trying to hook up router on host PC but losing internet... 2

[cmpgeek]

hey yall...
i am setting up a network in myhome and am already having trouble... i followed all the directions step by step, and my DSL LED lights looked good... the power and internet lights were lit on the router, but the only way to get any of the LAN lights to light up on the router was to choose the uplink option...
i am completely new to networking, so i have NO idea what uplinking entails, or how it changes things within the router... all i do know is this is how the connections were done:

phone line from phonejack (with DSL filter) plugged into phone line port on DSL modem...

ethernet cable going from LAN port on modem to the Internet port on the router...

2nd ethernet cable going from 1st port on the router to the ethernet card on the PC...

all the connections are secure, but even with only my PC connected, i am unable to connect to the internet...

if anyone has any suggestions at all i would greatly appreciate it!!!

thanks


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[bcastner]

Hotmail and other connection issues are secure site problems, not router problems.

1. Set the router in its setup pages to a manual MTU value of 1492 for DSL;

2. Set your clients to a manual MTU of 1492. I use the DrTCP tool from the broadbandreports Tweak site:

http://www.dslreports.com/tweaks

Run the "Tweak" test, and use the provided link to set your MTU value appropriately.

3. Then run the checklist for secure site issues:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=813951

http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/answers2.htm#secure_sites

 

[cmpgeek]

Linksys had me change the MTU setting of the router several times, but it never worked... they told me to return it because is must have been faulty... when we had the same problem with the second router and ran through the same fixes with no change, we decided to try the hub. it is up and working perfectly... i really need to research all this stuff - i hate not understanding how something works...
but that will have to wait because now one of the PCs we hooked up is having problems with the hard drive... something about the FAT32 being messed up... so i am off to research that now... wish me luck...

thanks again for all your helps guys - you area great!

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