I just got my Linksys router today, but when I hook it all up my computer wont connct to te net. Plus the manual only mentions help with windows 2000 and below. Not XP, but its XP compatible though. I'm a newb at this networking thing too. ever done it before. Do I need to tweak my networking card to accept the router ip? If so how? Man this sucks. Somebody please help me!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anthony; First, are you sure you have the modem connected to the correct Port on the router? Are you sure you are using the proper cables? (straight-through -vs- crossover) Most of the newer Linksys routers/firewalls have LED's on the front that tells you when you have a connection (usually green),with the router, and at what speed.(green -or orange) Are they lit up? Did you reboot after first, hooking everything up, then turning on the router, waiting till the lights are green, then turning on your computer? What do you have for internet? ASDL, Cable-modem, etc? There are still a few ISP's out there that register your MAC address and use THAT as verification of user privilages. Hope this is a start curleyrl

Try hooking up the router, modem and system and making sure you can talk to the Router setup screens with your browser through http://192.186.1.1 OK. If you can, then you know the NIC, cable and router are hooked up OK and working. Watch the WAN link led to the modem, it should be on dim, showing connection to the modem. You should also see the WAN Act led blink every so often when the receive led blinks on the modem. If so, then you know all the hardware is working OK with the router. Next, Power OFF the system, router and the Modem and leave them powered off for at least two hours. Then power on all the equipment and allow it at least two more hours to start working. If that does not work, power it all off over night and try it the next morning. Some ISP's (mostly Cable) networks associate the NIC's MAC address with the modems MAC address and talk to the NIC's MAC address. When you add the router, it has its own MAC address. You have to give the ISP's network time to drop the modem/NIC connection and it will later establish a new Modem/router connection. This is a real pain sometimes, because you can not just unplug your system/router and hook up a different one and it start working right away. If leaving it all powered off overnight, does not allow it to start working within an hour of powering up the new configuration, all the ISP and ask them to reset your connection.

isn't that suppossed to be 192.168.1.1? The correct ip address will be in the manual. If you follow the manual step by step you should be fine.

Most of the times you don't have to power off for two hours. A minute is fine. I turn them on in this sequence- modem, router, computer. I wait for the modem to reset before turning on the router, then I wait for the router before turning on the computer. Works most of the time.