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dbert

join:2000-12-21
Bountiful, UT

reply to striker_shot

Re: Netgear Wireless home network??

Is everyone's (SBBD) gateway address the same as their ip address except for the last block being one number less?
ie
ip= 24.XXX.XXX.77
gateway=24.XXX.XXX.76

How did I decide mine was that way? It's been too long now. Just wondering if it's the same for everyone here. Could help in setting up the router.

dbert

join:2000-12-21
Bountiful, UT

I'm also wondering how I came up with my DNS address. I'm sure I didn't ask Sprint. Would it be the same for everyone at say "ut.sprintbbd.net"??
I have had the same IP/Gateway/DNS address since the beginning (over two years now). I have always just plugged those numbers into my router and wa-la. Every machine I connect to my little LAN has instant internet.


zukem

join:2001-11-19
Phoenix, AZ

dns on modems

each modem group can have their own dns config. typically each market has assigned dns servers and a domain name.

the parameters are loaded into the cable modem, your PC as a dhcp client takes whatever the modem give it.

-z
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if you're not signal, you're part of the noise.


dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
Premium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
kudos:4

said by zukem:
each modem group can have their own dns config. typically each market has assigned dns servers and a domain name.

the parameters are loaded into the cable modem, your PC as a dhcp client takes whatever the modem give it.
Ive tried setting the computer to auto get an ip when booting to see if my IP had been changed and me not notified when packet loss was so bad. it couldnt get an IP. are they using dhcp on the modems in any market?. mine has been static since i got it.


mr88talent

@sprintbbd.net

reply to endomont

Re: Wireless home network

I have SBBD with a Linksys BEFSR41 broadband router behind it. If I recall, when the service was first installed, the account name they gave me was also entered in as my computer's host name (computer name). They may check the host name. I think I had to set the host name in the Linksys to get the connection to work. I also entered in ut.sprintbbd.net in the domain name field in the Linksys but I think it worked without this. Then I set it to obtain the IP automatically. Strange thing though, If I turn off the computer that originally was set up with the service, the other computers hooked up to the Linksys can no longer connect to the internet. Just plain weird.


jcarpenter
Size Isn'T Everything
Premium
join:2002-07-02
Elbert, CO

reply to striker_shot

Re: Netgear Wireless home network??

Striker make sure your netgear box has the correct DNS settings in it.

IAmTheEvilest
There Is Nothing Like A Restart

join:2001-01-03
Milpitas, CA

reply to dbert
Not necessary... before they swaped out my modem and antenna for a new one, my gateway and computer IP address was not one away.
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