Wireless Router Possessed by Demons. Is Fire the only answer?

Frink · 06-09-2008, 10:55 PM

I recently purchased my wife a laptop (she was hogging the computer and a KP almost slipped through my fingers) and I can't get the wireless router to work. It's a Netgear one...it's white...has an antenna...some lights...

I follow the "Easy Steps" and get no where. Instructions call for me to unplug my cable modem, plug in the router in between it and the computer. Then to turn on the modem, wait for it to do it's thing, and then plug in the router.

Problem is, The modem does not sense the computer when the router is in line. And when I try to go through the software setup, it detects that I'm a fixed IP address provide by my ISP, but I'm not. I can get into the router configuration page just fine, so I know the PC's hooked up to it properly

As soon as I remove the router, the modem senses the PC and everything's great. I'm also not involving the laptop at all at this point, it's all hardwired to the desktop.

The instructions seem so easy!

Harbinger[TG] · 06-09-2008, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Frink

I recently purchased my wife a laptop (she was hogging the computer and a KP almost slipped through my fingers) and I can't get the wireless router to work. It's a Netgear one...it's white...has an antenna...some lights...

I follow the "Easy Steps" and get no where. Instructions call for me to unplug my cable modem, plug in the router in between it and the computer. Then to turn on the modem, wait for it to do it's thing, and then plug in the router.

Problem is, The modem does not sense the computer when the router is in line. And when I try to go through the software setup, it detects that I'm a fixed IP address provide by my ISP, but I'm not. I can get into the router configuration page just fine, so I know the PC's hooked up to it properly

As soon as I remove the router, the modem senses the PC and everything's great. I'm also not involving the laptop at all at this point, it's all hardwired to the desktop.

The instructions seem so easy!

Switch the cable to make sure the secondary cable is good.
Have you restarted the computer for it to take affect?

Did you accidentally hit the standby button on the modem? I hit mine all the time because it is huge and in the worst place.

Phantom Power · 06-09-2008, 11:06 PM

Does the router have a designated WAN port that you need to plug the patch cable from the modem into ? Some do and some don't. If you had the model number of the router that may help too.

When you browse to the router's admin page from your computer, is there an option to view the "status" of the router's DHCP lease ? If so it'll probably have some buttons like "Release" and "Renew" you could try pressing those in that order and see if it grabs a valid IP address from your ISP.

dauntless15 · 06-09-2008, 11:45 PM

using a mac or a pc ?

what i do is ...

turn off the computer , then the raouter

then the modem

then wait 10 minits then turn on the modem , computer then router .

Frink · 06-09-2008, 11:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Harbinger[TG]

Switch the cable to make sure the secondary cable is good.

Ding ding ding.

God. The cable that came with the router doesn't work.

Netgear...you just made the list.

Thanks guys.

Harbinger[TG] · 06-09-2008, 11:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Frink

Ding ding ding.

God. The cable that came with the router doesn't work.

Netgear...you just made the list.

Thanks guys.

I hope it delayed you long enough for someone else to buy a KP

mstrbtion · 06-09-2008, 11:53 PM

since the computer is new have you installed all the drivers?

Fluff · 06-09-2008, 11:55 PM

Fire, not the only solution. Just the best one.

Frink · 06-09-2008, 11:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Harbinger[TG]

I hope it delayed you long enough for someone else to buy a KP

I'm wireless now.

I can monitor the sales forum while dumping.

Be Real · 06-10-2008, 12:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Frink

I'm wireless now.

I can monitor the sales forum while dumping.

That's a very crappy deal for the rest of us

lol.

06-09-2008, 11:06 PM	#3 (permalink)
Phantom Power Pump Gun Dealer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Pender Island, BC Posts: 1,905	Does the router have a designated WAN port that you need to plug the patch cable from the modem into ? Some do and some don't. If you had the model number of the router that may help too. When you browse to the router's admin page from your computer, is there an option to view the "status" of the router's DHCP lease ? If so it'll probably have some buttons like "Release" and "Renew" you could try pressing those in that order and see if it grabs a valid IP address from your ISP. __________________

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mstrbtion Rec Poster Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Arlington, Texas Posts: 87	since the computer is new have you installed all the drivers? __________________ Feedback: http://www.mcarterbrown.com/forums/f...-feedback.html

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Fluff Excalibur! Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,476	Fire, not the only solution. Just the best one. __________________ After the game... the King and the Pawn both go back into the same box. - Italian Proverb If you drink from a bottle marked 'poison,' it is almost certain to disagree with you, sooner or later.-Lewis Carroll Illigitimi non-carborundum 843rd bomber wing "Peace Is Our Profession"

06-09-2008, 11:45 PM	#4 (permalink)
dauntless15 Active Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: wyckoff nj Posts: 487	using a mac or a pc ? what i do is ... turn off the computer , then the raouter then the modem then wait 10 minits then turn on the modem , computer then router .