On Wed, 19 Feb 2003 12:25:23 -0500, Paul Hachmeyer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Installed speedstream 2604 router w/ aol broadband and
>toshiba pcx2200 cable modem. Hooked up 4 identical ibm
>pII-266's, all working fine w/ aol v 8.0 and win98se. Tried
>to switch 1 pc to an hp pII-266, also with aol 8.0 and
>win98se, but can't get past router/modem. I can ping other
>pc's connected to router and the HP from another connected
>pc, router software shows connected as 192.168.254.7, others
>are ...254.2, ...254.3 or...254.4. Tried releasing and
>renewing ip from pc, dropping all connections from router,
>rebooting modem and router. Went thru AOL help (2x),
>Speedstream help (3x), Time Warner (2x). All settings appear
>correct to all of them.
>Reinstalled tcp/ip, tried 2 used nics, currently have a new
>nic installed. Downgraded IE to version 5. AOL version 8
>(also reinstalled 2x) just won't recognize connection and I
>can't ping past the router or modem. Also, router does not
>recognize http://192.168.254.254 which is supposed to launch
>setup wizard resident on router. (works from other connected
>pc's).
>I also connected directly to the cable modem, same results -
>no access to isp, modem does not recognize setup wizard
>access via http from IE5.
>Suspect problem with dhcp, a friend said defaults might be
>1-4, and 7 isn't in that range, but he doesn't know where to
>go to fix it. (What happened to 5 & 6?).
>Any ideas on what else to try or how to change dhcp range?
>Problem with IE5? Have not yet reinstalled this, had v 6
>and downgraded to 5...
>
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Hi-
I can't tell you how many posts I've seen where there was some sort of firewall on that was the culprit in a networking issue. Be very sure that all are off/disabled while troubleshooting this.
Lynn Tracy
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