ADSL router problem

[Archer]

Hi all,perhaps someone cleverer than myself [not hard] can point me in the right direction and save whats left of my receeding hairline.

I have purchased an ADSL Ethernet router from dabs.com in the UK model AMX-CA64E a dabs value range item.
<a href="http://www.dabs.com/products/prod-search.asp?action=search&refp=AMX-CA64E+&mid=010&tid=334&ob=manufacturer&obd=asc&stab=ref&p=&lp=&up=&mc=&sc=&Refine.x=38&Refine.y=15" target="_blank">http://www.dabs.com/products/prod-search.asp?action=search&refp=AMX-CA64E+&mid=010&tid=334&ob=manufacturer&obd=asc&stab=ref&p=&lp=&up=&mc=&sc=&Refine.x=38&Refine.y=15</a>

[Looking at the FCC id its actually made by <a href="http://www.cnet.com/tw" target="_blank">www.cnet.com/tw</a> model CNAD 804-NF]

Anyway after a couple of days trying to configure the ADSL connection I finally managed to get it working,sort of.
I can use the home network alright and all connection appear stable and I can get it to connect to the British Telecoms PPPoA non statically assigned IP after much tweaking,as the manual leaves a lot to be desired.
Having done all this I can ping both local and web based addresses with no problem,search local files and folders but only connect via IE or Opera to a website typing the IP address i.e. 216.167.96.118 opens sygates site but typing <a href="http://www.sygate.com" target="_blank">http://www.sygate.com</a> giver the unable to communicate etc screen.
i`m sure its something simple to do with one of these DNS,NAT things that are confusing me to bordom,anybody please help me before I have to turn all my favorites to numbers to achieve connection.

[Darkstar]

If your address is statically assigned, I would think you have to configure your router with your ISP's DNS servers when you configure it with your static address. I'm not familiar with that router, but I know Linksys and D-Links work that way with PPPoE.

[Archer]

hi ,thanks for the reply but unfortunatly I already assigned the DNS server or should I say set it to "assigned by ISP" as per the IP and Subnet mask.Looks like I`ll have to do a bit more online reading and tweak of the settings some more :confused:

[craigmodius]

Specify the DNS servers in the TCP/IP network settings of the PC from which you're trying to view web pages on.

Also on my setup with a Linksys box, you can tell the box to be a Router or Gateway. I have mine set as a Gateway, and the LAN IP Address (e.g. 192.168.1.1) is set as the Default Gateway in the PC's Network Settings.

Hope that Helps

[Archer]

Now this is weird.....
Having tried all resonable settings I finally got peed off with it and reset it to the manufacturers defaults,emailed dabs for a returns number then had second thoughts and decided to have one last stab before I binned the idea all together.Resetting it exactly the same as before the B*****Y thing worked <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="eek.gif" /> ,you could have blown me down with a feather!
Now I just have to figure out if it was me or the router that was at fault :confused:
Thanks for the responses peeps nice to know theres help at hand if you need it :)