It was an odd thing that seemed to fix it. I reset both router and modem about 10 times, in different orders, to no avail. The router was working, but would not receive info from the modem. I finally just gave up and sat in the living room with a laptop on my lap and starting watching TV. Five minutes later, my blank internet screen had a popup that said "Do you want to connect to *&%$@&^%&*" (some sort of jibberish). I wasn't about to choose "no", so I clicked on OK. And CNN.com popped up on my laptop. Once my laptop started working, I went to the desktop and it started working as well. Spooky, but there was a delay during which nothing worked, and then it just seemed to wake up.
Jeffery On Jan 26, 2011, at 9:39 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > From: Jeffery Smith >> I just got switched from AT&T to Cox Internet service. They gave me a >> non-WiFi modem, so I tried to connect it up with one of my three >> previous Wi-Fi routers (Belkin, Apple, Cisco), and could get all >> three of the WiFi routers to work but not one of them will attach me >> to the Internet (through wireless or through an ethernet wire from >> the back). If I go directly from the back of the Cox modem to my Mac, >> the internet comes up. For some reason, my WiFi routers cannot seem >> to get the Internet signal from the modem. I tried 4 different >> ethernet wires (between modem and router) just to make sure that >> wasn't the problem. And I did make sure that the modem was connected >> to the right ethernet connection (ingoing, not outgoing). >> >> Is there something obvious that I'm missing here? All three routers >> do make a connection with my computers, but no Internet signal is >> detected. >> > > Sounds like the routers may still have old IP addresses from whatever ISPs > they were last connected to. It may be as simple as telling the router to > release its IP and get a new one from Cox. > > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1202 / Virus Database: 1435/3403 - Release Date: 01/25/11 > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
