re: can't use dsl connection through router Tuesday, January 8, 2008 at 5:40 am Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Steve Dunn (925 messages posted) What configuration utilities does the router have? Thinking, can you get it to assign fixed IP address to PC (ie, to PC's mac address), and then see. Does it have table of allowed/disallowed mac addresses? On Monday, January 7, 2008 at 9:48 pm, Pete wrote: >I have not tried a new ethernet card in my box yet, but something curious did happen. > I took on the task of reviving an IBM Thinkpad T40 with XP Pro, and after a week >of figuring out how to restore the os and downloading drivers (a rant for another >time), it displays the same issues- I can get on the internet only with a direct >connection to the dsl modem, not through the router. To date, I have put 6 different >Macs on the router, with three of them on at a time, and they have had no problem >connecting/sharing the modem through the router. Written in response to: re: can't use dsl connection through router (Pete: Monday, January 7, 2008 at 9:48 pm) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] can't use dsl connection through router (Pete: Sat, Dec 29, 2007, 11:52 am) re: can't use dsl connection through router (DEX: Sat, Dec 29, 2007, 10:22 pm) re: can't use dsl connection through router (Steve Dunn: Sun, Dec 30, 2007, 8:52 am) re: can't use dsl connection through router (Pete: Sun, Dec 30, 2007, 2:29 pm) re: can't use dsl connection through router (Steve Dunn: Mon, Dec 31, 2007, 11:22 am) re: can't use dsl connection through router (Pete: Mon, Jan 7, 2008, 9:48 pm) re: can't use dsl connection through router (Steve Dunn: Tue, Jan 8, 2008, 5:40 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 2000 Discussion Forum