marbux wrote:
On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 6:11 PM, Fred James <[email protected]> wrote:
Have you tried tuning off the comcast modem between machines? - comcast
always told me to turn it off for > 1 minute forces the modem to "reset" -
YMMV.
On the power up, first the modem, then the computer
Hi, Fred,
My modem doesn't have an on/off switch but has a reset button. I've
tried rebooting the modem with no improvement.
Best regards,
Paul
Paul
Not that this would improve your results in this case but ... in the
absence of a specific on/off switch (many of these little devices seem
to be devoid of them), we do it the crude way - unplug and plug-in the
power cord (from the wall or the back of the box - either way) with a
power down for the time period > 1 minute. Trust them or not, the
advice from the comcast tech was just that, because he said - the forced
"long reset" was more complete than the reset button. I don't know, but
it worked at the time. Again - YMMV
However - from the other post where you had a router in between - it
does seem likely that the problem may be specific to the computer ... So
... sticking with the simple stuff first ...
you said lights on the router indicate a connection ... are there
lights on the NIC (in the computer) and do they indicate a connection?
are the NIC and router compatible, speed wise?
is the cable straight through or crossed (here I am assuming some
like a Cat 5 Ethernet cable)?
... it is the usual drill, but easily forgotten. I mean when is the
last time you had a bad cable, eh?
Regards
Fred James
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