I am having issues with my internet not working properly. I want to try to plug my cable internet into my computer or laptop, without using my router to see if it is an internet connection problem or a router problem; because I do not want to buy another router. Since they are so expensive. Please advise.
2007-12-05 16:42:50 · 7 answers · asked by tou2yaj 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
hook your modem straight into your computer.
2007-12-05 16:52:17 · answer #1 · answered by lizzi9983 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, run one Ethernet cable from the back of the modem to the Ethernet connection on the computer. If that doesn't work, turn off the computer and the modem. Leave it off, and go watch a TV show, then comeback and turn on the modem...wait 2 minutes and then turn on the computer. This will re-authorize the connection using the computer MAC instead of the router MAC which the cable company is expecting.
Also, you'll want to connect to the computer anyway because if you are having a modem problem, they won't help you because they will just blame it on the router, so get this to work first. If you have to call the cable company, do not tell them you have a router, just connect your computer to the modem and tell them your can't get on the Internet. This gives them no reason to blame the router.
2007-12-05 17:41:19 · answer #2 · answered by ∞ sky3000 ∞ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The cable that is going from the modem to the router ought to slot in the comparable spot the place the router is connected on your laptop. for sure you need to unplug the router till you are able to now plug the modem without postpone into your laptop.
2016-10-19 08:56:01 · answer #3 · answered by megna 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take the ethernet cable from the modem to the router and run it modem to computer. If it works, then you have a bad router.
2007-12-05 16:49:49 · answer #4 · answered by unclewill67 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It should just actually work but there are many different providers / configs. After you do it make sure there is a "link light" on both devices . This is the low level troubleshooting, if you don't have that nothing higher matters in the chain. You may need a crossover cable if you don't get a link
2007-12-05 16:50:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
just unplug the cable from the router and plug it in the back of your computer it just has to be the same type plug. it look like a phone jack but bigger
2007-12-05 16:50:12 · answer #6 · answered by Gary D 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
simply plug the ethernet cable (cat 5) cable from the cable modem to the network port on your laptop
2007-12-05 17:04:58 · answer #7 · answered by Billybones 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋