AOL & Wireless, No internet

[philb101]

I've installed a Linksys 354G Wireless Router for an AOL Broadband connection at a friends
The Router is Wired into an XP PC from which I can connect to the Internet ok by opening IE, then entering in the username & password on the "connecting Broadband Connection" window
This registers & connects ok
The friend also has a Vista Laptop that can connect to the Wireless Router but gets no Internet access, "Page cannot be displayed"
The Vista Laptop has no AOL software on it

I assumed that with the connection established from the Main PC, another connection wouldn't be necessary

Other things -
The Status page on the Router shows, Login type PPPoE, Interface "down" & nothing listed re: IP Addresses & DNS, I pressed the connect button & Interface "Up" & IP Addresses etc were listed for a minute or so then dropped
The Internet light on the Router never lights

Any thoughts much appreciated

[t34b4g5]

You will need to log in the admin setup area of the router, and manually setup the PPOe details.

also maybe install this AOL software onto the laptop also just to test.

[philb101]

Cheers
The Router is set for PPPoE & I've added the Username & Password in the Router
Not being familiar with AOL should I still need to do the "Connecting Broadband Connection" on the Wired PC, which has the same Username & password as entered in the Router
The Wireless Laptop & Main PC are set for Auto IP

[t34b4g5]

on the laptop what happens when you do a ipconfig -all ?

start:> Run:> type in cmd

then type in ipconfig -all

see if it's even picking up the new connection.

[cat6]

It the Router's PPPOE maintains a working connection to the Internet there is nothing needed on the computer from that perspective (No special software and No general logon password).

Any Computer/Browser that can connect to the Router should be able to connect to the Internet (that is what Routers are for).

Maybe this can Help.

My Wireless does not work - http://www.ezlan.net/wireless.html

Wireless Basic Configuration - http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Config.html

Wireless Security - http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Security.html

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