I was just at a customers home attempting to setup a wireless router to connect to a DSL Modem. The modem was connected to an indivudual computer when I got there. The customer connected to the modem via USB; he also had the network cable connected to his computer. I figured out that the USB cable was actually connecting the computer to the DSL Modem. The network cable connected to the PC wasn’t doing anything so I connected it to the WAN port on the router (where its supposed to go).
When I tried to connect to the router (192.168.1.1) I wasn’t able to. Appearantly that is also the IP for the Modem config. I proceded to another computer which incedently was able to connect to the router (but not internet). With this computer I was able to access the routers config settings.
My question is; if I leave the USB cable connected to the upstairs computer, and uplink from the modem to the router via ethernet cable, how do I get the router to grab the modem info so I can share the connection with the other computers?