My confusion with my printer setting is when the darn IP changes. I have my Dell network ready printer conencted to my router. It gets assigned a IP like 198.xx.xx.1. I set up my computer to Add Printer, choose network and use the address http://198.xx.xx.1 and it works fine.

Problem comes around whenever the router is rebooted (by power failure or whatever) and then I find the printer ip has changed to 198.xx.xx.4 (or some other different last digit). Then I have to delete ethe old printer and add a new one!

How do I just get it to know teh printer is now at a different IP automatically?

I know that anyone in this room has experience about router . . .
Can someone please help me? I cant configure my router ( I used CD and online) but my router didnt work.I asked the linksys service that said:
1. Make sure that the device is turned on.
2. Press and hold the reset button.
3. After 30 seconds, remove the power plug while the button is pressed.
4. Let go of the reset button and turn on the device

I did like they said but it still couldnt configure the router,can someone help me out?The first time I congigure online that router work out very well.I had this problem after I log into the website http://192.168.1.1 .Thank you very much for your helping
By the way :My router: Linksys wireless B
Model : BEFW11S4 ver.4

Since ellory mentioned WPA, i thought mentioning Winsnort might also be a good idea. What is WinSnort?

WinSnort monitors packets on the network wire and attempts to discover an intruder by matching the attack pattern to a database of known attack patterns. A typical example is looking for a large number of TCP connection requests (SYN) to many different ports on a target machine, thus discovering if someone is attempting a TCP port scan. A network intrusion detection system sniffs network traffic, by promiscuously watching all network traffic.

For all the naive folks out there who think WiFi is "secure"....LOL....Time to learn the truth. Anyone with the right hardware and a few hours can HACK YOUR CONNECTION & gain access to your PC.

Don't let it happen. Learn how to protect yourself.

Move your address book and email folders to a shared directory and point both email clients at the shared directory. How you do this varies by email client (Outlook Express, Outlook, Eudora, THunderbird, etc)

Note that most / many of these programs are not designed for this, so only one client should be running at a time to avoid data corruption issues. I know Eudora does a rudimentary check, but that check flag can become corrupted if a client abnormally terminates

I am having trouble connecting to my wireless network with with the Dell wireless 1500 Draft N card. I'm using the Verizon Versalink 327w modem/router, and configured it according to the setup given earlier in the post, as well as resetted/rebooted everything multiple times. I am able to detect the wireless network, yet can never connect even without wep security code. It doesn't work when i'm using microsoft wireless config or the Dell wlan card utility. Any ideas? Any help is appreciated.

I have an inspiron e1505 with Dell draft n + bluetooth if you need that.

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favre04 said:I ran into some problems when trying to allow a Mac laptop to use my Netgear router so I thought I would share a little knowledge.

I guess it's a well known issue, but for a variety of third party routers, when entering the password on the Mac you need to include a "$" sign before the password.Are you talking about the router password? Or the WPA key? Or a particular verison of MAC OS?

I have seen neither as an issue with a MAC Book Pro and Linksys router

favre04 said:ellory said:favre04 said:I ran into some problems when trying to allow a Mac laptop to use my Netgear router so I thought I would share a little knowledge.

I guess it's a well known issue, but for a variety of third party routers, when entering the password on the Mac you need to include a "$" sign before the password.Are you talking about the router password? Or the WPA key? Or a particular verison of MAC OS?

I have seen neither as an issue with a MAC Book Pro and Linksys router

The WEP key needed the $ preceding the passphrase. I am not familiar with their laptop, or Mac's in general. I just noticed how old the post was, so maybe it's no longer an issue with newer Mac's or newer NG routers.

Here's one forum post Link
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One hint about NetGear wireless connectivity... if you're using WEP password protection, be sure to add the dollar sign symbol "$" as the first character in the Mac's password field (not in the router). For whatever reason, this happens with NetGear and a few other third party vendors. There's an Apple knowledgebase document about it, too...

http://docs.info.Apple.com/article.html?artnum=300153Interesting. Note, though, the WEP is not secure, and only WPA or another secure authentication mechanism with a strong password should be used

Hi, I've a Belkin F5D7230-4 v. 2000 Wireless G Router. It stops working ever since I moved to verizon dsl.

Currently, I've the desktop computer, Belkin Router and the Verizon Westell 6100 modem hooked up and my wired network is working OK. However, the wireless network isn't working at all.
1) My wireless network is not showing up in Network Connections.
2) I also can't access http://192.168.2.1 (the Belkin web config page).

I called Belkin and they asked for my Gateway address (192.168.1.1). Then the Belkin CSR said something about the Verizon modem is not giving the signal "2" and said I've to call Verizon to resolve it. Well, with Verizon 1800 number, I can't reach anyone helpful.

I already checked the Belkin thread and the Westell vs. Linksys thread but still can't solve the problem. Any advice please???

When I signed up for verizon dsl, they did have another option to get the DSL modem/wireless router from them, but the monthly fee was more expensive which I didn't think make sense. Could they be doing something on my modem to not let me use my own wireless router?

Is there a specific thread on print server setups and troubleshooting? I recently was searching (had some trouble myself while installing a wireless print server DP-313), and could not find anything. Later I solved it myself - and would be willing to write it in a post.

I have an a cable out of the wall connected to a Time Warner Cable Router that goes to my Netgear MR814v2 wireless router that connects to my Vonage VOIP device.

If I am on the phone and my computer at the same time. The signal breaks up. Thus, I suspect I do not have quality of service or bandwidth protection.


What should I do to improve the situtation?


Do I need a better router?


Do I need to change setting on the software to somehow protect the bandwidth for the VOIP device?

A friend my be willing to give me a Linksys WRT65GS wireless router. Still I hate to install something new unless it is worth it. Alternatively, I could buy a new router if there is a good one out there that will fix my problem.


Thank you in advance. Especially you Ellroy!