> 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?
--
Barry Margolin, barmar@
alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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