Net being wonky

Magus`

Last night my net stopped working. The router seemed fine, the modem showed all green lights but nothing could connect.

This morning SOME things work. Like I can access this site and a few others (but only a few!) and things like MSN, AIM, and WoW don't work or have pings of 5200ms.

Anyone have any idea what could be up? The other computer that is connected to the line is also acting really slow so I know it's not my computer.

Zifnab

Unplug the router, then unplug the modem. Plug the modem back in, let it connect, then plug the router back in. That'll usually fix something like this, especially since it's happening on both computers. If it doesn't, plug straight into the modem, powercycle the modem again, and see if if fixes it. If both of those fail, it's either somehow your computers or your connection, so you can troubleshoot from there.l

flatlinegraphics

dns issue. you have an old lookup table stuck somewhere. powercycle the whole network as detailed above. if it doesn;t work the first time, powercycle it again, but restart your computers as well. this will force everything to renew their dhcp tables.

Magus`

I've connected straight to the modem but it still isn't working right.

I'll try restarting the computer, though.

flatlinegraphics

Magus` wrote: »

I've connected straight to the modem but it still isn't working right.

I'll try restarting the computer, though.

but you did power cycle it, right? unplug it, wait 5 minutes, plug it in, wait for all lights to go green, etc?

Ruckus

flatlinegraphics wrote: »

Magus` wrote: »

I've connected straight to the modem but it still isn't working right.

I'll try restarting the computer, though.

but you did power cycle it, right? unplug it, wait 5 minutes, plug it in, wait for all lights to go green, etc?

Power cycle a modem and/or router for 10 seconds is more than adequate 99.9% of the time.

You can also try clearing the DNS cache on the computer manually by going to a command prompt (Start>Run "CMD") and typing "ipconfig /flushdns".

Zifnab

What kind of modem do you have? Did all the lights go off when you unplugged it, or just most?

Magus`

It's whatever modem the ISP provided. It's probably the connection itself as both computers (used by two different people) are affected in the same exact way.

I'm at school, ATM, so I can't test it anymore. I'll try when I get home in about 3 hours.

flatlinegraphics

Ruckus wrote: »

flatlinegraphics wrote: »

Magus` wrote: »

I've connected straight to the modem but it still isn't working right.

I'll try restarting the computer, though.

but you did power cycle it, right? unplug it, wait 5 minutes, plug it in, wait for all lights to go green, etc?

Power cycle a modem and/or router for 10 seconds is more than adequate 99.9% of the time.

You can also try clearing the DNS cache on the computer manually by going to a command prompt (Start>Run "CMD") and typing "ipconfig /flushdns".

when on tech support, i always say 5 minutes knowing that most people will only wait 10 sec and call it 5 minutes. "wait 10 secs" means immediately plug it back in.
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to the op: there are several places your dns could be cached: the modem, the router, the individual computers. both computers may be effected, as they both have old dns tables. cycling everything, and/or doing flushdns will fix all of this almost all of the time.

CrumbBum

If you are using a cable modem, and have a splitter, it could be a number of things related to the splitter. The cable to wall, the cable to the modem, or your splitter could have wonked out. Something else to chew on. If you are using DSL I would check all the filters, and an easy way of doing that is to simply unplug any phones from your jacks and see if it starts working. These suggestions are dependent upon doing the steps related early in the post and none of it working.