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Re: Help needed in connecting mac on router with other pc's         

Group: comp.sys.mac.comm · Group Profile
Author: Barry Margolin
Date: Sep 16, 2008 14:51

In article
<63a83310-4330-4db7-bfdb-3d8a6ff4e028@v13g2000pro.googlegroups.com>,
h.paulcho@gmail.com wrote:
> I'm having trouble getting access to the internet through the router.
>
> I am getting a valid IP address from the router (airlink101?)
> But it won't allow me to access the web.
>
> I can login to the router's system utility (198.168.1.1).
> The status reports that the router is not getting an ip address from
> the ISP.
> So naturally, I'm thinking that the problem is with the WAN.
>
> But then something interesting was happening.
> Other computers, (there are five other machines running either windows
> xp or vista) who are all tied into the same router via switch, are
> able to access the internet just fine! (including this machine that
> I'm using to write this post.)
>
> I couldn't believe it. I checked their cables and they were all
> leading to the same router.
> The computers are all set for DHCP.
>
> Here's the part that I really don't get. On the pc's... their gateway
> address is 198.168.1.254
> ????
>
> Yet, I can't access 198.168.1.254 through the browser.
>
> I don't get it.
>
> Anyway. I'm thinking it's a PC setup vs MAC setup because all the
> pc's are working fine but my mac and my airport express (when
> connected as a bridge) are not working.
>
> Any advice?

If their gateway address is .254 and yours is .1, you're not using the
same router as them. You mention an Airport Express, how does it fit
into the picture? How is everything really wired together?

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Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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