Router not routing

[Alma J Wetzker]

Ric Moore wrote:
> 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

I can get to the router just fine (sorry I didn't mention that
explicitly.)  What I am not certain about is what setting to check.

    -- Alma