How do I setup Charter
Pipeline with a Linksys Router?
The following article will
describe how to setup Charter Pipeline with a Linksys Router:
1. First connect directly to your
Cable modem without the router and verify that you can get on line.
2. Once you've verified that you can
get onto the internet without the router please proceed. If you can not please
contact your ISP for further assistance.
3. Now unplug the Ethernet cable that
connects to your DSL modem from the back of your computer.
4. Take the connection that you just
unplugged from the back of your computer and connect it to the WAN port of the
router.
5. Take a different Ethernet cable and
plug it into port closest to the WAN port, or into the LAN port.
6. Look on the front of the
router. The following lights should be illuminated:
- Power
- WAN
Link
- Link/Act
(On the port that you connected your computer to)
- Note If other lights other than
Link/Act are illuminated on this port, that is normal
- You may have a few other lights
illuminated depending on the model number router you have, but the 3 above must
be illuminated for proper connection.
7. Hold the Reset button on the router
for 30 seconds or more
8. Restart your computer
Please follow these steps from the
computer that was connected directly to the internet with out the router.
If you do not, then you may not be able to connect to the internet properly.
A. Windows 9x/ME
1. Click on the Start button
and click on the Run option
2. When the "Run" window
opens please type in winipcfg and click the OK button
3. When the "IP Configuration
comes up" click on the gray box the black arrow and select your Ethernet
card.
4. Please make note of the "Adapter
Address"
B. Windows 2000/NT/XP
1. Click on the Start button
and click on the Run option
2. When the "Run" window
opens please type in cmd and click the OK button
3. When "Command
Prompt" appears type in ipconfig /all
4. Please make note of the "Physical
Address"
1. Go to your desktop and double click
on Internet Explorer (Located on the Start Menu in Windows XP).
2. When "Internet Explorer"
opens type http://192.168.1.1 into the "Address" bar and click
on Go.
3. The "Enter Network
Password" window will appear.
4. Skip user name and type admin
(admin is the default password) as the password, and click OK.
5. By default the router will be set
to Obtain an IP Address Automatically.
6. Click on the Advanced tab.
7. Click on the Mac Addr. Clone.
8. When the page loads, input the
Adapter/Physical Address you made earlier and input it into the proper fields.
9.
Click on the Apply
button.
Finishing
the Setup
1. Shut down your PC.
2. Unplug the power from the back of
the router.
3. Unplug the power from the modem.
4. Wait for 30 second.
5. Power up the modem.
6. Wait for the lights to stop
blinking.
7. Power up the router.
8. Start up your computer.
8. Surf the Internet.
- *Note: If you are
still unable to get on to the internet please repeat from step 1.