Hi Folks,
I have the following problem that bothers me right now, and the inability to use my net jacks, just drives me nuts. 🙁
A quick summary of my problem in 1 sentence: Ubee Cable Modem + Linksys Router+ D-Link Switch = Unidentified network no internet access from the internet jacks.
My apartment was prewired with cat5e cables, which were not only left unfinished, but 2 of them were connected to a voice module. All the wiring goes together in a panel box and I decided to connect them by finishing /patching the cables with rj45 connectors and then plugging them into a D-link DES-1108 Switch. The internet comes through a coax cable into ubee modem and then connected to Linksys wrt54g v1, and then I connect the router with a separate cable into nearby wall jack to juice up the home Ethernet. Until..... it says Unidentified network no internet access 🙁 I am getting pissed off since I read almost everything in the forums of reinstalling the internet card, disable dhcp, etc, but nothing really works. Not to mention that I can only plug eiher the router or Ethernet cable into the modem. If I connect the switch directly to the modem, says unidentified network again. The switch works only when plugged directly to the router. I guess I have to set the modem to be in a bridge mode, but with my limited desire to deal with TWC equipment, I would rather stay away from it.
I am sure I am doing something wrong in this whole setup; the only good thing is that at least the Ethernet is 100mbps, but no ipv4 or ipv6 protocols, in other words no internet.
I would be very thankful if someone have an idea what might have went wrong, and how I can get internet coming out of the wall jacks. Thank you in advance!
Regards
I have the following problem that bothers me right now, and the inability to use my net jacks, just drives me nuts. 🙁
A quick summary of my problem in 1 sentence: Ubee Cable Modem + Linksys Router+ D-Link Switch = Unidentified network no internet access from the internet jacks.
My apartment was prewired with cat5e cables, which were not only left unfinished, but 2 of them were connected to a voice module. All the wiring goes together in a panel box and I decided to connect them by finishing /patching the cables with rj45 connectors and then plugging them into a D-link DES-1108 Switch. The internet comes through a coax cable into ubee modem and then connected to Linksys wrt54g v1, and then I connect the router with a separate cable into nearby wall jack to juice up the home Ethernet. Until..... it says Unidentified network no internet access 🙁 I am getting pissed off since I read almost everything in the forums of reinstalling the internet card, disable dhcp, etc, but nothing really works. Not to mention that I can only plug eiher the router or Ethernet cable into the modem. If I connect the switch directly to the modem, says unidentified network again. The switch works only when plugged directly to the router. I guess I have to set the modem to be in a bridge mode, but with my limited desire to deal with TWC equipment, I would rather stay away from it.
I am sure I am doing something wrong in this whole setup; the only good thing is that at least the Ethernet is 100mbps, but no ipv4 or ipv6 protocols, in other words no internet.
I would be very thankful if someone have an idea what might have went wrong, and how I can get internet coming out of the wall jacks. Thank you in advance!

Regards