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I bought a Linksys wireless G router a few months back and have tried several times to set it up, everything is plugged in correctly, and my modem is working but I am not getting internet service or Xbox live when I try to go through the router. I had a Netgear router before that, it worked for a couple of weeks then quit on me, I was told that Netgear was a poor brand and Linksys would be better. I think I have to go in and set my router up online, I'm not sure and I dont know how to do that.

Does anyone know what the problem is and how to fix it??
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Does anyone know what that special code is to get my router online??

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Hello,

I think I ran into what is happening to you.

Do you have a separate DSL modem that connects for you using a user name and password. I could connect and use the internet if I was connected directly to the DSL modem but when I added the router I could net get anywhere. The router could ping and traceroute to sites but I could not connect. If so what I had to do was to change a setting in the modem to say that it was just a modem and the router was going to login to the PPOE connection. I then put the user and password in the router and set the connection for PPOE instead of DHCP and I was off and running.

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Hello,

I think I ran into what is happening to you.

Do you have a separate DSL modem that connects for you using a user name and password. I could connect and use the internet if I was connected directly to the DSL modem but when I added the router I could net get anywhere. The router could ping and traceroute to sites but I could not connect. If so what I had to do was to change a setting in the modem to say that it was just a modem and the router was going to login to the PPOE connection. I then put the user and password in the router and set the connection for PPOE instead of DHCP and I was off and running.

Thank You Thank You Thank You!! I think I understand what the problem is now, but I'm not exactly computer savvy so I will have to follow you directions as best as I can. Whether I can or cant follow your instructions Thanks for your help!

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