Internet won't work when plugged into router

rockfnbttm · 01-25-2006, 12:38 AM

My internet works just fine when I plug the modem directly into the computer. But when I plug the modem into the router, and the router into the computer, my internet just doesn't work. I have a $40 Belkin I got at Walmart, but that really shouldn't matter. The Power button, and Device 1 button remain solid, but the Internet light flickers. Anyone have any ideas?

suprasteve · 01-25-2006, 01:03 AM

go into your router options and find the mac tab and click "clone computer's mac address", my internet at home wouldn't work till I did this cause Earthlink wanted to charge $9 a month to provide cable to multiple computers, and I guess they were smart enough to block mac's from common routers.

rockfnbttm · 01-25-2006, 01:28 AM

Should have mentioned I have a PC, not a Mac. Thanks for your response

suprasteve · 01-25-2006, 04:10 AM

umm, yeah I know, I'm talking about a mac address, it's a unique number burned onto the chip of whatever connects to the internet on your computer, it stands for Media Access Control. It has nothing to do with Apple, but they have MAC addresses on all their stuff too but anyways. Your router has a different MAC address than your computer, theoretically everything has a different MAC address, though that's not always true, but anyways, half of it is unique to your piece of whatever and the other half is unique to the manufacturer of the component. What I am saying, I'll go slow, is open your browser, type in 192.168.2.1, click on the thing on the left side that says something about MAC, then click on "clone computer's mac address." Try that and see if that helps.

rockfnbttm · 01-25-2006, 05:07 AM

haha well I feel like a dork.. thanks a lot for your help, everything is up and running now.. time to jump on xbox live! thanks again

ramachandran · 01-25-2006, 07:40 AM

I want to setup a network with 50 Systems, can u tell me what are the peripherals required?

run4it · 01-25-2006, 08:34 AM

ramachandran, don't ask questions in someone else's post.

try unplugging everything for like 30 seconds and then pluggin it all back in. sometimes things just need to be reset.

suprasteve · 01-25-2006, 01:23 PM

"everything is up and running now"....3 and a half hours..."reset your router"
I'm just messing with you run4it

01-25-2006, 12:38 AM	#1 (permalink)
rockfnbttm Bronze Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 62	Internet won't work when plugged into router My internet works just fine when I plug the modem directly into the computer. But when I plug the modem into the router, and the router into the computer, my internet just doesn't work. I have a $40 Belkin I got at Walmart, but that really shouldn't matter. The Power button, and Device 1 button remain solid, but the Internet light flickers. Anyone have any ideas?

01-25-2006, 08:34 AM	#7 (permalink)
run4it Silver Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Age: 22 Posts: 238	ramachandran, don't ask questions in someone else's post. try unplugging everything for like 30 seconds and then pluggin it all back in. sometimes things just need to be reset. __________________ Intel Quad-Core Q6600 G0 2.4 GHz Kentsfield XFX nForce 680i SLI Socket 775 Motherboard XFX GeForce 8600GTS 256 MB PCI-E G.Skill 4GB DDR2 SDRAM 800 MHz 320 GB Seagate Sata, 1 TB Seagate Sata Xp Pro x32

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01-25-2006, 01:03 AM	#2 (permalink)
suprasteve Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Atlanta Posts: 1,355	go into your router options and find the mac tab and click "clone computer's mac address", my internet at home wouldn't work till I did this cause Earthlink wanted to charge $9 a month to provide cable to multiple computers, and I guess they were smart enough to block mac's from common routers.

01-25-2006, 01:28 AM	#3 (permalink)
rockfnbttm Bronze Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 62	Should have mentioned I have a PC, not a Mac. Thanks for your response

01-25-2006, 04:10 AM	#4 (permalink)
suprasteve Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Atlanta Posts: 1,355	umm, yeah I know, I'm talking about a mac address, it's a unique number burned onto the chip of whatever connects to the internet on your computer, it stands for Media Access Control. It has nothing to do with Apple, but they have MAC addresses on all their stuff too but anyways. Your router has a different MAC address than your computer, theoretically everything has a different MAC address, though that's not always true, but anyways, half of it is unique to your piece of whatever and the other half is unique to the manufacturer of the component. What I am saying, I'll go slow, is open your browser, type in 192.168.2.1, click on the thing on the left side that says something about MAC, then click on "clone computer's mac address." Try that and see if that helps.

01-25-2006, 05:07 AM	#5 (permalink)
rockfnbttm Bronze Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 62	haha well I feel like a dork.. thanks a lot for your help, everything is up and running now.. time to jump on xbox live! thanks again

01-25-2006, 07:40 AM	#6 (permalink)
ramachandran New Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1	I want to setup a network with 50 Systems, can u tell me what are the peripherals required?

01-25-2006, 01:23 PM	#8 (permalink)
suprasteve Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Atlanta Posts: 1,355	"everything is up and running now"....3 and a half hours..."reset your router" I'm just messing with you run4it