you should be given filters to put on all of your phones so that the phones will not interfere with the DSL signal. Those filters need to be attached to anything connected to the phone line that has the DSL on it except for the DSL modem. Other than that the problem could be on the service providers end, something outside your home, or the DSL modem going out. I would suggest that you verify everything is filtered, then contact your service provider so they can run test on your DSL line.
This should be connected as so. From wall outlet to DSL modem, from DSL modem to D-Link router, From D-Link router to Laptop via wireless or wired connection. You will still need the DSL modem installed but the wire coming from the DSL modem will go to uplink port on the router instead of into the laptop.
Connect
one end of the Ethernet cable to the computer's Ethernet port. Connect
the other end to the Ethernet port on the back of the Westell router.
Thank you for helping me out. It was the password that I needed to get right. Stumbled through many of them till got the right one.
Now I can get online with our own network, instead of hoping someone else is online unsecured.
Thanks again, I'm glad I found this site.
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