[bikerswin]

I live so far out I had to have a T1 line put in for the internet.
My problem is that I don't know how to make the wireless work with the T1.
Any help or advice would be very welcome.

 

[Old Rich]

and welcome to the Forum

Please post back with exact make/model of all the networking equipment and exactly how they're all wired together

 

[bikerswin]

Netopia® 4500 Series T1. The hole house is wired with cat5 to all rooms.
The router connecys to a 24 port switch.
If that is what you mean?

 

[bikerswin]

I am sorry it is a Netopia 4622-XL.
My mistake

 

[ab0mbs]

You need to either hook up a wireless router configured as a wireless access point or a normal wireless access point. You would have to hook these into the switch directly or one of the cat5 lines running into a room

 

[1ginman1]

How does the T1 line connect to your equipment? Normally a T1 line goes to a Cat5 terminal and you run a Cat5 cable to a router that can handle a T! line. Did the company that installed the T1 line also setup your router? When you wired your whole house with Cat5 cables, is there a point where all the cables terminate in one location? Is that location close to the switch? Your router has 8 ports, how many connections do you have? What is the make and model of the switch? Here is a link for setting up your router:
http://www.netopia.com/support/hardware/technotes/NQG_100.html

 

[bikerswin]

Yes a cat 5 terminal was setup. and from there it goes to the T1 router. All the cat5 cables in the house end up in the media room. The switch is a Netgear PROSAFE 24 PORT 10/100 RACKMOUNT SWITCH - JFS524
24 x 10/100Base-TX LAN.
The router was setup by Newedge Networks. I called them on how to make wireless work on this T1. They told me that my IT person should know how to do that and that they only supply the T1 service. Well this is at my house and I don't have an IT person just hanging out.
The T1 router uses that same IP address to access it as a Router so I can't access a Liknsys wireless router to set it up to do anythig. So If I just hook up a wireless access point to one of the cat5 cable, it should work. But how would I secure it??
Can I hook a cat5 cable stright to the access point and change the setting??
And not be hooked the the internet, just hooked to the access point or router??

 

[ab0mbs]

Yes a cat 5 terminal was setup. and from there it goes to the T1 router. All the cat5 cables in the house end up in the media room. The switch is a Netgear PROSAFE 24 PORT 10/100 RACKMOUNT SWITCH - JFS524
24 x 10/100Base-TX LAN.
The router was setup by Newedge Networks. I called them on how to make wireless work on this T1. They told me that my IT person should know how to do that and that they only supply the T1 service. Well this is at my house and I don't have an IT person just hanging out.
The T1 router uses that same IP address to access it as a Router so I can't access a Liknsys wireless router to set it up to do anythig. So If I just hook up a wireless access point to one of the cat5 cable, it should work. But how would I secure it??
Can I hook a cat5 cable stright to the access point and change the setting??
And not be hooked the the internet, just hooked to the access point or router??

Yes you would hook into the access point only and change the IP address to something available on your network and the you can hook it up and configure it or configure it first then hook it up.

 

[Old Rich]

You can use a Wireless Access Point or another Wireless Router . . with the router you would have to change the settings to make it an access point. I can give you the instructions for that if you want. ( It makes no sense, but Wireless Routers are usually cheaper that Wireless Access Points )

The Wireless Access Point ( or modified router ) will have a fixed IP number you access from a browser and setup the security.

 

[1ginman1]

See if I have this right.
1. The T1 is connected to your Netopia Router
2. The router is DHCP capable and will issue IP addresses
3. How many addresses or the range were configured for DHCP to give
out? You need this info so you do not get a IP address conflict.
4. Your Netgear Switch is connected to the Router, which port.
5. The Netgear Switch has 24 ports
6. Your whole house is wired with CAT5 cabling.
7. Since the whole house is hardwired, why do you need wireless? Just a
question.
8. To setup the wireless router, remove it, the Access Point, and the pc
from the network and then log into the router to set it up. You DO NOT
want DHCP enabled on the Access Point, if you do the Access Point may
issue the same IP address to a pc that the router does. You should be
able to get an IP address from the router through the Access Point.
9. Connect the Access Point to your switch or router.

I suggested the Access Point not give out IP addresses, you would have to configure the DHCP scope on both the router and Access Points if DHCP were enabled on both of them and they cannot overlap or duplicate.

Let us know.

 

[bikerswin]

Well I don't need wireless, but my wife does. Me I like wired because it is a lot faster.
But she likes to set outside with her laptop.
I am just tring to make it work. I will try to hook the access point stright to the computer and see if I can change the settings.
But I thought you would have to be connected to the internet to be able to log into the access point?
I am 300 miles away from my house right now I will be home on Sat. and I will try that then.
The switch is in slot 1 on the T1 Router. That is the only thing hooked to the router. Everything else is hooked up to the switch.
The router is set up to put out 50 IP address.
Don't think I will ever need 50, but who knows.

 

[ab0mbs]

Whenever you access a device on the network (access point) you are always accessing it locally never over the internet (unless configured to allow that). In this case you are not going though a switch you are just going directly to the access point.

 

[bikerswin]

I removed the computer from the network. And plugged it stright to the access point. It will not let me log in to it., it just says that the web page can't be displayed. What am I doing wrong??

 

[1ginman1]

What address are you using to log in to the router? The default IP address should be 192.168.1.1. and Netopia does not configure a default password into the router.

 

[bikerswin]

I have ysed 192.168.1.1 and 192.168.2.1 and many others.
I plugged the router into the computer and with the cmd. checked the IP of the router and doesn't work.
I have tried 3 different routers and I can't access any of them stright to the computer.
I don't know any IT persons. way out here there are no IT persons. Cows don't need them.

 

[Old Rich]

What brand and model wireless router are you trying to use?

 

[bikerswin]

Linksys WRT110.

 

[bikerswin]

With A T1 I should be able to hook up just an access point and make it work.

 

[Old Rich]

See if this helps

http://www6.nohold.net/Cisco2/ukp.aspx?pid=80&login=1&app=search&vw=1&articleid=3967&donelr=1

 

[Old Rich]

And this for how to set up with another router:

http://www6.nohold.net/Cisco2/ukp.aspx?pid=80&login=1&app=search&vw=1&articleid=3733&donelr=1