Hi, I purchased a LINKSYS wireless router recently, all was working fine till I disconnected the eternet cable from the modem and added a ethernet splitter in an attempt to split the output from the modem to the PC directly and also the router (so that I could use secure remote from the pC directly; it doesn't work through a router!) Anyway it would not work, I could not access the internet. I then removed the splitter and plugged the ethernet cable back in the original configuration through the router which had worked a few minutes before. You've guessed it did not work. I tried various things, checked the broadband modem worked without the router, reinstalled the router software - the ethernet light was not coming on the broadband modem when connected to the router and the internet light would not come on the router. I took the router back to the shop got a replacement and it was the same. I changed to a Belkin and have the same issue.
Does anyone know if the broadband modem has perhaps been upset by my changes - when plugged though the ethernet and the router it seems that the USB light first comes on then goes off, could the modem be trying to use USB? Finally I reinstalled the broadband software but to no avail.
Any help is appreciated even if it is a recommendation to buy another cable modem.
Thanks
Willie
