DSL to Router Help
 

I got hooked up with ATT's dry DSL. No landline required!

So I am trying to get my network up and running with it.

Here is what I have so far:

wall > modem > computer = success
wall > modem > router > computer = fail

I need to enter my user name and password created for the modem but she couldn't tell me where. I found some settings called PPPoe which allowed a user name and password to be entered - but it still didn't work.

I was doing some research on Google for the hook-ups and Wikipedia (thanks Andrew!) on PPPoe. Then my brain melted.

Anyone have IT-idiot proof suggestions?
Linksys wireless router
Motorola ATT DSL Modem.

thank you!

I say to stick with dial-up - it is more dependable.

Connect the Modem to the Internet port on the router.

Enter the PPPoe username/pw as given. Save and reboot the router.

Go into the router config, there should be a test screen that will let you ping (try 4.2.2.2) or open a web page. See if that works.

IF YES: Then you need to look at the DHCP settings for your internal LAN

IF NO: I give up.

You can also read here.

Contact the linksys customer support people. When I was having trouble, they were the only people capable of deviating from their script and providing the actual help I needed, all without treating me like my ovaries somehow rendered me incapable of understanding home networking.

But they do render one incapable!! Trust me, I know these sorts of things...

Meh. You probably stop and ask for directions when your lost too. :p

On the contrary. Since I know how to read a map and have a sense of direction, I don't get lost.

Thank you Moonie! AT&T was very helpful in telling me what I needed to do, they didn't know where to look under my router configuration and I'm just not familiar with these settings.

If that doesn't work then my IT buddies will come over and do it for me.

Off Topic: J & I were talking about how men & women are supposed to understand directions. Men, north, south, east, west, numbers, etc... Women, landmarks, intuition... We're the opposite of what we're supposed to be. I prefer, "Head north on Washington, then turn east on 31st," while he prefers "Turn left, turn right..." or even better, "Just past the Common Cents store, make a right..."

^^ Totally true. I see that difference all the time lol... so frustrating.

Though I think all my Everquest training paid off -- if I see an overhead map of an area, I can usually figure out where I am and where I'm going to, even if there's a forced detour.

SO back on topic -- call me naive here but -- you can have an AT&T DSL line WITHOUT having to pay for a telephone line???? They told us no.... we have a lifeline with AT&T which we never use. All that happens with that line is that people call with advertising.