router won't connect to the internet - Page 3

wendybeth · 09-05-2006, 06:02 PM

Clarification- got a new graphics card on order- ours is two years old and very obsolete for what we like to run.

wendybeth · 09-04-2006, 11:58 PM

I'm not familiar with laptops and routers- we just have two PCs. The Linksys paper says "The PC should be connected to the ports numbered 1-4 on the router, and the modem must be connected to the Internet port on the router." Like Alex said, it's hard to imagine the set-up you have going- all I can do is tell you what we have done and what our manual says.

Prudence · 09-05-2006, 09:19 AM

Yeah, alas I've tried wading through all the manuals and tutorials and hints found via google and whatnot. I have no idea what I'm missing. I'll have to tinker with it next weekend.

I may take it upstairs and try to set it up via Ryan's desktop. I have a vague memory that I couldn't set it up through the laptop last time, either, for reasons we never figured out. It seems to me, peering through the mists of time, that I had to set it up via wired desktop and then add my laptop to the then established network. I didn't try that last night because I was also installing the new floor in the bathroom downstairs and I didn't want to be involved in two major projects on different floors.

Prudence · 09-08-2006, 09:41 PM

I'm finally up and running on the router - wireless - and getting a much better connection than with the old router. What was wrong? I haven't the foggiest. I spent some more time on the phone with Verizon's tech support (not a condescending twit this time) who conceeded that they had no idea and transfered me directly to the linksys people. The linksys woman had an accent - but it didn't seem Indian. South African? Not sure. Anyhow, she had me download this magical connection wizard tool thingy and after a bit of struggle (sometimes it couldn't seem to tell that the router was connected) it actually connected.

And then the modem wouldn't connect upstairs, but that's because at some point between last Thursday and now the telephone cord (which I'm sure has a technical name) upstairs decided to stop working. Fortunately I have an abundance of cords of all types, so that was replaced and now we're one happy network again.

I went in and checked the settings and I'm not sure what changed, but I think the MAC address was different...so maybe that's it. I dunno.

Now I can put the downstairs wires away.

09-05-2006, 06:02 PM	#1
wendybeth Nevermind Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,847	Clarification- got a new graphics card on order- ours is two years old and very obsolete for what we like to run. __________________
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09-04-2006, 11:58 PM	#2
wendybeth Nevermind Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,847	I'm not familiar with laptops and routers- we just have two PCs. The Linksys paper says "The PC should be connected to the ports numbered 1-4 on the router, and the modem must be connected to the Internet port on the router." Like Alex said, it's hard to imagine the set-up you have going- all I can do is tell you what we have done and what our manual says. __________________
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Prudence Beelzeboobs, Esq. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gavel - I haz it Posts: 6,287	Yeah, alas I've tried wading through all the manuals and tutorials and hints found via google and whatnot. I have no idea what I'm missing. I'll have to tinker with it next weekend. I may take it upstairs and try to set it up via Ryan's desktop. I have a vague memory that I couldn't set it up through the laptop last time, either, for reasons we never figured out. It seems to me, peering through the mists of time, that I had to set it up via wired desktop and then add my laptop to the then established network. I didn't try that last night because I was also installing the new floor in the bathroom downstairs and I didn't want to be involved in two major projects on different floors. __________________ traguna macoities tracorum satis de
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09-08-2006, 09:41 PM	#4
Prudence Beelzeboobs, Esq. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gavel - I haz it Posts: 6,287	I'm finally up and running on the router - wireless - and getting a much better connection than with the old router. What was wrong? I haven't the foggiest. I spent some more time on the phone with Verizon's tech support (not a condescending twit this time) who conceeded that they had no idea and transfered me directly to the linksys people. The linksys woman had an accent - but it didn't seem Indian. South African? Not sure. Anyhow, she had me download this magical connection wizard tool thingy and after a bit of struggle (sometimes it couldn't seem to tell that the router was connected) it actually connected. And then the modem wouldn't connect upstairs, but that's because at some point between last Thursday and now the telephone cord (which I'm sure has a technical name) upstairs decided to stop working. Fortunately I have an abundance of cords of all types, so that was replaced and now we're one happy network again. I went in and checked the settings and I'm not sure what changed, but I think the MAC address was different...so maybe that's it. I dunno. Now I can put the downstairs wires away. __________________ traguna macoities tracorum satis de
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