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stupid network question

DouglasDangerDouglasDanger PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
edited June 2007 in Help / Advice Forum
So I finally fixed this computer. I am now ready to set up a network. I have two computers (Windows XP service pack 2 etc), the comcast cable modem and a dell router. When I follow the network set-up wizard, I have no connection on either computer. I have set up a few networks before, and it was a simple as turning everything off, plugging everything in, and turning things back on. I hook the cable to the cable modem, run net cable from the modem to the router, and run a cord to each computer. And it doesn't work. I realize this is really dumb, but what do I need to do?

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  • FalloutFallout GIRL'S DAY WAS PRETTY GOOD WHILE THEY LASTEDRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Is there some sort of "check connection" option in the router setup page?

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  • wunderbarwunderbar What Have I Done? Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    is the comcast cable modem tied to a mac address? I know that with some ISP's you have to register the MAC address of the device hooked up to the modem (PC, router, whatever) for you to get an ip address from the ISP to get on the internet.

    unless of course you have no network connectivity at all, in which case it could be the router that is fucked.

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  • DouglasDangerDouglasDanger PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    ok, what is a router setup page and how do i see it?

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  • ElectricTurtleElectricTurtle Seeress WARegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    If you have a hard or soft copy of the manual for router it will have the default ip address. Just dump the IP in IE like http://192.168.xxx.xxx and you get a configuration page.

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  • DouglasDangerDouglasDanger PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Well, I guess I will have to wait. I am borrowing the router from a friend (it is his old one, before he went wireless) and he did not give me any CDs or manuals or anything.

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  • RuckusRuckus Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    DouglasDanger wrote: »
    Well, I guess I will have to wait. I am borrowing the router from a friend (it is his old one, before he went wireless) and he did not give me any CDs or manuals or anything.

    go to Start>Run "cmd"

    in the command prompt that appears, type "ipconfig /all"

    Look for the Gateway IP address (Default Gateway . . . . . ). 99% of the time if you put this IP into a web browser it will be the IP for your router's config page. The other 1% of the time you're an advanced network technician who is retardedly paranoid.

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