Linksys WRV54G Problems, need help!

I think that at this point it could be a good idea to reset the wireless router again & start the configuration from scratch following the Quick Install Guide.

Good idea!

Here is what is known about this problem: AT&T restored DSL modem settings, WRV54g Linksys router, GeekSquad handiwork, shared internet connection.

DSL modem lights should confirm internet connection. If no connection is indicated, work with AT&T. Check those pesky filters. Dual port filters connect to the modem & they have been known to be trouble.

Check out you local network; use a browser (Internet Explorer) to examine the settings for the router and for the DSL modem.
URL for router (from a previous post): 192.168.1.1
URL for DSL modem: 192.168.x.y

Do you know the URL for the modem? Ordinarily, it will be of the form: 192.168.x.1
X= {1-254}, trouble if x=1, since it duplicates URL for the wrv54g.

Temporarily directly connect computer to the DSL modem.
Use command window: ipconfig /all
Use results for the URL for the Gateway as the URL for the modem.

Use browser, enter the URL of the Gateway (from above result),
From the results, discover settings for the modem and the internet.

If both the router & modem use the same URL when viewed above in the temporary situation, then re-designate the URL for one of them (of your choosing). Consult user guides, when in doubt.

If none of this works, then please describe what your doing in regards to the shared internet connection. Examine Network Connections – LAN; one port should show as connected.

Describe your findings and the current configuration of you local network.

Please don't skimp on the specifics.

Ok... I'll try all of that out. I had to go after all that. I'm going to check my modem settings and. Just to let you know.. My DSL light is on all the time and if I unplug it and plug it back in it turns back on and then the activity light keeps blinking. I'll check the modem settings and see what they say,

Thanks for the help,
Michael

And also, I talked on the phone with AT&T and they told me how to set up everything. They said I was online but I actually wasn't. I was on the internet so I really don't think it would be a filter especially when my DSL light is on. I'm going to plug the modem straight into my laptop later and see what happens because that computer usually runs off of wireless but can be used through ethernet.

Thanks again,
Michael

Let us know how it turns out

Additional Considerations

My first impression of your local network may be incorrect. It was my assumption that you are running the DSL modem and WRV54g router back-to-back. In this configuration, the modem is wired to the router, and the router distributes the internet connection to all local computers.

HOWEVER, “fancy” DSL modems are integrated with a wireless router. This permits the WRV54g router to be used as an Access Point. Does this explain the GeekSquad involvement? If we go this route, then it is a matter to precisely spell the SSID, use the matching channel, use the matching encryption; and configure the WRV54G as a “bridge”. Further down the list of settings comes mode, usually mixed or both.

Your wireless laptop can identify the SSIDs being broadcast in your neighborhood. If I recall correctly, AT&T does not choose an obvious SSID.

The SSID has exactly nothing to do with it.. I named it myself right after I reset it, Michael Wireless. I put a WPA Shared Key encryption on it so that probably shouldn't matter because I can't access the internet to the router that is using ethernet, which you don't have a password through via ethernet.

Oh, and yes, my modem is hooked up to my WRV54G router through an ethernet connection, through there the wireless is sent out and the ethernet is split into 4 ethernet spots.

-Michael

what happened when you plugged the modem directly into your laptop?

ok, sorry to bring this topic back up.... But I still can't get my router to work. I have tried hooking my modem up directly... Thats what I'm using right now. My modem seems fine. If you can see from a different topic I made... I purchased a new router, but my computers can't sense it, at least with these, they say connected.

Also, I know my modem doesn't really have to do with much but... How you get into the settings WOULD be 76.202.252.1. If I try to type that address it just says 401 FORBIDDEN, you do not have permission to view this.

401 Forbidden - 76.202.252.1 is a Gateway; try the IP address for the port or what ever it is called by the utility program that gave up the Gateway.

User Guide for the wrv54g has some trouble clearing for the '401 Forbidden' symptom. I do not think it applies.

The wrv54g also has the MAC Cloning ability. Clone the MAC of the PC that was used to directly connect to the DSL modem.

And in final desperation, re-flash the firmware for the wrv54g router.

For the PPPoE setting, was User / Password required by the provider?

Any different results if DHCP is chosen at that point? Stay with MAC cloning if doing the experiment with DHCP.

After this, I am out of ideas.

GUYS! Please don't even bother on this subject. I know that I was saying I had problems but... I reset it and typed in all the settings, it works now, its fine. Thanks for the help though.

-Michael