Modem & Router Connection Problems! :'(?

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hey can anyone help me out please because i have been going crazy all day because of this! ok here is the problem:
today i got the internet installed at my new flat and i've got my modem set up no problem. if i connect my modem to my laptop throguh the ethernet cable it's works perfectly fine which is how i am online now....but i have to keep the cable in all the time which i don't want!
i have a wireless router also belkin g router which when i try to install the cd rom everthing goes fine until it searches and is checking the connection to my router and laptop and what kinda internet i have then it just stays at 0% and keeps saying the wires mustn't be connect properly when they are!
i have tried loads of different ways and stil nothing it's driving me nuts! anyone got any advice on this or has had a similar problem in the past?
all i wanna do is be able to connect all my laptops wireless through the router.

Ken H · Accepted Answer

before going wireless, make sure the router is working properly wired.  I have actually seen a route and modem configured with the same network address (192.168.1.x) and won't work together.  I had to manually change the router to a different network (192.168.10.x) to make it work.  The modem would not allow a change.

If that works, meaning your computer gets an ip from the router and you can get out to the internet, you can then try wireless.  You can either give your laptop a static IP or try DHCP, if your router has DHCP turned on and configured.  Your router will propably have an IP of 192.168.1.1.  You can configure your laptop with 192.168.1.2.  Subnet mask 255.255.255.0 and Default Gateway 192.168.1.1 (pointing to the router).  DNS should also point to the router (192.168.1.1).  Your router will receive an IP address from your Modem and get out to the internet properly.

Hope that helps.

Modem & Router Connection Problems! :'(?

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