OK a couple of things immediately come to mind here. Did you have that Dell router connected to the old DSL modem? If so then the old DSL modem could have been bridged and the router was set to PPOE, which won't work with your cable modem. Your ISP is correct, unless you are paying extra for a static IP, you will most certainly have a dynamic IP, but your external IP is not your problem here. If you are still curious to find out what your external IP is go to http://whatismyip.com OK, back to your problem at hand. I am going to assume that you did not make any changes in your cable modem. If so, the by default most cable modems I have seen use DHCP as default. You could turn off the DHCP in the modem and assign the router a static IP but that usually isn't necessary in cases like yours. You will need to configure your router First step is to figure out what the local NAT address (LAN side) of your router is. To do this on your desktop PC open up a command prompt and type "IPCONFIG" into it. If your desktop is properly connect to your router and the router is set up to do DHCP then the default gateway will be the local address of your router. Once you get that address you can type it into your browser and adjust the router's settings to accept DHCP (sometimes refered to as automatic configuration in routers) from the modem. Also I would recommend for safety reasons to change the default subnet that the router is on. Avoid using defaults like 192.168.1.x or 192.168.0.x. Also the 192.168.0.x subnet conflicts with ICS anyway so that isn't a good choice in any case. Since it is NAT you could technically use any class A, B or C subnet you wish but to avoid conflicts with external addresses you may want to use subnets starting with 10 or 192. Hth Frank
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Albert Cutolo Sent: Friday, July 24, 2009 9:55 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Blind-Computing] Problem in trying too connect my time warnermodom too a dell wireless router. Good evening everyone. Last evening, I had a friend come over to try and help me install my dell router too the modom which was provided to me from time warner, so that I could have wireless access from my desktop computer too my laptop, and also, to my netbook which I will be receiving sometime during the next week, which I hope will be setup for me too use when I visit both my Mother, and Sister, from Augost 11th, too the 21. Now, here in lyes the problem, and question. Before he connected the router too the modom,we turned everything off, and then turned everything back on, when the computer booted up, there was no change in the status of the wireless signal, that's supposed too indicate that there was a change from the previous setting which was the Verizon dsl, too that of time warner modom signal. In other words, I was told by varius people who did this sort of thing on there own computers, that once you connect the router too the new modom and turn everything on, that there shouldn't be any problem, as the modom or router was automatically supposed too be able too convert the old wireless setup which was verizons dsl, right over too the modom which is that of time warners road runner service. Now for the question. Can anyone please direct me as too where too go too se what the settings were that wer Inputted for verizons dsl service, so that I might be able too configure or change settings for the new modomand router too be able too connect together with the router. Also, when I entered the ip address of 192.168.1.1, which I thought was supposed too help you find out the necessary information, nothing happened. When I called time warner, they told me that I might have too go into my modoms settings too make the changes. They also said that they don't have what'scalled a stadic ip like the address that I typed in the run dialog, which was 192.168.1.1 If anyone on any of these lists that is knowledgeable, and has had trouble with this sort of thing, if you could provide me with any advice or suggestion on how too go about resolving this problem, I would very much appreciate all the help and support that I can get. Thanks in advance, Al For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.375 / Virus Database: 270.13.26/2257 - Release Date: 07/24/09 05:58:00 For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
