Linksys Router Troubleshooting

Since last night, I couldn't access the internet using my wireless router. I am using Linksys wireless router WRT54G version 4 to access the internet. I have 2 computers which connects to this router, my notebook running on XP and my desktop running on Vista. My ISP is Starhub and i called them to find out whether the issue is from their side. We did some troubleshooting together, and found out that with the direct connection to modem, i can access the internet without issues.

So the next thing is to connect through the router wirelessly. When we tried, it didn't worked. So now we know the issue is cos of the wireless router and not cos of the modem.

I called up Linksys then to connect with the support staff and explained the problem. A gentleman explained me the steps i have to go through and finally we got it working. I asked the staff, we are troubleshooting the issue now but in the first place what is the cause of the problem? The reply was: there could be 100 reasons why the router could stop working, some of them are; there may be a in the ISP and when it got restored, somehow the router is not able to identify that and hence the problem. So while he was not sure of the problem, he knows how to resolve it.

Anyway's, we didn't do any rocket science all we did was to go through the steps by restoring the router to the factory settings. I have stated the steps here to troubleshoot the issue for everyone's benefit.

Problem: Not able to connect to Internet using the wireless router, but able to connect via modem (To access via modem, need to enable LAN by going in to Network connections)

Answer:

Step 1: To restore the factory settings in the router – reset the router by holding it for 30secs. Connect the cable from the router through any of the ports from 1 to 4 to the computer

Step 2: Access the router from browser http://192.168.1.1

User ID : blank

Password : admin

Step 3:

In security Firewall uncheck the Block Anonymous Internet Requests

Step 4:

Under Administration UPnP disable it

Step 5:

Give a SSID name and change wireless channel to something shown above

Step 6:

Select WEP in security mode, give passphrase and key 1 10 digit hexacode. Save settings in all the above steps

Step 7: Connect the cable to modem and router, turn off modem and router.

Step 8: Turn on modem and after that turn on router after a while. There you go, i connected to the internet and works like charm :)

PS: I asked the support staff, why can't you put these steps in your Linksys support site. He replied that it may differ with ISP and hence they cannot put this in their web site. So i have put up here which works for Starhub. May differ for Singtel users.

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I tried Wordle inputting my blog and the output is here. If you want to try click the image.

What am I in the eyes of Typealyzer?

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I noticed this link through Stephan Wissel (Lotus Guru in Singapore) and Jonathan Wong (cool IBMer and I have started reading his blog lately)
This is what Typealyzer thinks after analyzing my blog. Of course, I need to start blogging regularly to find out whether am this on a long run. As of now this is what i have got,

ESTP - The Doers

The active and play-ful type. They are especially attuned to people and things around them and often full of energy, talking, joking and engaging in physical out-door activities.

The Doers are happiest with action-filled work which craves their full attention and focus. They might be very impulsive and more keen on starting something new than following it through. They might have a problem with sitting still or remaining inactive for any period of time.
If you want to check yours visit Typealyzer

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Lotus Top Gun

Last year, around this time i was selected as one of the Lotus Top Gun in the class. Its really a nice moment indeed :) This time IBM is not having the Top Gun classes in Singapore and is happening in KL. I just saw a Tweet from Stephan Wissel, he has just returned from KL after Lotus Top Gun 08.

An Entry after a long time

Its been quite a while since i wrote my blog posts. My last entry was in April 2007. Many things have happened since then and one of the prime reasons why i couldn't blog as much as i want to is my role has changed of late and my focus is more on project management and presales. Most of the time, i am very busy going for meetings, working at the deliverables of the meeting, project management - guiding the team as to how the end deliverables would like and attending project related meetings. Apart from that, working on the proposals for new projects. Given the project is live now with just one more site to be signed off, i am back to my presales activity again.

Well, the project which i was working is a dealers portal based on IBM Websphere Portal 6.0 and Websphere Portlet Factory. We built 2 virtual portals for the dealers and the other one is for Intranet users. I will write down the details a bit later, and now i have few other important things to convey.

First is the Lotus Symphony v1.0 available FOC (free of cost). Symphony 1.0 is definitely much better looking than the other beta. I have downloaded and started to use Presentations which is pretty nice looking with the thumbnail views. Though i am preparing in Symphony, i still save it as a PPT file for MS compatibility cos the same file i can send to other colleagues who are using MS Office. I am spreading this word about Symphony internally in my office and i will have to notify to my senior management about this.

Ok for all of you who are using MS Office, see the alternative Lotus Symphony which is FOC. You will take sometime to learn but i am sure anyone can learn that.