I just bought a Linksys Wireless router today. I was going thru the set up and the first step is to unplug your Ethernet cable from your computer to the internet port on the router. The thing is, with my ethernet cable, it has an SMC USB Ethernet adapter that it's plugged into which is plugged into my computer. If I take the ethernet cable out of the adapter and just plug it straight into the router, the internet light on the router starts flashing but the internet doesn't work. Anyone have any ideas and suggestions? Thanks!
If you can still access the web based configuration on your linksys router (by going to 192.168.1.1 in your web browser) that means nothing is wrong with the cable/connections. However the ISP is not letting your router get access to the router since it doesn't have the same MAC address as your computer's ethernet card/port.
To change your routers MAC address to the sameone on your computer (So you ISP thinks its still the computer connected), you have to first go to start>run>type in cmd and when command prompt opens, type in "ipconfig -all", which lists your IP addresses, etc. Make sure you add the -all (With a space after ipconfig) or else you can get your computers MAC address. The Physical Address is your MAC address. Now once you obtained the MAC, go to your router configuration, and login. Then look for where you can set or clone the MAC address of the router. The default mac address could be on the bottom of the router, if so check for it and just look for that address in your web configuration, then change it to your computers MAC address.
Hope this will fix it!
NOTE: It is
advisable to connect the computer to one of the Ethernet (1, 2, 3 or 4)
ports when setting up the router for the first time. If you have
successfully configured the router using a wireless computer, unplug the
Ethernet cable which connects the computer to the router for you to
have wireless Internet connection. For instructions on how to connect
the wireless computer to go online using the Linksys router, click here.
Step 3:
Make sure the power adapter is plugged in to an available power outlet.
Step 4:
Check if the corresponding LEDs on the router are lit. For instructions, click here.
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