Topic: ADSL Router

[petski2]

Hi all great forum.
Heres my problem.
I recently bought a Mentor wireless adsl modem/router.
To say the least the instruction manual is pants.
All I want to do at the moment is to use the router in place of my old adsl modem.
This is how I have gone about it.
Connected router to wall socket adsl line.
Connected it to pc by ethernet cable.
Got into config page of router 10.0.0.2
Does anyone know what all the settings should be set to as I have tried allsorts.
Here is my ipconfig.
As you may see at the moment I am using the old modem as the router wont connect to internet.

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Pete>ipconfig/all

Windows IP Configuration

        Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : YOUR-6AB98627DF
        Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . :
        Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
        IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
        WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

        Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810X Family Fast Eth
ernet NIC
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-20-ED-B4-93-F2
        Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
        Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.8
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.0.0.0
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.2
        DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.2
        DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.2
        Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 18 December 2004 09:06:35
        Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 19 December 2004 09:06:35

PPP adapter Speedtouch Connection:

        Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
        Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 81.79.34.1
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 81.79.34.1
        DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 195.92.195.94
                                            195.92.195.95

C:\Documents and Settings\Pete>


Thanks

[Simon]

Hi Pete, and  

I'm afraid I don't know anything about configuring routers, but we do have people that do, so hopefully someone will be able to help you later.  In the meantime, if you are having problems connecting to the Internet, could this be a firewall problem?  Most routers have an onboard firewall, and this could be conflicting with any software firewalls you also may have running.  I think most people would suggest using the router firewall in preference to the Windows firewall (XP-SP2), or any third party software firewall.

Hope that helps a bit.  

[Sandra]

Routers are usually the simplest things to set up Pete. I dont know your particular model but if it has a reset to factory settings button, press that and start afresh.
All you should have to do is to access the router through its IP of 10.0.0.2 as you have done, go into the WAN configuration part and put your ISPs username and password in, usually you have to tell it to save the settings and reboot the router. That should be all that is required.
If it doesnt connect after doing that then shut down the pc and turn the router off and then turn the router and pc back on and it should assign the correct IP to your PC.
Hope this sorts it for you but if it doesnt let me know if there are any lights on the router that are flashing or on or off  

[petski2]

Ok Sandra first thanks for reply.
Done all ya said and still no joy.
All that happens when I click on internet explorer is it asks me to connect using my speedtouch connection which is the only option.


Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Pete>ipconfig/all

Windows IP Configuration

        Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : YOUR-6AB98627DF
        Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . :
        Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
        IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
        WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

        Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810X Family Fast Eth
ernet NIC
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-20-ED-B4-93-F2
        Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
        Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.8
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.0.0.0
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.2
        DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.2
        DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.2
        Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 18 December 2004 12:34:56
        Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 19 December 2004 12:34:56

PPP adapter Speedtouch Connection:

        Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
        Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 81.79.34.1
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 81.79.34.1
        DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 195.92.195.94
                                            195.92.195.95

C:\Documents and Settings\Pete>

[Sandra]

Do you have any lights on the router ?
Have you looked in the Network Connections folder ?
There should be an icon for the modem and also one for the LAN.
Have a look in the properties for the LAN and see what it says and also untick the internet connection firewall under Advanced for now  

Just a thought, is your ethernet adaptor showing as ok in Device Manager ?

[petski2]

Power light on.
Wlan light flashing.
Adsl light flashing.
TP1 light flashing.
Network connections shows Speedtouch connection and LAN connection.
Wireless router/modem is Mentor with apparently conexant chip?

[petski2]

Sorry,yes ethernet is showing as working properly and enabled.

[Sandra]

A lot of the routers use conexant chips.
Silly me, of course your ethernet adaptor was ok as you can access the router through its IP addy, just shows I shouldnt post so soon after getting up  :-[

Ok in the LAN properties did it show your IP as being in the range of what the router should be assigning ie 10.0.0.xx ?

[petski2]

Lan shows IP address as 10.0.0.8 and default Gateway as 10.0.0.2 and subnet mask as 255.0.0.0

[Sandra]

Ok so its assigning the correct IP so there cant be much wrong.
Is it this model of router :

http://www.planetmicro.co.uk/product_info.asp?stockcode=M002580

[petski2]

Link isnt working Sandra.

[petski2]

For some reason connection has gone really slow.
Anyway I got to the link and yes it is that one.

[Sandra]

Strange, it is for me ?

Can you see this picture of it ?



Also if you open IE when the router is connected and your modem isnt, go to TOOLS, OPTIONS and tell it to never dial a connection, it will detect that you have a modem and want to dial that instead of using the router to get online.

[Sandra]

Oh in that case we should be in luck as its the same as mine and Adepts but by a different name  

All you should have to do is in the WAN configuration part is to set the Encapsulation to PPPoA VC-Mux put your ISPs username and password in the PPP part then Submit and then save settings and reboot  
Switch both the router and pc off and then restart them both and you should be online  

Edited to add:

In the same section, in the Per VC Settings set Enabled to YES, VPI to 0 and VCI to 38 if its not already set to that, it should fill the rest in itself.

[Sandra]

This may be a better manual than the one that came with the router :

http://www.aceex.com.tw/test1/support.htm

Go down to the wirelss series and get the one for the AWR51, thats my model which I assume is yours rebranded