Using BeBox router with other internet

[Mvtaylor]

Hi guys. Basically we have Be There internet at my student house and just taking the router home over the break to see if I can get wireless at home. I've got a BeBox WiFi router (Thomson TG585 v7) and was wondering if it would be possible to use it with another broadband supplier (specifically BT).

I've plugged the thing in but it refuses to give let my laptop connect to the router settings, both wireless and ethernet give limited / no connectivity and 192.168.1.254 doesn't go to the router settings page.

The set up is also different from the default Thomson TG585 v7 help manual, I guess Be There have put something on it meaning it can be used only with their internet, or is there a way around this?

Many Thanks.

Miles

[Splash]

I see no reason why it wouldn't work, but bear in mind that Be own the router and you have to return it if you leave.

What ip address is your laptop being assigned? Do ipconfig /all and try connecting to the default gateway in your browser.

[Mvtaylor]

Okay here's the results of a tracert and ipconfig /all:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6001]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Miles>tracert (Was google, doesn't let me post url's...)
Unable to resolve target system name (Was google, doesn't let me post url's...).

C:\Users\Miles>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Miles-PC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : abit AirPace Wi-Fi Wireless Network Adapt
er
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-15-AF-18-CD-C4
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8168B/8111B Family PCI-E Gigab
it Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.0)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-19-66-4E-7C-17
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::917c:3c00:75b6:a676%8(Preferred)
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.166.118(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{521DFA3F-6E42-4202-AFAD-9D47D60B1
C58}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes


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Obvious to note there's no Default Gateway, tracert failed and no 168.192.*.* anywhere :/

[Splash]

the 169.254.x.x address is what's known as an APIPA - essentially the DHCP server in the BeBox isn't providing an ip address to the NIC for some reason. Can you check the cable is firmly connected? Did you have some sort of funky setup (perhaps a static IP block?) for your Be subscription? Otherwise... try resetting the BeBox and runing ipconfig /release then ipconfig /renew (or just repair the connection, it'll do both of these as well as flushing DNS cache etc)

[Blastuk]

Be sets the bebox up to use bridged mode to connect to their service, i can't remember if you can switch away from it though as i use my own router.. pretty sure bt would use pppoe/pppoa instead