Another problem, this time router...

[~Mobius~]

Ok so I've got my router, got all the wires in the correct places but the internet wont run on either pc.
I've done everything the manual says...How else can I make it work?

I want to share 1 broadband connection between 2 pc's.

 

[leggy]

If it's telewest you have then you need to register the mac address of the router with them.

Well, that's what you had to do in the past.

 

[~Mobius~]

Oh it is Telewest..perhaps that is it. Do I phone them or email or something?

 

[leggy]

You can do it online I think. Otherwise phone them.

 

[Ch3tan]

You can do it from the selfcare area of their website afaik.

 

[Will]

http://selfcare.blueyonder.co.uk/

 

[~Mobius~]

Cheers.

Still not got the router working...for some reason this pc now goes as if its on a 56k now..any idea why? :/

 

[Sibanac]

btw some routers can clone the a MAC address, so telling your router to clone the address of the pc that used to be connected to the modem may solve the problem aswell

 

[Quige]

You say you've got everything wired up OK ... does it look hooked up something like this?

And if it does;

Have you connected to the router and configured it to have an internal IP address on the same network as the 2 PC's? Or whether it is going to act as a DHCP server to your LAN.
Are the 2 PC's set to use the router as their default gateway?
Is the router configured with any of the network settings of your ISP. For example on mine I had to set the DNS servers.
Can you ping the router from either of the PC's. Can you ping any websites? If you can't ping http://www.bluesnews.com by name can you ping it by IP - 216.105.167.65
If you can do the last but not the first then it might be a DNS issue.
Have you cleared any proxy information from your browser? You shouldn't need one if you have the default gateway set up.