New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

5760 Wired Network question

post #1 of 10
6/17/06 at 4:44am
Thread Starter 
I just got the new 5760 and I'm trying to connect to the internet straight from my cable modem to the laptop. Works fine on my PC, but when I plug it into my laptop it doesnt seem to be able to find the internet.

I'v tried disabling the wireless (fn + f11) and it wont connect to the wired modem.

Any idea what I need to do?


thanks
Reply
Reply
post #2 of 10
6/17/06 at 8:18am
Too general question...

1. Did you install the drivers? install them if you didn't
2. Do you have a "local area connection" in your "network connections" folder on Control Panel (windows)? check the Device Manager if you don't have it. Chances are that you didn't install the correct driver
3. Do you have a "Network Bridge" on "network connections"? delete it if you do
Reply
Reply
post #3 of 10
6/17/06 at 2:09pm
Thread Starter 
Yes drivers are completly installed, and my network connections are all looking okay.

I think its a conflict with my wireless? If my wireless is on It uses that, if its off and my ethernet is hooked up it doesnt work.

thanks
Reply
Reply
post #4 of 10
6/18/06 at 6:08am
Check #3 from my post... That is a very common problem when you have two network cards (the wireless and the non-wireless cards) on WinXP
Reply
Reply
post #5 of 10
6/18/06 at 6:52pm
Thread Starter 
Nope no network bridge.

I tried again a few hours later after changing nothing and it suddenly started to work. Internet never went down.

Thanks for all your help
Reply
Reply
post #6 of 10
6/19/06 at 10:17am
Make sure you have "enable power management on this device" unselected for the network card. I had the exact same problem, and it turned out that the windows power management turned it off. Try restarting with the AC adapter plugged in and the network cable plugged in with the wireless turned off.
Reply
Reply
post #7 of 10
6/21/06 at 1:16pm
If your going straight to the modem via ethernet and it works on your original PC but not your laptop i would be inclined to say that your service is bound to a mac address. Drivers should not even be needed as its usualy just branded internet explorer and other crap. Try cloning the mac address of your PC to your notebook OR purchase a router and clone the PC mac to that and you'll be good to go for whatever other machines you want to connect.
Reply
Reply
post #8 of 10
6/22/06 at 2:24am
Quote:
Originally Posted by TekWarren
If your going straight to the modem via ethernet and it works on your original PC but not your laptop i would be inclined to say that your service is bound to a mac address. Drivers should not even be needed as its usualy just branded internet explorer and other crap. Try cloning the mac address of your PC to your notebook OR purchase a router and clone the PC mac to that and you'll be good to go for whatever other machines you want to connect.

just reboot the modem at let it get your laptops mac address
Reply
Reply
post #9 of 10
6/22/06 at 2:43am
Thread Starter 
Yeah I reset my modem many times, didnt make sense to me either. I tried a few hours later and got it working after changing nothing.

Thanks guys.
Reply
Reply
post #10 of 10
6/22/06 at 9:18am
Quote:
Originally Posted by DisposableHero
just reboot the modem at let it get your laptops mac address

This doesn't always work although it seems to in this case. Some broadband ISP's lock in the first mac address that you register on the network.
Reply
Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home