ADSL modem won't set up!

I have a Conexant ADSL modem router. I'm not sure if I can give much more info about it because the manual that came with it doesn't even tell me that much - I got that from Device Manager. Ooh. It appears to be made by eTEC.
Anyhoo, I'm not sure how to get it to work. It has a crap manual which tells you how to set the router mode for static IP with DHCP function and bridge mode with DHCP function, and which wires to put in the back, but basically nothing else.:mad:

I've installed it anyway and I now have a Conexant USB Network Adapter and a Conexant USB Network Interface in Device Manager. I have also downloaded and auto-setup file to create an Internet connection file, whioch I have done but it wants to use my dial-up modem for this which obivously will not work.

I'm not sure what to do next. I seem to have hit a brick wall.

Any help HUGELY appreciated...

If its this one Conexant AMX-CA61E http://www.adslguide.org.uk/hardware.../amx-ca61e.asp

Theres a post by a very kind user linked on this page relating how to set it up for most users here : http://www.farina1.com/amx/

If not can you post the model?

Thank you! It's not that exact model, but it has the same (or v. similar) config interface. Anyway, I ran the diagnostic test and it has a full connection. I foudn that I hadn't entered the PPP settings.

Now how do I get my Windows XP to recognise that I can connect to the internet through this thing?

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Originally posted by Bluff
Thank you! It's not that exact model, but it has the same (or v. similar) config interface. Anyway, I ran the diagnostic test and it has a full connection. I foudn that I hadn't entered the PPP settings.

Now how do I get my Windows XP to recognise that I can connect to the internet through this thing?

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now, if windows get's an IP without special software (meaning standard DHCP), your going to need to go through the intenet connection wizard, set your connection to internet, manual, cable/always on without password/lan. That should do it :)

if its very similar you set your IP range on the router and then enable DHCP and NAT if you use it.
Within windows set its TCP/IP properties to autodetect or manually apply an IP/Subnet/Gateway then within ICW set use local network and the browser to use the proxy server if you have one.

Thanks guys. I will try out the Internet Connectio Wizard - I totally forgot abotu that. duh! :guns:
I'll get back to you tonight or tomorrow about whether it's worked.
:D

I'm sorry, guys but I have just got a chance to try it out nd found that I don't have an Internet Connection Wizard. I m using XP home (upgraded from ME) and I do have a connection wizard, but it tries to connect to "micro$oft internetbreferral service" and i think this is left over from ME, because I looked on another XP machine and there isn't one.

Any other suggestions? nsorry, i should have mentioned i was using xp.

thnks.

umm, did you try the option to set up the connection manually? This computer is connecting via a router, therefore it is connecting via the lan, not a dialup connection as such.

im sorry, bit thick...coould you tell me how to set it up manually?
Wndoze XP is so full of wizards it;s hard to do anything using the old-fashioned Mk1 Brain. :)

Go to start/control panel/ then if you have the control panel set at category view, choose network and internet connections..if you have your control panel set at classic view, choose internet options.
If you use category view (the xp default) then choose set up or change your internet connection..if you use classic view, choose the connection tab under internet options. Either way, you're at the same place. at the top is a button for setting up a new connection. Follow the wizard through..picking the appropriate options, such as connect through a lan or an internet connection that is always on..when you are done, on your dial up connection tab, make sure the "never dial a connection" box is checked. try that
(whew;) )

Open the ms-dos prompt window, from C:\> type ipconfig so it looks like this "C:\>ipconfig" without the quotation marks and then hit enter. If you see an IP Address of 192.168.XXX.XXX and an IP Address of 192.168.XXX.XXX for the default gateway, your getting assigned an IP from your modem.

Then you could try starting Internet Explorer, let it finish trying to find a web-site and display "web page could not be displayed". Then click on tools, internet options, connections, LAN Settings then click automatically detect settings, apply, OK. Close IE and then restart IE.

XXX - could be 0 through 254

If you have an IP address assigned to your system and still cannot connect to the internet, you'll have to contact your ISP for the correct settings for your modem.

Oh yeah, if you have a software firewall enabled, disable it. Sometimes they can stop you from connecting without prompting you for permission.

At the moment I appear to be connected to the internet. However, Windows is not using any of the connections that are set up in Network Connections. Also, it seems that IE is the only program that recognises the connection.
It is also slow: about the speed of a dial-up although itb has the upload speed of 236k (i got these results from the online speed test at adslguide.org).

Strange eh? any explanations and help on how to get working properly much appreciated.

Also, I keep getting an error 678 when i try to connect by clicking on the shortcut to the connection settings i made. This was before this strange ghostly connectio to the internet appeared...That has only just started.

Does the modem give an indication of internal IP connections and external conection speeds in the explorer interface ?

Have you ticked all the "show icon in taskbar when connected" boxes on all the network connection properties?

Do you use a proxy or software firewall on your system as they can interfere with the connection if not set correctly?

Under XP pro the Network setup wizard is %SystemRoot%\System32\rundll32.exe hnetwiz.dll,HomeNetWizardRunDll


Error 678

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Originally posted by Bluff
Also, I keep getting an error 678 when i try to connect by clicking on the shortcut to the connection settings i made. This was before this strange ghostly connectio to the internet appeared...That has only just started.

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You shouldn't have to click on anything to connect if you're using a aDSL modem. Once you power up the DSL modem it should connect automatically. Check out this link, it might help you. http://www.anzwers.org/free/xpdsl/ethernet678.htm