BF2S Forums How to conect 2 PC by D-link ?

Cheez wrote:

Model number helps. Sounds as though its a single-PC router. I.e. you can only plug one node into it. But that's just my interpretation.

And you need to use 'yellow cable' for both, a.k.a. Ethernet.

what do you mean for both ?? on each computer...

Wait you have a modem AND a wireless router? Seriously, I need model numbers or I don't know how to set it up.

Are you ADSL or Cable?

In any case a network (which is what you're setting up) requires the Ethernet cable or in the case of wireless, 802.11g PCI cards.
USBs and CDs will cause problems.

If you have a router that has multiple outputs, you can just hardwire it from the router and branch it out to your comps. Also, maybe a wireless card if its wireless.

Supposedly, a yellow cable is usually a crossover cable, which means you can share the internet as well as files. It uses one computer as a host, and the other as a client. You basically need 3 NIC(Etherner) cards to have this setup. 2 for your host and 1 for your client. Thats how I understand it anyway. I don't know what the blue cable is. If you have cable internet, your main cable goes into the modem, and the Ethernet cords branch out to the computers.

I have a WCG200 or something like that, and I have 2 computers hardwired to it, and another desktop and a laptop mooching off of its wireless capabilities. Lotsa computers for one house, huh? LOL. Good luck!

They're making it too complicated.. You have 2 PCs on the same subnet sharing one modem..

Connect modem into the intranets port on the back of the router.

connect 1 wire into the first port on the router run it to a computer.

Connect another wire to the 2nd port and run it to a machine, by DEFAULT these routers RUN DHCP, which means there is no configuration required.

Reboot the router/modem and PC's you should be good to go!

I didn't see that you had wireless.

You may need to ENABLE the wifi signal by going to the menu.

On a computer that is already connected through the router type in the web browswer ; 192.168.0.1

leave the login name empty

pass=admin

click wireless tab and  enable, read up on wifi encryption such as WPA <private> keys and mac address filtering before you go installing wifi. Don't be another script kiddies wardiving/zombie box.

Last edited by misconfiguration (2007-02-01 21:48:08)

misconfiguration wrote:

They're making it too complicated.. You have 2 PCs on the same subnet sharing one modem..

Connect modem into the intranets port on the back of the router.

connect 1 wire into the first port on the router run it to a computer.

Connect another wire to the 2nd port and run it to a machine, by DEFAULT these routers RUN DHCP, which means there is no configuration required.

Reboot the router/modem and PC's you should be good to go!

I didn't see that you had wireless.

You may need to ENABLE the wifi signal by going to the menu.

On a computer that is already connected through the router type in the web browswer ; 192.168.0.1

leave the login name empty

pass=admin

click wireless tab and  enable, read up on wifi encryption such as WPA <private> keys and mac address filtering before you go installing wifi. Don't be another script kiddies wardiving/zombie box.

That's what I said. Except:

I draws a pitcha.

I hadn't got to securing yet, hell it probably needs the login details in the modem again.

Not every router/modem has the same IP and login details you do. My D-Link is the 10.1.1.x range, and the user is 'admin', 'admin' by default.

Most likely the wireless router will give out its own DHCP which should be disabled to echo the modem's.

I'm still yet to get the model numbers

Andoura wrote:

the model number is : DI-524

this is my D-Link: http://www.evolta.cl/my%20pictures/DI-524_view.jpg

Excellent, it can be done!

Computer A to any LAN port. Modem to WAN port.

Once that's done go into the router's settings and enable WPA and MAC address filtering under Wireless. Usually D-Links are
User: admin, Pass: admin.

Then connect the other computer.

If that doesn't work plug a computer back into the modem for interwebs.

it Doesn't matter if it's a crossover or patch,  this router is auto-mdi/mdi-x on the Lan port (not on on the WAN port, you still need a patch from your modem to your router), This mean that the router will detect cable configuration and communicate with the computer anyway (it'll simply switch pin signal to fit computer input at the other end)

As for color coding there was one, blue, yellow. But you only need cat5 or cat5e (blue Stuff) . Yellow stuff (cat 10 , if a remember correctly)............ well haven't seen any in small comp shop , neither at place like best buy....... and it's not for that type of connection ( your modem and router don't go fast enough for it anyway)

I know you can find color ethernet cable in store, but it's much more of a '' look / design '' thing, then a code.

If you're not sure of your cable just go to a small comp shop and ask for cable, it's not that expensive got something like 50 feet patch cable ( 2 lenght of 25') for 20$can.

As for your, usb wireless antenna. i told you in my PM that you didn't need driver, but i was wrong. You need to install the driver for that thing, on the pc that will use it. And make sure it's connected in a USB 2.0 port, you want the max speed for that thing ( will surely work on a usb 1.0, but why put a bottleneck in your network)

You got my e-mail if there's anything else.

Pat