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Re: How to get a numeric URL (Off-Topic, maybe)

• Posted by Jason Gade <jaygade at yahoo.com> Dec 04, 2005
• 588 views

Ricardo M. Forno wrote:
> 
> Jason Gade wrote:
> > 
> > C Bouzy wrote:
> > > 
> > > No idea why your DNS information is not updating. Have a cable tech come
> > > out and check it for you.
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Hi, C Bouzy.
> > > > Still no luck. When connected, everything is OK, except that
> > > > both DNS are 0.0.0.0
> > > > Any idea?
> > > > Thanks.
> > 
> > If your router is also a cable modem, you may need to inform your ISP that
> > you
> > are using it, and what its MAC address is. Otherwise their network will not
> > allow it to connect.
> > 
> > If you are still using the cable modem, and it works when you connect the
> > computer
> > directly to it but not when you connect the router to it, then I have no
> > idea
> > what is going on.
> > 
> 
> At last I succeeded in my effort to make the router work.
> I used winipcfg to get the host and domain names, and also
> the DNS servers for my PC when directly
> connected to the modem. Then I went to the Control Panel, Network,
> DNS config, and there I entered the host and domain names and the two
> addresses of the DNS servers, and it worked!
> My router is not a cable modem, but it connects to the one provided
> by my ISP through a net cable.
> 
> After that, I attempted connecting another PC through a wireless card.
> Everything seems to be working properly (the driver correctly detects
> the channel used by my router; the signal strength is 85% and its quality
> is 99%), but I cannot connect because I always get FCS errors.
> The SSID from my router is "Default", and the wireless card driver scans
> for signals and rapidly gets this "Default" SSID.
> Any idea about what is happening?
> Many thanks in advance.

I'm really not too good at networking yet; I don't know what an FCS error is. I
know that I haven't yet succeeded in getting my laptop to network with my desktop
through my wireless router/cable modem. I plan on researching it one day, but so
far it is not a big deal. I can access the internet through both computers so
that is what is important.

--
"Actually, I'm sitting on my butt staring at a computer screen."
                                                  - Tom Tomorrow

j.