swayzak
join:2007-04-28
le24ph
| Lose internet after every powerdown .. !
hi
I've just setup cable broadband for someone, with cable modem & Linksys WRT54GS wireless router (which also has printer connected). It's basically a wired network, using Linksys as junction box for modem ethernet cable & printer (although the Wii uses wireless network).
Everytime I turn the plug off at wall (e.g. at night) and then turn everything on again the next day, I get connection to the wired network but NO INTERNET.
I have to do the old "turning off modem & router, then turning them back on again" routine (whilst PC is on) to get reconnected to internet.
This is obviously less than ideal..
Anyone know why this happens & how, if possible, it could be avoided.
We don't want to leave the modem & router on all the time.
thanks
swayzak |
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McSummation
Mmmm, Zeebas Are Tastee.
Premium,MVM
join:2003-08-13
Round Rock, TX | You say you have "connection to the wired network". Can you access both the router and modem from the PC?
What make and model of modem do you have?
How do you have the router's WAN connection configured? |
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swayzak
join:2007-04-28
le24ph | thanks
Yes, I can access the router settings.
Don't know about the modem (never had to access it before) - it's an ntl cable modem (just says "ntl 250" on the bottom).
Printer still prints.
Just can't access the internet |
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McSummation
Mmmm, Zeebas Are Tastee.
Premium,MVM
join:2003-08-13
Round Rock, TX | If you power on the modem first and let it get synch, then power on the router, then the PC, will it work properly? |
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swayzak
join:2007-04-28
le24ph
edit:
March 1st, @12:07PM
| Haven't tried that from a cold start (mains turned off).
Only after PC has booted and I see I can't connect to internet.
Then I powerdown modem, then router. Then turn on modem & wait for sync & ready lights to both be on constantly. Then turn on router.
Then internet works fine.
I should add that I only get this problem after turning everything off at mains - not from just shutting down PC & then rebooting again. |
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McSummation
Mmmm, Zeebas Are Tastee.
Premium,MVM
join:2003-08-13
Round Rock, TX | It sounds like the router comes up and tries to connect to the modem before it is ready.
Why not just leave the modem turned on all the time?
There may be a way of telling the router to "keep trying" if its WAN port doesn't connect. |
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swayzak
join:2007-04-28
le24ph
| Thanks
Yes, that makes sense.
Unfortunately the person I'm doing this for will not leave stuff plugged in / on (paranoid about fire risk etc).
I think she is going to have to deal with this every time she boots up.
The way this PC is setup, everything is powered from a single wall socket.
A slightly easier way to do this I think is to leave the router unplugged at the back, then after booting just plug it in. |
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SteveP75904
join:2008-03-29
Lufkin, TX
 ·Suddenlink
| after reading this that looks like your ideal solution. What happens is when everything is turned off, your router will boot faster than the modem and by the time the modem has the "ready light" your router is already through requesting the IP. I'd do exactly what swayzak mentioned and you should be fine 
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