Settings?
by
ed.williams
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about 17 years, 5 months ago
In reply to aol not playing well with linksys
I’ve had many problems with DSL and AOL, the combination is lethal at best, and even the best solution seems to only work for a little while before something else breaks. I’ll tell you the key points to pay attention to with regards to this kind of combination:
#1 – Ensure that the Router has a valid DNS. Go into the linksys, hit the status page, and it should have an ip address of something other than 0.0.0.0. The newer Linksys routers have a PPOE/PPOA settings in them, where you put in your username and password. It will not get an IP without it, and thus nothing will work. Set up a new account called Router through AOL, give it it’s own name and password. Then check to make sure you have an IP on the status page again.
#2 Once you have an IP, set up a new connection in your AOL software. Select the ethernet/Broadband connection for it. For the user name and password, use your own account information. That will enable you to log in.
If you cannot log in through that, something is messed up with your settings, so delete all your network cards and protocols with them, re-Install AOL software, and start off with just setting up the broadband account.
Now this works most of the time. I am not an AOL or DSL User, but I’ve fixed plenty of systems like this and they are never fun because the user often can screw up the settings, and you’ve got to go back out and fix it again. But the tips here should point you in the right direction:
AOL uses a proprietary PPOE standard that is not build into all routers, but seems to be in the latest Linksys. Only one user can be on at a time, so you will conflict if you use the same name and password. You can set up a gateway on your computer to act as a conduit between your normal TCP/IP apps, and AOL, but in general you should Delete that gateway and use the Routers internet access instead. Thus you will have internet access even if you aren’t logged into AOL because the Router is.
Hope this helped, if you find it did, tidy up my explanations and add your own experience and post it for others.
Ed..