I must have gotten lucky here. I have been using the same router and same cable modem for about the last 8 years or so. Its an older model Linksys (part of the same knows project). I am going to hate when either of those devices finally break.
-eric On Aug 9, 2015, at 6:57 PM, Stephen Partington wrote: > They do not last forever. Sadly. > > On Aug 9, 2015 6:13 PM, "Michael Havens" <[email protected]> wrote: > One computer connected to it worked but the entertainment center would not. > The router and modem I was using were not playing nicely with each other so I > went out and bought a modem/router. Now everything works. I'm going to throw > my linksys router away. > > On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 5:51 PM, Stephen Partington <[email protected]> > wrote: > Connect a computer directly to the modem and see if you can get online, this > will tell you where a fault may be. Before calling it dead a factory reset > should be done. > > On Aug 9, 2015 2:23 PM, "Michael Havens" <[email protected]> wrote: > rebooting did nothing > > On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 5:08 PM, Michael Havens <[email protected]> wrote: > how can I tell if it is hurting? > > On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 3:14 PM, Stephen Partington <[email protected]> > wrote: > Power surge can affect the Modem and router just as easily as any other > electrical device. So you may need to fully powercycle the modem and router > (power both off, power on modem first and fully then router on) and see if > that resets you. > > but much like a previous thread you may have to reset your router or even see > if it is damaged. > > On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 12:05 PM, Michael Havens <[email protected]> wrote: > well, I was on the pi doing something when there was another power surge. > This time nothing seemed to be amiss but now I can't open the ip address of > the router. the media center won't connect to the internet (as said before) > and so I did a reset of the router which cleared the password I saved in it > so I need to reset the password so the pi will work wirelessly.... gosh, > maybe I did that before and that is why it won't connect. Regardless, why > can't I get into the ip address? > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > -- > A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from > rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. > > Stephen > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
