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Originally Posted by BrianR
It is a .pdf, be warned.
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OK. Due salesman and other useless entities, most of the first seven pages say nothing. The bridge is not just a bridge. It is a router and a bridge with a server to configure both.
I read the first twenty pages. And will continue later tonight. Meanwhile, you must provide some essential information.
Start with your computer. A network (ethernet) cable connects to it. What are lights (typically) adjacent to that cable reporting? If the other end is properly connected to some working ethernet device, then at least one and probably two should be lit.
Second, goto Command Prompt (typically in Start>All Programs>Accessories). Enter the command
IPCONFIG /ALL
Many important numbers will be displayed. Relevant are numbers in "Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection". Especially numbers labeled IP Address, Subnet mask, Default Gateway, and DHCP server. Most (except mask) will be 192.168.x.y. Those numbers are essential to start a solution. And so that you might learn something from the experience.
Next, in the browser (IE, Chrome, etc), enter 192.168.x.1. (x is the actual number discovered in that previous paragraph). That will connect to a server inside some router. Which router is displayed?
Third, what is connected to what? For example, the computer's ethernet cable connects to what? What other network devices also connect to that router and to which receptacles? Is the 'Dlink' also connected to that router? If yes, then where?
For each connection should also be a light on the router's front panel. For each connect and disconnect, does that light illuminate and extinguish?
Fourth, if the 'Dlink' connects to another router, then which 'Dlink' socket is the ethernet cable connected to? And again, when the ethernet cable is connected and disconnected, then what front panel light illuminates and extinguishes?
Information necessary just to know what you have long before trying to ask relevant questions.