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horrorific
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n°92544
06-06-2008 at 05:36:34 AM

Recently I reinstalled windows, before that my internet (and my wireless network) where working flawlessly. However, ever since I reinstalled windows (today), I either can't connect to my home network or when I do connect (by manually imputing the ip/dns/gate addresses) I won't receive any data (even though it registers that the data is being sent).

after I input the addresses, manually
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n°92545
06-06-2008 at 02:08:19 PM

Set the TCP/IP Properties for DHCP and then post the output from ipconfig/all.

Grumpy

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n°92547
06-06-2008 at 07:38:54 PM

For TCP/IP all I know how to do is set the ip/gateway/dns. I'm don't know how to set up DHCP >_<

 

edit: I did a ping, the only thing that didn't respond was the DHCP server (though I'm not sure if that has any relevance to this)

 

second edit: I set it to auto detect the TCP/IP and it didn't detect the gateway or the DNS settings


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Grumpy9117
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n°92549
06-07-2008 at 02:08:01 AM

Post the output from ipconfig/all.

Grumpy

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n°92551
06-07-2008 at 02:59:57 AM

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n°92553
06-07-2008 at 01:14:29 PM

Your wireless router is your DHCP (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DHCP) server. Looks like it's not assigning an IP address to your wireless connection. Did you enable MAC filtering? Try reseting your router to the factory defaults and connecting.

Grumpy

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n°92554
06-07-2008 at 08:53:34 PM

how do I enable mac filtering and to reset the router I have to disconnect/reconnect it, right?

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n°92556
06-07-2008 at 10:47:06 PM

You can reset the router by holding the reset button until the lights start flashing.

Grumpy

horrorific
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n°92557
06-07-2008 at 11:38:36 PM

my router doesn't have anything like that. Its a 2wire gateway, all it has is 3 lights (power, broadband link, and local network) and 4 ports (power, telephone, ethernet, and USB -which is unused-)

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n°92559
06-08-2008 at 01:55:19 PM

Use an ethernet cable to connect to the 2wire using a wired connection and then reset it. The WEP password is in square brackets on the 2wire.

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n°92562
06-08-2008 at 10:17:58 PM

I still don't understand how to reset it.

Also, the 2wire is already connected to the host pc through ethernet (the one I'm having the problem with is the wireless laptop)

Grumpy9117
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n°92566
06-09-2008 at 01:39:07 AM

Open a browser, type http://192.168.1.254 and then find the option to reset to the factory defaults.

Grumpy

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n°92570
06-09-2008 at 07:46:23 PM

ok, I reset it. But I still can't connect

Grumpy9117
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n°92571
06-10-2008 at 12:23:11 PM

Hire a professional.

Grumpy

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n°92576
06-11-2008 at 09:54:45 PM

lol, turns out I just needed to make a new network >_<

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n°92578
06-12-2008 at 01:19:46 PM

I don't know what that means but I'm glad you got it fixed.

Grumpy

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