adeleon648@aol.com wrote in news:1173173383.373075.86630
@v33g2000cwv.googlegroups.com:
> I am not having any luck setting up my network. I have the right
> equipment and follow all of the insturctions. When I connect my modem
> to the router and the router to the CPU, it comes up with a no
> connection error - I can't connect to AOL or anyother browser. When I
> disconnect the router and put everything back the way it was before, I
> still get the connection error. My only solution is to do a system
> restore on my CPU for it to go back to the way it was. Is this
> problem caused by the D-link software, Windows ME, AOL, or Time
> Warner, or all of the above???
>
Cable Modem CA5 ---> Router WAN port
Router LAN Port ---> PC Network Card.
The LAN IP of the D-Link is probably 192.168.1.1, and the Rtr is probably
defaulted to DHCP.
Power down the cable modem & the rtr & your PC.
Turn on the cable modem only. Wait for the Cable Link to come on solid.
Power-up the router. Wait a minute, then power up the PC.
The modem MUST be power cycled after changing the device connected to it.
So if you put a router between the PC and modem, the modem needs to be
power-cycled AFTER the router is added. If you put it back, the modem
needs to be power-cycled again.
So now, when all is said and done, if you can get to the rtr config page
thru a browser, you're half way there.
If a web page does not come up in the browser, try to ping an address
from a cmd prompt...try: ping 24.48.33.2 (that's just an IP I know off-
hand).
If the ping returns successful, there is an issue with the router DHCP
passing the DNS address back to the PC. I have seen this on a few
different routers. It will hand out IP's, but not DNS. You can look at
the router's 'status' page or whatever it is and see what it has in it
for DNS if you have to manually configure one. (Incidentally the
24.48.33.2 address is a DNS server as well, it was an old Adelphia
server, circa 1999, that while it's not passed out anymore by the Adel/TW
system, it seems to still be a valid DNS.)
Come to think of it, in WindowsME, do you have to config the PC
separately for IP thru DHCP & individually DNS from DHCP ?
(Personally, for a very small home network, static IP's work just fine,
plus, there are no DHCP issues then.)
Regards,
DanS
Networking w/ D-link, Windows ME, and Time Warner Cable 
Linear Mode
