Cable Forum - View Single Post - Initial setup for Linksys WRT54G & Telewest modem

eagleeye · 10-03-2006, 21:59

A friend has asked me to help them setup a wireless router for their home network but after having a look at this I need some guidance. I'm not familiar with broadband cable as I use ADSL hence the question.

I have everything connected as detailed and have done the required power off, wait a couple of minutes and then power on. During the setup wizard I get to the point where it should auto detect the connection (i.e. cable) but I then get the Advanced Internet Settings screen with a choice of DHCP, PPPoE, Static IP, PPTP etc. The one 'selected' is static IP but this to me doesn't seem right as the router should be acting as a DHCP server (I would have thought). So the question is what should this be set to if it's not auto detecting the cable modem?

Cheers.

10-03-2006, 21:59	#1
eagleeye Inactive Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1	Initial setup for Linksys WRT54G & Telewest modem A friend has asked me to help them setup a wireless router for their home network but after having a look at this I need some guidance. I'm not familiar with broadband cable as I use ADSL hence the question. I have everything connected as detailed and have done the required power off, wait a couple of minutes and then power on. During the setup wizard I get to the point where it should auto detect the connection (i.e. cable) but I then get the Advanced Internet Settings screen with a choice of DHCP, PPPoE, Static IP, PPTP etc. The one 'selected' is static IP but this to me doesn't seem right as the router should be acting as a DHCP server (I would have thought). So the question is what should this be set to if it's not auto detecting the cable modem? Cheers.