Wireless connection using TP-Link modem/router
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Wireless connection using TP-Link modem/router
04-07-2008 11:12 AM
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Re: Wireless connection using TP-Link modem/router
04-07-2008 11:19 AM
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It's not a piece of equipment that I'm familiar with, but I had a quick google around and can't see any reason why it wouldn't work.
Did it come with an instruction manual?
Re: Wireless connection using TP-Link modem/router
05-07-2008 9:13 AM
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Re: Wireless connection using TP-Link modem/router
05-07-2008 1:44 PM
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Are you trying to set up the router wirelessly from the off?
If so, connect to the router via the included patch lead and config from there. Your old 105 drivers should have no bearing on the router config.
From the manual, find out what the default IP address is of the new router, should be along the lines of 192.168.1.1 or perhaps 10.0.0.1. Type that into you browser address bar and that should be you into the router config.
Shout if you need us.
Re: Wireless connection using TP-Link modem/router
05-07-2008 5:33 PM
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Re: Wireless connection using TP-Link modem/router
05-07-2008 6:11 PM
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Quote from: barretter If i do that I can't get to the TP-Link page on my Mozilla browser.
You need to type in your browser the correct IP address for your modem. As Mark suggests you can try 192.168.1.1 or perhaps 192.168.0.1 (TP-Link typically use these two IP addresses).
Re: Wireless connection using TP-Link modem/router
06-07-2008 9:27 AM
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Re: Wireless connection using TP-Link modem/router
06-07-2008 9:41 AM
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You can either use your TP-Link as a DSL modem (what is described as 'bridged mode') in which case you can continue using your PC as the PPPoE client, or you can use your TP-Link as a router in which case you have to use the router's PPPoE client. In the first case the authentication with the ISP is achieved by using your PC, in the latter using your router.
I assume that you want to use the router and also use the wireless access to it:
In that case you will have to set up your router to authenticate via PPPoA to your ISP and will also need to set up WiFi authentication and encryption. The WAN-Miniport on your PC will no longer be used. Instead you will use the direct default ehternet connection which is usually called LAN.
Hope this helps.
Re: Wireless connection using TP-Link modem/router
06-07-2008 10:40 AM
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06-07-2008 11:01 AM
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Quote from: barretter Do I have to delete my previous broadband connection before starting?
Not necessarily, but it may be easier.
Have a look at the connection settings in IE. If you have "always dial" just change it to dial whenever a connection is not present and hopefully that will allow you to switch between the two types more easily.
Re: Wireless connection using TP-Link modem/router
06-07-2008 12:10 PM
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Leave the Miniport alone. Leave any USB drivers that you may have set up for another router/modem also alone (well you can uninstall them if you want, but they are irrelevant to this connection).
Later on, you will set up a wireless connection to communicate with your router and you will no longer use LAN or Miniport to get onto the Internet. To set the wireless connetion follow the router's manual.
HTH.
Re: Wireless connection using TP-Link modem/router
07-07-2008 1:13 PM
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Although you can go through the setup manually, the config wizard on the router is excellent.
Don’t use the CD as it just adds another layer to try and troubleshoot if you have any issues later on.
With mine the wireless was already on and so was DHCP, but you are better off connecting via a patch lead initially, just in case.
The wireless will be unsecured but once you have gone through the wizard, you can fine tune this all manually.
From a wizard setup all the ports are also stealthed by default, the only niggle was that the router replied to external pings. (All verified by using ‘ShieldsUp’).
That aside, I agree with HPsauce, although I would change the setting to ‘Never Dial’ just to be sure. Once you have done this, it should just be a case of opening Internet Explorer (Or what ever browser you are using) and away you go.
Re: Wireless connection using TP-Link modem/router
07-07-2008 2:24 PM
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07-07-2008 2:26 PM
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That error message is what you get when you are telling your computer to use a dial up broadband connection (American styleee).
You need to tell it that you are connecting via your local network.
Re: Wireless connection using TP-Link modem/router
08-07-2008 7:38 AM
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