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Aug. 17th, 2008 07:26 pm.
I learned stuff.
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fishbliss's suggestion, I tried updating the firmware in the router. I ended up with the PC still getting internet, but only through a direct ethernet connection. All the times I've had this problem before, I got it worked out in a day or two, usually by cycling (first the cable modem, then the router, then, sometimes, the computer) and messing with the preferences and such. No dice this time. Then the PC (aka the Vaio) became intermittent, and then it stopped working as well.
I got out the phone book. The cable company wasn't in it. I guess it's because they're in Rochester, and we're only next door to Rochester. They're in my phone book now, because I put them in after I called Information.
I talked to Time Warner customer service and managed to get to where the Vaio had internet when connected directly to the cable modem output. Then I talked to Netgear until they figured out that I bought the unit two years ago, after which they said I could still get their email help, which beats "no help."
Cathy, meanwhile, wasn't getting any internet on her laptop in the family room, so I had an inspiration and switched out two ethernet cables. Result: no internet on the Vaio, either. I became agitated, again.
I messed around, doing the same things that didn't work over and over. I had learned two new tricks from tech reps (God bless India!), and while trying to remember what flag she'd had me try on the "ipconfig" command from the Vaio's C prompt, I found ipconfig/?, which told me that it was probably /all. I noticed that it said I had no connection, and no DHCP. I tried /? and saw a possibility in there, tried /registerdns, and that worked.
Buoyed by this success, and having a working internet again, I tried some more word combinations in google and found someone with the same problem who had been advised to use apple's disk utility to repair permissions. I started it doing this and put Sarah to bed. When I came back, permissions were repaired. I monkeyed just a little bit more with the networking control panel, and now I have internet on the PowerBook as well.
Special bonus: Cathy has internet on her laptop in the other room as well.
I just adore success.
.
I learned stuff.
At
fishbliss's suggestion, I tried updating the firmware in the router. I ended up with the PC still getting internet, but only through a direct ethernet connection. All the times I've had this problem before, I got it worked out in a day or two, usually by cycling (first the cable modem, then the router, then, sometimes, the computer) and messing with the preferences and such. No dice this time. Then the PC (aka the Vaio) became intermittent, and then it stopped working as well.I got out the phone book. The cable company wasn't in it. I guess it's because they're in Rochester, and we're only next door to Rochester. They're in my phone book now, because I put them in after I called Information.
I talked to Time Warner customer service and managed to get to where the Vaio had internet when connected directly to the cable modem output. Then I talked to Netgear until they figured out that I bought the unit two years ago, after which they said I could still get their email help, which beats "no help."
Cathy, meanwhile, wasn't getting any internet on her laptop in the family room, so I had an inspiration and switched out two ethernet cables. Result: no internet on the Vaio, either. I became agitated, again.
I messed around, doing the same things that didn't work over and over. I had learned two new tricks from tech reps (God bless India!), and while trying to remember what flag she'd had me try on the "ipconfig" command from the Vaio's C prompt, I found ipconfig/?, which told me that it was probably /all. I noticed that it said I had no connection, and no DHCP. I tried /? and saw a possibility in there, tried /registerdns, and that worked.
Buoyed by this success, and having a working internet again, I tried some more word combinations in google and found someone with the same problem who had been advised to use apple's disk utility to repair permissions. I started it doing this and put Sarah to bed. When I came back, permissions were repaired. I monkeyed just a little bit more with the networking control panel, and now I have internet on the PowerBook as well.
Special bonus: Cathy has internet on her laptop in the other room as well.
I just adore success.
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