Router hell (aka PLEASE HELP!)

[Worm of Despite]

Anyway. I bought, like, a 60 dollars router, which has so far proven a total waste. It's probably something I'm doing wrong, though, and not the router. Anyway. I wanted to hook my PS2 up to my modem via an Ethernet cable. Pretty simple, right? No. The one Ethernet port on my modem was already being used by my computer. So I thought a router might solve it.

Using Ethernet cables, I plugged my modem, CPU tower, and PlayStation 2 into the router, hoping that would FINALLY allow me to do something so simple as have my PS2 and computer using the same internet connection. Guess what? Jesus hates me, so the Internet wouldn't work whenever I hooked the modem into the router. Blah! Don't know what else to say, so blah again.

[Nathan]

You read the instructions?

[Creator]

Why don't you send digital pics of the cable setups and we can try to debug. A "quicker" approach - but a cable or DSL modem (I assume you're using broadband) with additional ports. You can usually get a 4-port reasonable cheap!

[lurch]

...The key to a good router is sharp bits and the rite speed. Of course you should know your woods. No use tryingto route a brittle wood or too soft a wood. You just end up ruining it ifyou choose the wrong wood. Use a guide every where and when you can and don't lollygag once you turn the router on,,be of purpose. Otherwise you'll scorch the wood. Don't be afraid or too lazy to get your butt down to Home Despot and pick up some good sharp bits. And remember to always bow down and give thanks for the blessings of Norm when Yankee Workshop or This Olde House is airing on PBS................what!?.................MEL

[Creator]

...The key to a good router is sharp bits and the rite speed. Of course you should know your woods. No use tryingto route a brittle wood or too soft a wood. You just end up ruining it ifyou choose the wrong wood. Use a guide every where and when you can and don't lollygag once you turn the router on,,be of purpose. Otherwise you'll scorch the wood. Don't be afraid or too lazy to get your butt down to Home Despot and pick up some good sharp bits. And remember to always bow down and give thanks for the blessings of Norm when Yankee Workshop or This Olde House is airing on PBS................what!?.................MEL

*Beats lurch with a network cable!!!*

[Nav]

In my experience, routers come in two flavours: 'awkward' and 'infuriatingly awkward'. Hopefully yours is just the former. In the past I've had difficulty with my ISP's security protocols, do you have to register all of your MAC addresses with your ISP? If so then the router won't be given access until you've reported its MAC address to the ISP.