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Can't connect to the internet ?
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Original Message
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Name: poopcrap
Date: September 28, 2004 at 20:20:57 Pacific
Subject: Can't connect to the internet ?OS: window XPCPU/Ram: 2.1/1GB |
Comment: umm im having a problem when i want to directly
connect it to my cable modem. i can go on the internet fine through my netgear router, but when i want to connect to my mode, i cant connect to internet. i tried this with 2 different computers in my house and none of it worked too... i remember beginning of this year i could connect to my cable modem but sometime during this summer i couldnt... i have a 3com cable modem.... please help...i dont really know anything about networking :/
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Response Number 1
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Name: ludedude25
Date: September 28, 2004 at 20:57:34 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)If it works through your router they why not keep it that way? I cannot remember exactly but I think your cable modem needs the mac address of the network card in which you originaly installed the modem with. You may have to reset your modem. Routers clone the mac address of the pc you originaly setup with. Anyone am I close? ASUS A7V8X
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Response Number 2
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Name: poopcrap
Date: September 28, 2004 at 21:41:19 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)well the reason that i want to connect to my modem is because that way im not behind firewall and i can download things much faster and able to create games... and ill try reset it thankx.
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Response Number 3
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Name: poopcrap
Date: September 28, 2004 at 22:38:04 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)i dont think resetting the modem works...it still wouldnt connect...i checked using the cmd and typed ipconfig when it was connected to the modem and it showed: Connection-specific DNS Suffix:
Autoconfiguration IP Adress: 169.254.77.73
Subnet Mask: 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway: it doesnt show anything for the gateway and suffix...
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Response Number 4
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Name: poopcrap
Date: September 28, 2004 at 23:00:33 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)nevermind....the reset worked now i can connect to my cable modem!! thx but i have another problem...i cant switch back to the router now lol...
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Response Number 5
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Name: Richard59
Date: September 29, 2004 at 02:56:07 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Each time you change the configuration you have to do a full power reset on modem, router and pc Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day.
Teach him to fish and you feed him for life.
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Response Number 7
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Name: Richard59
Date: September 29, 2004 at 13:07:43 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)The modem is the main thing that needs to be power-reset(Turned off at the power source and then turned back on) whenever there is a change to the hardware that is direct connected to it. So in your case when you take the router out of the loop and put your PC directly linked to the modem, then a reset will be required. Reset again when you swap it back. This is because the modem detects and configures itself for the mac address of whatever device it first detects. Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day.
Teach him to fish and you feed him for life.
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Response Number 8
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Name: poopcrap
Date: September 29, 2004 at 23:42:59 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)so i have to reset everytime i switch from modem to router? wow...how come before i was able to switch from modem to router without any problems...
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