cisco linksys WAG54G2-UK "limited connectivity" error

[DanGent]

Trying to setup a cisco linksys WAG54G2-UK for ADSL. Failing at the first step so far! Connected a Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo L1300 laptop by ethernet cable, get a "limited connectivity" problem. Connected another laptop, this time vista, get same problem.
I didnt check on the XP laptop whether an IP was assigned, would it just be 0.0.0.0 otherwise?
on vista ipconfig looks very different, for IPv4 it gave an IP address but it wasnt a 192.168 local one and I had no paper on me so didn't write down what it said.
Its not at my house so just want some ideas before I go round again as I'll probably spend a while there.

Next steps I was going to try are
-disabling firewalls and antivirus software, though I can't imagine this will make much difference
-booting from Ubuntu USB/live CD and seeing what happens
-taking round a known working ethernet cable
-take round another ADSL router! then i can bring this dodgy cisco linksys one home and do some proper testing

Thanks for reading, any suggestions much appreciated,
Dan Gent

[Splash]

We really need to know what ip address, subnet and gateway you're getting, and also if you can ping the gateway to diagnose further.

[DanGent]

yes bit of a lame post by me sorry, normally I like to make sure I can at least write an A4 page of what I've tried. I just wanted some ideas before I went back round, and to see if I'd not done something glaringly obvious!

When I go back round I'll write down all the stuff you asked for. I'm going to set the IP to a static 192.168.1.5 (or similar) then try pinging it.

Thanks for your help,
Dan Gent

[DanGent]

Went round again to this house, and this time I decided to try the Wizard CD that came with it. It all worked first time (apart from having to set the Wifi Encyption to WPA rather than WPA2 for compatibility). Crazy. i didnt check before running the wizard whether DHCP was working but normally i dont run all those bundled cds as they just add unneccessary software, but this time it really worked.

[Zadock]

DanGent, I have one of these routers and I find they give a really poor level of information so you may find this address useful now or in future.

http://192.168.1.1/setup.cgi?next_file=adsl_driver.htm

Gives a complete break down; up and down speed, noise, attenuation etc etc. Its sort of a hidden function.