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    LAN Problem

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by Mike1434, Mar 6, 2007.

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    Ok im hooking my laptop up to a Netgear Hub that my friends got and right now i get an ip address but im not getting a default gateway address.... i have it on normal if i switch it to uplink i gets disconnected what should i do???
     
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    Is the hub connected to a DHCP server?
     
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    DHCP??? i know some stuff but not alot...
     
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    OK, other than your laptop is the hub connected to anything else, like a DSL or cable modem?
     
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    Yea its connected to a Cable modem... thats how its getting its connection im on my friends computer and im online so it works but i just cant get a connection to my laptop.
     
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    Now that's helpful information. What is the IP address you are receiving on your laptop?
     
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    heres what it says on the laptop in command prompt......

    Autoconfiguration IP Address....:169.254.208.91



    and on my friends computer it says different it says

    IP Address......:74.65.62.46 and hes got a connection
     
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    OK. You can only have one computer connected to your friend's cable modem at any one time. What you need is a router to connect to the modem, then connect the computers to the router. The router will be the one connection allowed to the cable modem, then the router will share the connection to the computers.
     
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    But I hooked my laptop directly to the modem and I still didnt get a connection.....


    and when I had it hooked up at my house we had multiple computers running off of it and it worked fine.
     
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    So, your friend doesn't have his own cable modem?
     
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    Ok heres how its hooked up....

    Cable Modem with like going to the Hub and 2 lines going from the hub to his desktop and then my laptop which wont get a connection.
     
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    What were you able to take to your house and get a connection from?

    Your friend is getting a good IP address. You're getting an APIPA address, which won't get you anywhere fast. The modem will only allow one connection. And it also sounds like the modem has locked on your friend's computer's MAC address.
     
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    so basically ur just saying that i am sol on getting a connection to my laptop well i guess ill just wait to get a wireless router in here because hes gonna use it on his PS2 online when he gets the right device.... thanks for ur help though.
     
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    Glad to help. Be sure to clone your friend's desktop's MAC address to the router while setting it up.
     
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