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AD35

Alright here's my situation:

I just bought a D-link DIR-300 wireless router so I can have wireless signals for some of my wireless items (ipod, ds, psp, ect.) but I have some problems.

1) In the place I live in, the apt. complex gives free internet and cable, so the internet comes from one port in the wall, so I think that the internet is hooked up to a network within the building, because the whole apt complex uses the same internet.

2) I tried to hook up the router to the one ethernet cable to see if I can get a dynamic i.p. but it didn't work (i'm guessing it's a static I.P)

Even though I'm not a pro at networking, I do have some of the basics down, and tried several ways to make a wireless network. I looked at the configurations, and tried to set up my router as an extension of the network but i'm doing something wrong. (BTW, I did see a link in this forum to make the firmware into English so I'm gonna try that tonight) I've just been looking at pictures to do the work around the korean language.

Can anyone help me, and if you need any more info, please reply and I will try to put more info in this thread about it.

bassexpander · Joined: 13 Sep 2007 Location: Someplace you'd rather be.

Yes, you're most likely on a Static IP, and need to learn what that address is.

blade · Joined: 30 Jun 2007

When you plug the ethernet cable from your wall socket into your computer can you get the internet? If the answer is yes then you shouldn't need do anything to your routers ip settings. If no, you will need to find out the proper ip information from your buildings manager.
Have you tried typing in htt://192.168.0.1 into your web browser to check your routers ip settings i.e. static or dynamic?

AD35 · Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 3:44 am Post subject:

blade · Joined: 30 Jun 2007

AD35 · Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 6:00 am Post subject:

Nah, this is the network router I was talking about that's for the whole building. What i'm trying to do is set up my own router to connect with the existing router that's networked with the building. i can hook up with the my own router, but I can't get the internet connection to work when i hook up the building's network into my wireless router.

blade · Joined: 30 Jun 2007

AD35 · Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 6:36 am Post subject:

nobbyken · Joined: 07 Jun 2006 Location: Yongin ^^

Apologies if I'm stating the obvious, but are you powering down the router to reset it between connection attempts?

AD35 · Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 6:58 am Post subject:

blade · Joined: 30 Jun 2007

Maybe this might be of some help, sorry if it's not but I can't be of much more help to you I'm afraid.

http://jrocas.com.ph/archives/setup-globe-broadband-with-d-link-dir-300-wireless-g-router/

AD35 · Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 7:08 am Post subject:

dc'79 · Joined: 01 Jun 2008

You are putting in the gateway IP and the building router IP into your router configs I'm assuming? Sometimes there will be other settings that may conflict with your routers default settings. Contact the building network manager or whoever controls it to get all the settings.

Also if it was me...I'd just get my own internet drop. I don't know how big of a pipe is being dropped to the building but sharing bandwidth IMO is never cool. Especially if you download or game alot.

*edit* i reread what you wrote and fixed my response.

crossmr · Joined: 22 Nov 2008 Location: Hwayangdong, Seoul

If you can plug in your laptop and it pulls an address all you should need to do is plug your router into the WAN port and tell it to pull an address. There is no reason it shouldn't pull an address if your laptop does. Is your laptop actually pulling an address or is it set statically for some reason?

blade · Joined: 30 Jun 2007

AD35, try disabling your routers firewall settings to see if it's blocking access to the internet. This is what I recall doing to get a router to connect to the internet my parents had at their house a couple of years ago.