Jay H
Senior HTF Member
I used to have just one PC, so I had my cable modem connected directly to the PC. Since I turn things off when not in use, I used to just turn the cable modem on and then turn my PC on, by the time my ancient PC booted W2k, the modem would be authenticated to the server by then and all is well.
It appears now with my Netgear WNR2000 router, I have to have the modem authenticated and sending packets before I turn that on. is that correct? I had one problem installing the thing and that was connecting to the internet with just the wired PC, because I didn't reboot my PC (as per the instructions, ya know.. that male complex thing..
). Anyway, is that true? I have to turn the cable modem on, then wait for a bit til the modem is sending, then turn the router and PC on... It doesn't seem to be able to connect if I just turn everything on as before.
Once I got the internet connection fixed, everything else went really smooth and I reflashed the firmware and set up my laptop. Uninstalled my software firewall (Comodo) since I guess the router should be handling that and I am going to read up on configuring the router via the browser.
I also set the bandwidth to 145Mbps since I doubt my cable modem has a higher bandwidth anyway and most of my traffic would be internet stuff, streaming audio (not video) and basic surfing...
Jay
It appears now with my Netgear WNR2000 router, I have to have the modem authenticated and sending packets before I turn that on. is that correct? I had one problem installing the thing and that was connecting to the internet with just the wired PC, because I didn't reboot my PC (as per the instructions, ya know.. that male complex thing..
Once I got the internet connection fixed, everything else went really smooth and I reflashed the firmware and set up my laptop. Uninstalled my software firewall (Comodo) since I guess the router should be handling that and I am going to read up on configuring the router via the browser.
I also set the bandwidth to 145Mbps since I doubt my cable modem has a higher bandwidth anyway and most of my traffic would be internet stuff, streaming audio (not video) and basic surfing...
Jay