Ok, I need to hook up wireless for my laptop, but until I can afford to do that I need someone that can tell me what is wrong so I can use my laptop instead of this other computer cause my laptop is a lot faster and I like my laptop setup better. Ok, getting to the point, it is road runner internet, I have done this before by just taking the ethernet cable out of the back of this computer and hooking it into mine and it has worked, I try it now and it just says limited or no connectivity. Why is this and how can I get it to work?
2007-03-05 15:13:33 · 6 answers · asked by It's MIRANDA!!!! 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
It depends on whether or not your computer has ever been setup to use the current internet provider. Also depends on if you have a router handing out IP addresses locally or are you hooked directly to your hi-speed modem? Reset modem and router (if you have both) No router, need to copy setup of networking from desktop to laptop so you have correct default gateway and dns server etc. If you have set up like this before and have a router a cold reboot should get aN IP for your laptop from the router. I assume the cable you are using in your laptop worked before as well.
2007-03-05 15:26:43 · answer #1 · answered by PuckDat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Looks like everyone is hitting on about the same thing. You will need to power cycle your cable modem while it is plugged into your laptop which should be on. Depending on your model of cable modem, the power switch may just put it in a sleep mode and not do a reset. The most reliable is to unplug the power chord to the Cable modem and wait a few seconds, then plug it back in. Within a minute your laptop should be up and running on your cable modem.
2007-03-05 23:34:23 · answer #2 · answered by mikenerdb8 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try resetting the router with your laptop plugged in, for some reason it sounds like it has a fualty ip address. that should fix it. if it doesn't then do thte same thign with your desktop if it does the same thing then you may have a bad cable or your router is not giving the computer an ip address.
2007-03-05 23:20:08 · answer #3 · answered by josiah k 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just as above... just like you a friend had a problem connecting and i suggested to simply turn off the computer, unplug the power and everything for 2 minutes, plug everything back and start up the computer, and he could connect like magic after.. good luck ... have you tried renewing your ip? on a pc i assume, in cmd prompt (go to start menu, run), type cmd, in that black box type ipconfig you will see what your ip address is... go on and type in ipconfig/release; then ipconfig/renew; let us know how you're doing... â¥
2007-03-06 00:00:26 · answer #4 · answered by ▌♠ ▌ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In addition to the first answer, since you got this set-up to work before, there is a chance that your connectors may be bad or dirty (Dirty is more likely) on your laptop.
2007-03-05 23:22:37 · answer #5 · answered by afreshpath_admin 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could try re-pinging the modem, unplug eth.T-1 put it in the lappy, power MODEM off, wait 15 seconds, power on, the MAC/DHCP and TCP/IP should reset to that box.
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2007-03-05 23:27:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋