This is my first post...so please go easy.
I have cable broadband, NTL. My (windows XP) PC is upstairs in my office, my 360 is downstairs. I have two convenient broadband 'inputs' into my house & up until a week ago, would simply unscrew my modem and carry it up/down stairs accordingly. My PC would connect to the modem via USB and the 360 via ethernet. I had no connection problems and was able to swap & change between devices at my convenience.
However, to save all the screwing/unscrewing, I was advised to buy a wireless router and went for a d-link DI-524 with a DWL-G122 wireless USB adapter. I was advised to put the wireless router downstairs (with the 360 hardwired into it) and upstairs have a wireless adapter plugged into the PC to pick up the internet connection.
I did this but my world has now become a living hell!!!
Basically, I can not get either the 360 or PC to connect when the router is plugged in. I can't even go back to how things were - for some reason even discarding the router now means that I have to wait 4 hours between switching from PC to 360 connection (and vice versa).
So far, I have done all the obvious things - checked the power up sequence/cables connected properly but no joy. I've reset the router to factory default settings (DHCP enabled, MAC address NOT cloned) but still no go.
Any advice would be appreciated - either to solve the router problem or to restore everything back to how it was (& I'll bin the router!) But please note that I am a newbie & terminology goes right over my head (haven't a clue what MAC addresses/DHCP/WEP, etc all means....sorry
). Thanks
