Re: Network is driving me crazy
 

No it's completely empty!

Re: Network is driving me crazy
 

Who is your ISP?

This may be relevant, found a comment on a review:

Is Default route disabled in PPPoA/PPPoE parameters?

Did you visit autoregister to register the MAC of the router, or clone your registered PC's MAC to the router?

Re: Network is driving me crazy
 

Hi Cobbler

Cracked it!

I went back to the manual to find the information on NAT and while I was perusing I came across an article in the appendix

How to configure the router to access internet by ADSL user

The very first part said that the modem should be connected in bridge mode.

Then use the router PPPoE for the WAN settings and bingo! i have now got one PC accessing the internet via the modem.

Many thanks for your shear hard work you deserve a medal for patience.

I think I will send a message back to China and tell them because they really sent me in the wrong direction.

Regards
Lovejoy

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Sorry Cobbydaler

Re: Network is driving me crazy
 

Glad you got it sorted! :)

Re: Network is driving me crazy
 

Just when I thought that everything was going smoothly then it plays up again. Just to update I have got internet access working through the router. I had one problem, the DCHP wouldn't assign the IP address on one PC so I ahve assigned all the IP's manually but left the DCHP still enabled on the router. BUT I now cannot file or print share or ping to each PC. However I can ping the router.
I have contacted D-Link and they have said that providing that the IP's are correct then there shouldn't be a problem using the bridge setup.
Below is the config and I noticed that the IP Routing and WINS Proxy etc are not enabled. Did a google on them and cannot decipher whether I should do anything with them and whether they are causing the problems.

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : WINDOW
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 4:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-11-09-2B-D8-AD
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.102
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . :

Tried disabling the firewalls but still no joy and have tried the router firewall both on and off.

Re: Network is driving me crazy
 

If you're going to have static IPS on the PCs you need DHCP turned off in the router I think. You also need to assign the DNS servers manually on each PC...

You don't need IP routing or WINS proxy enabled.

You've enabled file & print sharing & it doesn't work? You've turned the firewalls off on both machines?

What's your exact static IP setup on each machine?

Re: Network is driving me crazy
 

The IP setup is as shown for one PC and 192.168.0.101 for the other. All other settings are the same.
I have also setup the DNS but clumsily deleted them on the cutnpaste.
Have made a bit of progress. When I ran the windows network setup it turned on the windows firewall to block file and print sharing (not very clever!). I have now turned them off and can now ping from PC to PC in both directions.
Have disabled the DHCP on the router but still cannot see the other computer.
I have also added each computer to the "trusted" list on the firewalls (Zone Alarm).
I am sure its something minor now and I just wish I knew what it is.
When I have set up a PC to PC network before (no router) each one found the other on reboot without any action from me should this be the case here?

Re: Network is driving me crazy
 

Im pretty sure You can have DHCP enabled and have static IPs, i've done it in the past.

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Zone alarm used to do this to me all the time, stopped using it as if you keep your machine clean and you are behind a router little else is really needed.

Re: Network is driving me crazy
 

Is the NAT firewall of the router good enough for me to be able to delete zone alarm?

Re: Network is driving me crazy
 

I suppose it depends what you use your computer for but its certainly good enough to get rid of ZA temporarily at least to see if that solves your problem (unless ZA has pooched your network settings).