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Re: bridge connection problems

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Originally Posted by Bob Holmstrom View Post
The Linksys rep had me set a static ip address as follows:

IP address: 192.168.1.5
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 192.168.1.250

I could still not connect to 192.168.1.250.

Thanks for your help - Bob
Bob, those look like the correct numbers to me (i just set ours up last night and used very similar numbers). The only difference is that i left the default gateway blank.

How are your wires configured? It's best if you leave the router out of it completely - just go straight from the laptop to the gaming adapter with a regular ethernet cable (it probably doesn't matter since they make these things smart now, but i would NOT use the crossover (orange) cable).

With the above settings and setup, try opening the command prompt and putting in:
Code:
ping 192.168.1.250
if the gaming adapter is on that IP address, then you should see something similar to the following:

Code:
Pinging 192.168.1.250 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.1.250: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.1.250: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.1.250: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.1.250: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.250:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms
If it's not setup on that port, or not working, you'll see something similar to the following:
Code:
Pinging 192.168.1.250 with 32 bytes of data:

Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.250:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),
I hope that helps!