ADSL Router connecting error

Hi,

Many of ADSL users know how to setup own broadband connection in windows networking connections menu. This is simple and easy when they use Simple ADSL Modem (NOT Router). But if later you brough a Router, you will be freaked off that Windows Networking Connections won't help you to connect to the broadband internet. You will probably get error like this "The remote computer is not responding". This do not mean your router not working but you are lack in doing the right connection setting. All you need to is login to the Router's Web Interface to edit the settings. To do this, you must login to the Router web interface through an IP Address. Open Internet explorer and goto IP Address as writen in Router's user manual. Most often it will be : 192.168.1.1 (so the web interface URL is : http://192.168.1.1/). Just goto that address and login.

After login, you will see a word such as WIZARD. Click on the WIZARD and do the setting as guided by the Wizard itself. After the wizard is done, you no longer need windows connection to go internet, when ever you turn on your router, you will be online immediately as the router itself will dial-up to the broadband and keep the connnection active.

If in case you don't wish to have your internet always on with that new router and better wish to use Windows Connection to connect and disconnect from internet manually, then you just need to BRIDGE the connection. This means the Router will now not automatically connect to the internet and will disable the build-in dialer. While it will fully demand on Windows Networking COnnection to connect/disconnect from internet. In the router's web interface, search for an option called CONNECTION TYPE. By default it will be "PPPoE/PPPoA", change it to BRIDGE. Then just use your Windows dialer to connect and disconnect from internet as previously.

Note: a Router is not an ADSL modem but it is having advance feature to break through the classic ADSL Modem. So when you no longer need a router but just need an ADSL modem, then simply you can turn it to be a BRIDGE which means the Router just act just as an ADSL Modem which will turn off your hassle of messying up with the Router settings.

Recently, one of D-Link Router which has an advance ADSL feature and named as D-LINK ROUTER ADSL+2. This is more advance and our Malaysia Streamyx Home-User broadband is not as advance as it looks like. So if you brought an ADSL+2 ROUTER then you probably will have the error in router showing Router Connection Status as "CONNECTING" but it never connect to internet. The status will remain as Connecting. Haha, this is definately because your router having advance setting ADSL+2. This setting would have different values for PVC, VPI and VCI. And you need to set it back to our classic ADSL setting. Here is the value that your Router suppose to have:
(In Router's Web Interface, Go to the WAN settings and adjust this values...)

1) PVC : Pvc0
2) VPI : 0
3) VCI : 35

After doing editing this changes to the right value, save the setings. Restart your router and it will work prefectly right! You can see your status as "Connected" and able to surf the internet. Enjoy... by the way, you are always welcome to catch me if you need any assistant in setting your Router.