28-08-2004, 06:36 PM
Quote:the sales man in Maplins told me that on no account should I connect the router to my PC at any time. I should just take it out of the box and use it as it is.The idea of a router is to share an internet connection. Unless you dont want internet access on your pc then you dont have to connect it.
Quote:I am going back to Maplin tomorrow to ask for advice and also to buy a non-cross over cable.I am betting that this is the actual problem. 99% of all modems and routers require 'straight-through' RJ45.
Quote:If this does not work then I will cancel my BT broadband connection, go back to 56K modems and get a refund from Maplin and PC World. I admit that modems are slow but at least they do work for all my PCs and laptops and also allow my son to play PSO which is his major hobby.Ahh the joy of computers. To be honest unless youre doing something youve done before with pcs the chances are that things wont work and youll feel like dropkicking it across the room.
Quote:I am assuming that you have managed to get PSO online with broadband. What did you type into the boxes on the PSO setup page. PPOE or DHCP?Hmm.. i dont know how bts broadband service works... if you had to login somewhere along the line to be able to connect to the net then it will more than likely be PPPoE and you should log in with your username/password. Basically they both autmoatically obtain and assign your networks ip addresses only PPPoE requires authentication.
Check out this link for more info on this if youre interested:
http://wireless.about.com/library/weekly/aa080501a.htm
Quote:Thanks for the help it is greatly appreciated all the same.no prob
Quote:Life used to be so much less complicated back in the 1960's!! I used to have a clockwork train set and that never crashed or had system errors.ahaha! looks like you might have to get the old train set out again if this doesnt work!