Does anyone know much about routers?

[AndrewRossington]

The one in the box!

It's in the back of the PC and not a USB port, so I guess it's an ethernet.

 

[Richard Schollar]

From searching on Google, I believe your router IP should be:

192.168.1.1

Try entering that into your webrowser and seeing if you can make a connection to your router.

 

[AndrewRossington]

From searching on Google, I believe your router IP should be:

192.168.1.1

Try entering that into your webrowser and seeing if you can make a connection to your router.

Done!

What's next?

 

[starl]

on the Setup - Basic Setup screen, fill in the information. I can't tell you what numbers to use - they would've been provided by your isp.

tho - that screen shot you posted earlier had some of the DNS, gateway, etc.

 

[AndrewRossington]

on the Setup - Basic Setup screen, fill in the information. I can't tell you what numbers to use - they would've been provided by your isp.

tho - that screen shot you posted earlier had some of the DNS, gateway, etc.

I'm on hold right now (listening Something in the Air by Thunderclap Newman 100's of times) to find out the VPI and VCI numbers. Is that what I need?

 

[Richard Schollar]

yes

VPI will be 0

VPN will be 38

Standard for UK.

Richard

 

[AndrewRossington]

yes

VPI will be 0

VPN will be 38

Standard for UK.

Richard

VPN or VCI? Are they the same?

Either way, I've entered that into the Basic Setup page, along with my ISP username and password, and this is where I'm stuck on what to do next?

 

[Richard Schollar]

Sorry, I was thinking about something else:

VPI 0

VCI 38

Make sure you have PPPoA selected as your encapsulation (if you have this option).

Next step is to check that it's actually working.

I think you may have to go into Start>Control Panel>Network Connections and right-click on your ethernet card and click Enable (if that's an option) as it appeared to be disabled from your ipconfig info.

 

[Richard Schollar]

Another thought - you're not using Windows Media Center Edition are you? If so, do you have Windows Defender installed (the MS anti-spyware software)?

 

[starl]

considering I have no idea what those are, things must be a little different in the UK? For me, I have: IP Addy, Subnet Mask, Gateway, DNS (@2)..

i'll just sit back now...