> This is a little off Linux subject, but is still tech.....
> I just cleaned up a windooze Me box for a friend (all the usual
> spyware/malware/virus stuff) and installed a NIC (Belkin F5D5000) in
> her 'puter; she had only a modem, since she was using AOL dial-up, but
> just signed up for RoadRunner.
> When I connected it to my router (WRT54G), it aquired IP address and
> got onto Internet OK. When I took it back to her house and connected
> it to her cable/telephone modem (Star-something, by Scientific
> Atlanta), it will not connect to Internet. After a call to Brighthouse
> (very nice lady on the phone) and some painfull troubleshooting steps
> slater, still no connection. I got out my laptop (running Fedora 4)
> and pluged it in to the modem, it connected w/o problems. From what I
> could see, TCP/IP is not binding to the network card, but I can't seem
> to find a way to fix it.
> So, off to Google I go, but any advise from the group would be gratly
> appreciated.
ipconfig something, release or reset all then reacquire new IP address,
just a guess, but it's stuck in my mind somehow.
--
Ron
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