John, There's no solution except for you to move to a better state. How about Tennessee? Regards, Bob S.
On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 11:13 AM, John <[email protected]> wrote: > On 10/13/2016 1:50 AM, Paul in MKE wrote: >> >> My ISP never provides an manual either. If we get change providers >> and/or get a different modem/router I Google the make and model and >> usually am able to come up with an electronic version of the manual. >> Every modem I've had from different providers has had the same IP >> address - 192.168.0.1 - and some combination of the words "admin" and >> "password" for the log-in. You can log in with any phone or tablet that >> has wi-fi and a web browser and make any changes needed. >> >> -p >> > > Thanks for that information. I found "a manual" for the modem on-line. > It doesn't quite match some of the "features" of Time-Warner's special > version, but it's close enough for government work. > > IP address, user name and password are different from the apparent > industry standard, but the manual helped me find the real IP address, > user name & password - it's there in real teeny-tiny print on one of the > labels. > > Fortunately I keep an 8x Loupe here on my desk. > > According to the manual the Ethernet is supposed to be ON by default. > I'll have to read the manual again and figure out how to turn the > Ethernet on if it's not. > > I'll wait to test this until the power goes out again. For now, I just > want to use the internet. > > It may be that I'll have to exchange the modem - AGAIN! I've come to > expect I will have to do that a couple of times a year anyway for as > long as I'm with Time-Warner (or whatever their new name is). > > None of that decreases the aggravation I have to go through to get the > damn thing to do what I want it to do instead of what the big brains who > designed this shit ASSUME I'm supposed to want. > > -- > Science - Questions we may never find answers for. > Religion - Answers we must never question. > > -- > 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.
