Monitoring My Classic

[Bigboomer]

John,

I have checked and everything is set up with DHCP. I tried turning off the Wi-Fi on the laptop and plugging it into the router while the Classic 150 is plugged in the router as well and nothing happened. The IP currently showing on the Classic is 192.168.0.2. Subnet is set at 255.255.255.0.
I have tried plugging the Classic in all four of the ports, no luck. When I did the original start-up on the router I had to plug the computer into it and it assigned the IP which is shown in the DHCP server settings.
Not sure what next to do....I would not think this would be this hard.

[Resthome]

John,

I have checked and everything is set up with DHCP. I tried turning off the Wi-Fi on the laptop and plugging it into the router while the Classic 150 is plugged in the router as well and nothing happened. The IP currently showing on the Classic is 192.168.0.2. Subnet is set at 255.255.255.0.
I have tried plugging the Classic in all four of the ports, no luck. When I did the original start-up on the router I had to plug the computer into it and it assigned the IP which is shown in the DHCP server settings.
Not sure what next to do....I would not think this would be this hard.

What IP addresses are set for the Local Area Network (LAN) DHCP on the router.  That 192.168.0.2  on the Classic is a typical LAN address so I would think it got that address from the router. Does the router LAN DHCP table show the Classic as a client?

Also when you plug the computer into the router and turned the WIFI off on the computer what IP was the computer set to.  If you are using Win 7 you can do a run CMD command to get a DOS window and then do a IPCONFIG command to get the computer IP.

[Bigboomer]

The router does not show up in the client listing. The laptop does when it is using the wi-fi from the router. The laptops IP address was showing as 192.168.0.153.
Tried plugging and unplugging, turned classic off and on....tried going to static and changing IP address manually and tried going back to DHCP. When the classic is plugged into the router the port it is plugged into blinks.

[Resthome]

The router does not show up in the client listing. The laptop does when it is using the wi-fi from the router. The laptops IP address was showing as 192.168.0.153.
Tried plugging and unplugging, turned classic off and on....tried going to static and changing IP address manually and tried going back to DHCP. When the classic is plugged into the router the port it is plugged into blinks.

Yeah i was looking for the 192.168.0.1 or what ever the Classic is set to now to show up in the client list. You need to check the IP of the laptop when it is connect to an ethernet port. The fact that the port the Classic is plugged into is blink means it is communicating with the router. I think your issue is the computer needs to be on the same LAN as the Classic 192.168.0.X. If you do change from DHCP to Static or back you I have been told you need to power the Classic off and on.

Stick to trying with the both Classic and the Computer plugged into the router and then try to use the LA and if required set the LA configuration to the IP address that shows up on the Classic and see what you get.

Is that 192.168.0.153 when the WiFi is on when you are connected to the campground WiFi? If it is then that is a problem. The WAN and LAN need to be on different networks.  Like 192.168.1.X rather than both being on 192.168.1.x

Sorry if my explanations are not clear. It kind of hard troubleshooting networks with out seeing the router

[Bigboomer]

Well, well, well....The simplest of things....bad Ethernet cable...I had an extra cable so I gave it a whirl and low and behold the Classic LA came alive....
Checked the end of the original cable and it was buggered up so I am figuring not all the contacts were connecting.
So the router works like a charm and found the Classic and now I can monitor from my easy chair. 
Thanks again to everyone who chimed in with their theories!

Les

[Resthome]

Good to here. Wee always like happy endings.

[jimbo]

Mine has just happened again, same time 2 days straight.