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The Punisher 2000

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Alright Im going to try and explain this to the best of my ability. I have two computers, one is downstairs one is upstairs. I recently got a wireless internet connection from CSI.net. So they set it all up on the computer downstairs (which I should say isn't really mine its my dad's). So anyway everything works fine on my dad's computer. For awhile I was just taking a 50ft CAT5 cable and plugging it into the modem, this would require unplugging my dads. After awhile this stopped working...my Network connection would say network cable unplugged and the only CAT5 that would work was the one the CSI.net guys used. Well so I call CSI and they tell me that they usually use crossover cable and that could be why my CAT5 doesn't work, (but why did it work for the first month?) because its not crossover its just CAT5. Well I ask him about sharing internet on two computers and tell him I have a Linksys 10/100 hub. He asks if it has an uplink port and I say yeah he says plug the modem into the uplink port then plug your computer and your dad's into the hub. Well this has worked great internet on both computers for the past couple weeks, then it starts the same BS..."network cable is unplugged" when its plugged in. Well anyway I fixed that problem. So now my network is getting detected but I still have no internet...it says cannot renew IP. Now wtf is that about? Again I've tried command prompt manually release/renew IP and everything. I've called CSI, resetting modem, unplugging HUB turning off computers then unplugging modem...Plugging back in modem then HUB then turning on the computer still I have no luck whatsoever. I mean what else can I try??? I know nothing about this network stuff. Someone Please Help me...I want my internet back...I mean we are gonna buy a wireless router this weekend the Linksys 802.11g...I also would like some help in setting that up will it give me these gay problems too? Sorry such a long post I just felt I had to explain to the fullest details.

T[H]anks.
 
BEFORE YOU BUY answer me this:

When you say that you got "wireless internet" how is it wireless? No wires between you and the isp or once it gets to you house you can go wireless? If so you might need different hardware then you mentioned.


Do you have another network cable you can use to connect to your computer? I'm thinking that the one you use might have gone bad (lots of movement).
 
Ok the computer that does not have internet connection, its your computer right? The one that your isp did not setup.

If im right then your dads computer has internet and you do not, correct?

If so, you still have to have internet sharing on your dads computer because you are using it as a gateway to the internet, you are just going through hub to dads computer and then all traffic goes to the internet. You would have to have two wan ips assigned to you for you to just be able to plug into hub and go out to internet, What it sounds like your isp is having you do is correct since you don't have a crossover cable.

I haven't setup a windows setup like this in a long time, reminds me of all the ghetto lans we had where we would all get internet access through one of our buddies computer. :D

PLZ supply with more info example:
a. what are your internet settings your dads computer needs to be your gateway

b. could be bad cable with all the trouble you have been having
 
I think it's the kind of internet where it's wireless between you and your ISP, as in a sattelite type thing...
 
Yeah its wireless between my ISP and us. Internet settings? I don't follow. a. what are your internet settings your dads computer needs to be your gateway? I have no clue how to do this. I don't know how to enable the internet connection sharing either. It pisses me off because it was working just fine for like 2 weeks...then yesterday bam...cannot renew IP. So right now I have no internet connection or network setup. I mean I have to get a router and Im doing that today. My dad doesn't like 50ft Cat5 running down the stairs, so I have to go buy a wireless router. I have a question about that also. Do I need to wireless cards or do I plug my dad's computer directly into the rounter? I know the modem will go into the WAN port. Any help will be appreciated.

T[H]anks.
 
There are some wireless routers which have ports on them and i believe there are some that are solely wireless ap.

So you will want one that has some lan ports.
 
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