Internet works fine with modem but wireless router says "local only"

Luna2308

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Hi,
I will try to explain my problem that I have although I am a novice...
I have a Toshiba laptop, 32bit Vista Home Premium.
I have had an internet connection through modem for a while, everything is good. Now I bought a Linksys WRT54G router, to be able to use the laptop with wireless. Did the setup, all was good, then suddenly no more connection.
Tried to reset the modem, the router and restart the laptop, got a connection again, but it went after 5-10 minutes, just simply stopped working. I still am connected, but it says "local only" and once "limited connectivity".
When I then connect the laptop directly to the modem with a cable, I have internet.
So the router seems fine, modem obviously, too.
What could be the problem that it always says "local only" all of a sudden, although I know there is internet???
Thanks for your help.
 

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Hi Luna,

When setting up a router for the first time use the ethernet cable provided.
This router configuration panel defaults to 192.168.1.1

Login and check the following things:-

Switch DHCP on for automatic addressing
Check to see if you are using any Mac address filtering and turn it off (you can add them later, to find your Mac address go into command prompt and type IPCONFIG /ALL find your adapters and look for physical address).
Make sure your LAN & WAN cards on your laptop are set to pick up the IP address and DNS server using automatic settings in the TCP/IP settings

Generally a router is configured as 192.168 addressing this is a class C range. When your router assigns an address automatically using DHCP it would generally give an address and start at 192.168.1.2 then 192.168.1.3 etc.....

Using this simple cable method you should get an connection and IP address straight away.

Now this is an old router with only Wireless G on it so you so you may only use be able to use WEP encryption. If this is the case then check to see if this happens if you use either 64bit or 128bit encryption, also use "shared key" authentication.

If you have the newer version of this the WRT54G-UG then connecting via wireless could be down to the type of encryption you are using. Some laptops can only use certain encryption settings WEP & WPA. If your laptop is under a couple of years old you should be able to use WPA2, older devices do not like using this and fail to connect giving the error you get. The best all rounder that works with just about all devices is WPA encryption using TKIP, I wouldn't advice to using WEP as you can crack this security in a few minutes.

Also remember to always change the default administrator password on the router, to keep any hackers out.

MDE740
 

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