Switching from D-Link to Linksys

I'm in the process of switching from D-Link to Linksys networking systems. How do I remove the settings for the D-Link equipment and network so I won't have any problems with installing the Linksys equipment. I'm talking about the settings on the computer that has the router hooked to it.

 

Nothing need to do but unplug all the cables from D-link and plug them into the correct ports of linksys.

If you use DHCP, you will find the ip address will have a little bit change.

With Dlink, the ip address is like this: 192.168.0.x
With Linksys, the ip address will be like this: 192.168.1.x

 

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I had already tried to install the Linksys but after a couple of days it wasn't working correctly so I will need to reinstall. Will the reinstall overwrite the previous settings?

 

What do you mean "reinstall" ? reinstall Dlink or Linksys?

If you are using DHCP, don't worry about the setting.

And you mentioned it did not work ? what message did you get ?

 

I think he's talking about the wonderful software Linksys sends with the router and the sticker on the LAN ports that say "DO NOT REMOVE UNTIL SOFTWARE IS INSTLLED" for the novice installer.

Can't tell you what it looks like because I throw the CD and the sticker in the trash first thing.

 

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Yes Scott that's exactly what I'm talking about. You say that you throw away the CD. What or how do you setup the network? Isn't there a network installation setup within Windows XP? If you don't use that what do you use to setup your network? Sorry if I have been kind of vague about posting this stuff but I've never done this posting stuff before.

 

Most router "set up" CDs that I've seen simply sets up the computer you run the CD on with the right TCP/IP settings to connect to the router, and then open a browser window set to browse the router. That is standard practice nowadays. They also tend to have PDF copies of the router's documentation.

Some older professional kit has software that hunts for devices via their MAC number and then configures the systems to communicate, but these are getting rare nowadays.

So how does it work? Routers arrive with an IP address pre-configured at the factory, and have an inbuilt web server which hosts their configuration application. Therefore, if you know the router's IP address, all you have to do is configure your PC to be able to communicate with the router, and then browse to the routers in-built webserver to configure the router.

In general, routers are configure with an IP address of either 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.1.1. Occasionally it can be something else. However, the actual address is always given somewhere in the documentation that comes with the router. Sometimes you have to be a little clever and look closely at the set up screens in the help documentations and see what IP address the browser is pointing at.

So say I have a new router, and I check the documentation and see that it's IP address is 192.168.1.1/255.255.255.0. The first thing I need to do is reconfigure my PC so that it can communicate with the router. 192.168.1.1 is part of the 192.168.1.0 subnet, so any IP address from 192.168.1.2 to 192.168.1.254 can connect to it. So I manually set up my PC to use an IP address of 192.168.1.2 and a mask of 255.255.255.0.

I can now communicate directly with the router. I then open a browser and enter 192.168.1.1 in the browser address bar and hey presto, I'm presented with the router's configuration screens.

 

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Can I put those numbers into the TPC/IP before I hook uo the router or do I wait until after? What exactly do I do when I visit the web page of the TCP 195...etc.?

 

You can set up the TCP/IP settings before connecting the computer to the router.

What you do after you connect to the router via the browser, depends on the router. Basically you then follow through the router configuration screens.

Reading through from the start of the thread, I'd suggest you search the configuration screens for an option that resets the router to factory default. Run that option and the router will be returned to the condition it was in when you brought it. Then when you connect to the router again you may well be presented with a set up wizard that will guide you through setting up the router.

If there is no set up wizard, you should be able to follow the guides that came with the router to set it up once it has been reset to factory defaults.