Re: Belkin Router


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On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:02:11 +0100, MK28 wrote:

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On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:30:51 +0000, Dale Dellutri wrote:


A router is an independent device which connects to your internet
service (WAN = Wide Area Network) and then provides one or more ports
for your internal network (LAN = Local Area Network). The manuals
rarely mention Linux even though a router should work fine with
Linux. It's just that the router manufacturer doesn't have enough
knowledge of Linux to help you.

Not to confuse the issue, but many routers use Linux as their OS. I
know at least some Belkins and Linksys routers do.

To: Thunder
The model number is: F5D7230-4
do you know if this one is one of those? if it is would it affect what
computers it see's on the network? if it does what idea can you give to
help me solve the problem?

Sorry, but I think I have confused the issue. The router should work
with any networking capable operating system, Linux, Windows, etc. That
particular Belkin is a wireless router that does happen to use Linux as
it's operating system, but that is irrelevant to your problem.

To solve your problem, it would be helpful to know what Linux
distribution you are using. How you are trying to connect to the router,
wired or wireless? Logged in as root, what is the output of the route
command? The output of the ifconfig command? Or, you may get lucky, try
typing http://192.168.2.1 into your Linux browser? What happens?

Ok, Ubentu (something like that).
here is the layout of the network:
line coming in to the cable modem then from there to the Belkin router from
there in to 4 wired computers.
1: Main Computer (XP), 2: Xbox360, 3: Linux Ubentu, 4: Spare
i have a scanner to check the local network, when i run it it only see's 1
and 2 (if its on), but 3 is always on but its not showing.
there is a few problems with what you are saying at the end. 1: the display
on the monitor of the linux is scambled, 2: its been a long time since i
used it i forgot the root password. so with that i can't login as a root and
i wont be able to see what browser is show let alone trying to load with a
scamble display.
if push comes to shove, i might have to reinstall a new linux os on the
computer and put all the stuff back on it. but if i do that i would need to
know what best os to use and should most likely work with the router.


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