I am having problems installing a Linksys wireless 4 port router (befw11s4). I have a cable connection that works fine with my computer. Once I connect the Linksys router to the NIC, I lose my internet connection.

I can ping my default gateway and ip address fine, but am unable to ping any outside sites. I figure this might indicate a problem with my TCP/IP configuration.

My cable connection configures my IP address dynamically, so all my settings allow for automatic detection. I am stumped as to what to do next. Here is the output from ipconfig:

C:\>ipconfig/all

Windows 2000 IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : computer
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NETGEAR FA311 Fast Ethernet PCI Ad
ter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-A0-CC-7A-1C-98
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.100
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, June 10, 2002 11:02:15 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, June 10, 2002 11:07:15 PM

If anyone can recommend anything, I would really appreciate it. Please let me know if any other information is needed.

Thanks in advance.

I am assuming that your internet connections is now hooked up to the router and you are trying to share the connection. There is a setting on the Linksys router for mac address cloning. Get the mac address (IPCONFIG /all) of the NIC from the computer that the cable modem was originally hooked up to and put the mac address on the linksys router. Its one of the advanced settings I believe.

I went into the linksys router settings and entered the MAC address from the NIC.

Still the same problems. I can ping the IP address and default gateway but cannot pinf any outside site.

Could this be a problem with my DNS settings? Any other suggestions?

Actually, I found a solution. I went to Linksys' support page and downloaded the latest version of Fireware. Once this was installed, I m,anually set the MAC address as Richard suggested and everything worked perfectly!

Thanks a lot for all your help, Richard.

Tim,

Just to add to Ricahrd's reply, make sure the you run IPCONFIG /release then IPCONFIG /renew from the command prompt. Once you set the MAC address you have to release any IP addresses currently on your machine then renew them... In that order...