Router not routing

[Ric Moore]

On Mon, 2006-12-11 at 15:29 +1100, James McDonald wrote:
> Alma J Wetzker wrote:
> > This is not quite a linux question, but it is close.
> >
> > I have cable internet service to the house.  I use a linksys cable modem
> > and a linksys wireless G router running sveasoft 1.1 talisman basic.  We
> > had a power outage and the sveasoft router no longer picks up a WAN ip
> > address.  No problem, I have a spare linksys WRT54GS v.5.  That one
> > picks up the WAN address and assigns LAN DHCP addresses.  It even
> > resolves DNS lookups.  It does not seem to route any other traffic
> > between the LAN and WAN.  I can get on by attaching directly to the
> > modem (obviously), but I can't get the router to work.  Anything I
> > should be looking for?  Any ideas?  Both sides are working, but only DNS
> > seems to get through.
> >
> >     -- Alma
> >   
> 
> I had to reconfigure one of these the other day and found that "packet 
> filtering" was on and it was blocking traffic.

Can you open a web browser and use http://192.168.0.2 to hit the router?
(assuming the modem is 192.168.0.1) The password for it is listed on the
linksys site. Usually blank user name and "admin" for the passwd. Then
you can check the settings. Ric