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    URGENT Problem

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by Jewperman, Mar 29, 2008.

  1. Jewperman

    Jewperman Notebook Consultant

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    I just bought a new Netgear router, and everything was working fine, but now something wierd is going on. I went on my Laptop, and connected, it connected with excellent strengh. I also have AOL on this laptop (installed), and for somereason it said AOL not connected but the wireless said it was connected. I went into Firefox, and it did not work, it said it could not find the server.
     
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    blue68f100 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Some ISP use MAC Filtering to control access. Since this is a new setup, you may to clone the MAC Address of the nb/pc into the router.

    Connect to the router admin page and check the connection info. Then clone your mac and see if it connects.
     
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