OK, so my sister purchased an Asus i5 laptop and now is having troubles connecting to the wireless router. She forgot the "Password" for connecting to the router wirelessly. She went through the steps to reset the router but because the Motorola DSL modem is smart and the Linksys router is smart they are both fighting for control of the DHCP (I suppose from what I've read). She followed the on line instructions from AT&T for placing the modem into "Bridge" mode and tried to set up her router according to same instructions but as soon as she put the modem into bridge mode she lost internet connection with the modem. I tried to help her last night but she ended up calling AT&T support and was able to unbridge the modem to get back her internet but she does not have access to her router wirelessly.

I suggested that she contact Linksys and see if they have a solution.

I am asking here on this forum for any suggestions. Modem = Motorola 2210-2; Router = WRT54G

TIA

 

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Linksys WRT54GS

Motorola DSL 2210


Im not quite sure what she is trying to do, but the MODEM should not need to be BRIDGED. Default the modem, plug it in and it should allow access.


Then you connect it to the Router via the INTERNET port, then in the browser window type 192.168.1.1 (generally) to gain access to the router settings. Then you establish your access for Wireless through there....eseentially sounds like she is going backwards.


With both devices DEFAULTED they should work without issue, the reason for accessing the Router is to establish security and access authorization for the IntraNet

Yea, just factory reset the both of them and start over.

 

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We were going by this thread
http://en.kioskea.net/forum/affich-19114-motorola-2210-dsl-modem-with-wrt54g-linksys

 

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Assuming you have an internet connection with a straight connection from the modem to a computer...

My suggestion would be to clone the MAC of the modem in the Wireless Router and see if you get a valid IP Address at that point. If the ISP is expecting the modems MAC address, you bridge the modem and provide your routers MAC address, they are going to tell you to piss off. Its very likely that the MAC was cloned previously, and resetting the modem would erase that value.

If the Modem is looking for a MAC addie, then try this.....Assuming here....


Disconnect all the devices from each other and the computer.

Default the Modem and the Router.

Disconnect all the devices from their power.

Plug in the Router.

Connect the Router to the PC using port 1.

Plug the DSL cable to the Modem.

Plug the Modem to the Router using the INTERNET port.

Plug in the Modem.


This should get you a connection to the Internet as I assume it should pull its MAC address from the router.

If he bridged the modem, the mac address is coming from the router which may be exactly the issue as I pointed out. If hes not using PPPoE (havent seen that used in a while anyway), then his ISP is tracking the MAC address of the device that is connecting to the service.

If it works when the modem is directly connected to the computer, cloning the MAC of the modem is the next step.