Is the built in router wireless? If so skip the Linksys. Let her connect wireless and you plug into it. Unless Verizon sticks it to you and doe not provide Ethernet ports on the built in router. If you have an empty USP port you can buy a wireless adapter to plug in. I did that for my desktop in NC and it works great. Don -----Original Message----- From: pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Cosmic Sent: Friday, July 08, 2011 8:41 AM To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Wireless Internet Troubles Has a router and I can and have put it in Bridge Mode no problems .. have called Verizon Tech and they are just plain useless .. I am sure I will get it again when I have time off .. I have hers and mine networked no problem it's just that she has the Wireless PCI card cause I don't have an open slot so I need to hard wire into the modem therefor needing to get the modem working through the router :p ... RecklessMaverick wrote: Does the Westell 6100 have a built in router? If so, you can ask Verizon how to disable it so you can use the Linksys router instead. If not, or once disabled, it should be a simple hookup. 1.Turn off both computers 2.Turn off modem and router If modem has a backup battery inside you will press its reset button in another step instead. Wait at least15 minutes (do steps 3,4 &5 and find a portable drive for step 9 while you wait) 3.Connect Ethernet cable from your computer to the router. 4.Connect the Verizon cable to the "Internet" port (may be labeled as WAN) onthe router 5.Turn on your computer 6.Press the modem reset button if modem has a battery 7.Turn on the router. Wait till they both get reset/powered up and functioning... may take a few minutes 8.Confirm network and internet function on your computer 9.Find the Add a Computer to the Network utility onyour computer. Follow the simple steps to write the network and router information to a portable/external drive or memory card. 10.Take the portable/external drive to your GF's computer plug it in and start her computer. 11.Run the small .exe file written to the portable drive. 12.Click the network icon in the sys tray to find your network available and tell it to connect. DONE This whole process should take less than 30 minutes or so. If that doesn't work, call Verizon tech support. They may need to reset the modem from their end or troubleshoot to find a problem. -----Original Message----- From: pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx[1] [mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx[2]] On Behalf Of Cosmic Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 5:01 AM To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx[3] Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Wireless Internet Troubles I will try and be brief and to the point .. I have a wireless network set upusing a Wireless Linksys WRT54G router .. It is hard wired to my Windows 7 machine &my GF has a linksys wireless net card installed .. The network worksgreat a little slow at times but I know it is are old house and we will work on that down the road .. Whatwe are trying to do now is take the Verizon westell 6100 modem out of theliving room (connected to her XP machine) and move it into the "Man Room" and connect it to the router so we both have internet. I had it working for afew days last week until one of our cats knocked a wire loose and it reset itself . I understand bridge mode and so on .. My Question is this; do All the PC's involved and router have tobe off when I hook the modem up ?? Also, about how long once I hook the modem to router and turn on the PC's should wireless internet work on her machine ?? I went through all the same steps I did before yesterday and neither PC had internet and after 15 minutes (yes I have a patience problem) I gave up . lol Thanx for your Help All . --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To subscribe, unsubscribe or modify your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk OR To subscribe to the mailing list, send an email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject. To unsubscribe send email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject. To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join our separate PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------