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"plug ethernet cable into LAN port of the G2v1 unit. "
what lan port?

so put the ethernet cable...in one of the 4 ethernet ports...
it was already there?

Last edited by GCFC (2009-04-05 00:50:06)

but its still not working

GCFC wrote:

but its still not working

Then perhaps something other then the port selection is amiss.

make sure you disable your wireless connection and also make sure to do it through Internet Explorer. I had the same problem until I used IE to patch my WRT54G.

Gladiator08 wrote:

make sure you disable your wireless connection and also make sure to do it through Internet Explorer. I had the same problem until I used IE to patch my WRT54G.

Yeah, for some reason, all the modems and routers I've had, the interfaces won't function correctly when using FireFox. Using IE fixes it, everytime though.

haffeysucks wrote:

GCFC wrote:

but its still not working

then you're doing it wrong.  the LAN port is any of the 4, the WAN port is the single "uplink" one that's not quite next to the others.

WAN != uplink.

haffeysucks wrote:

CrazeD wrote:

haffeysucks wrote:

then you're doing it wrong.  the LAN port is any of the 4, the WAN port is the single "uplink" one that's not quite next to the others.

WAN != uplink.

what

WAN: Wide area network. The proper label for the port on a router that connects to a DSL/Cable modem.
Uplink: The means of transmitting to a satellite.

On some home routers, the WAN port is labeled uplink. Since you sure as hell aint running CAT5 to space, one can assume that a port labeled uplink is in fact the WAN port.

Last edited by Defiance (2009-04-05 20:40:22)

haffeysucks wrote:

Defiance wrote:

haffeysucks wrote:

what

WAN: Wide area network. The proper label for the port on a router that connects to a DSL/Cable modem.
Uplink: The means of transmitting to a satellite.

On some home routers, the WAN port is labeled uplink. Since you sure as hell aint running CAT5 to space, one can assume that a port labeled uplink is in fact the WAN port.

way to wikipedia that shit.  uplink also could mean connecting to a higher-tiered device, if it's a hierarchical network.

eg: computer > router > modem > ISP.  those are all "uplinks".

Really? I answer a question that you ask and then are a smartass after the fact? I didn't Wikipedia anything. Just for shits, the article on "uplink" has nothing to say about a hierarchical network model.

Just for shits and giggles, let's look at a definition of uplink. It has something a little bit more to say.

http://www.answers.com/uplink wrote:

(1) Transmitting from an earth station to a satellite. Contrast with downlink.
(2) A port on a network device that is used to connect to another network device rather than a client or server. See MDI port.

For some more shits, less giggles, here's another that agrees with (2), the difference being whether the ports on the link are MDI or MDIX. A simple way to think about it that an uplink port needs a crossover.

In bother regards, the link is not an uplink because 1) both devices are not switches and 2) the connection between a home router and modem is almost always with a straight through.

By any verifiable definition, the port is question is not an uplink port. Hell, it doesn't matter, this is just for sport.

_{Edit:grammars.}

Last edited by Defiance (2009-04-05 21:41:03)

Defiance wrote:

haffeysucks wrote:

Defiance wrote:

WAN: Wide area network. The proper label for the port on a router that connects to a DSL/Cable modem.
Uplink: The means of transmitting to a satellite.

On some home routers, the WAN port is labeled uplink. Since you sure as hell aint running CAT5 to space, one can assume that a port labeled uplink is in fact the WAN port.

way to wikipedia that shit.  uplink also could mean connecting to a higher-tiered device, if it's a hierarchical network.

eg: computer > router > modem > ISP.  those are all "uplinks".

Really? I answer a question that you ask and then are a smartass after the fact? I didn't Wikipedia anything. Just for shits, the article on "uplink" has nothing to say about a hierarchical network model.

Just for shits and giggles, let's look at a definition of uplink. It has something a little bit more to say.

http://www.answers.com/uplink wrote:

(1) Transmitting from an earth station to a satellite. Contrast with downlink.
(2) A port on a network device that is used to connect to another network device rather than a client or server. See MDI port.

For some more shits, less giggles, here's another that agrees with (2), the difference being whether the ports on the link are MDI or MDIX. A simple way to think about it that an uplink port needs a crossover.

In bother regards, the link is not an uplink because 1) both devices are not switches and 2) the connection between a home router and modem is almost always with a straight through.

By any verifiable definition, the port is question is not an uplink port. Hell, it doesn't matter, this is just for sport.

_{Edit:grammars.}

and to think this all started with me wondering what "!=" meant.

Defiance wrote:

On some home routers, the WAN port is labeled uplink. Since you sure as hell aint running CAT5 to space, one can assume that a port labeled uplink is in fact the WAN port.

i missed it before, but this is exactly what i was saying.

I couldn't change the encryption method when I installed dd-wrt using FF; would redirect to a white page.
I also couldn't access the "Expert" function on my modem. I guess there's some small factor that causes it; perhaps addons?

On a side note, I own a WRT54GS v7.2

Last edited by alexb (2009-04-06 15:50:12)

haffeysucks wrote:

Defiance wrote:

haffeysucks wrote:

and to think this all started with me wondering what "!=" meant.

!=

haffeysucks wrote:

what

/smartass

"what" is used as an inquiry in the english language.  you might have heard it before?  humans use the expression "what" to ask a question.

/smartass

The solitary use of "what" does not specify what the inquiry is. Even if the presence of a question is known, no one can help if the question itself is not surely known.