If you are going through the My Computer Address bar, try moving to the Internet Explorer. Sorry, this is the only Idea that I have.... oooh! brain wave. Make sure your computer name is correct: some services like rogers won't let you online unless if you have the correct computer name. It would be best if you had your computer on the network instead of unplugging and plugging it back in to different computers.
Most cable ISPs record the MAC address of the customer's network adapter when it first connects to their network. (Think of the MAC address as the serial number of the network adapter in your PC.) ISPs do this registration to thwart the theft of their service. If a different MAC address plugs into their service, the ISP disallows connection because the MAC address does not match. The MAC address in your laptop is different from the MAC address in the desktop. Contact the ISP and tell them what you want to do and they may allow you to register two MAC addresses. Or get a router and plug it into the cable modem and the two PCs into it. The MAC address of the router will need to be registered with the ISP, but that is the only address they will see. And both PCs will be able to access the internet simultaneously.
_Paladin is on the right track here, but an easier method (that works 95% of the time) is to unplug the power from the cable modem for about 2 minutes and power down the PC its connected to. After the two minutes, plug the power back in, let it connect to the cable network, then boot the laptop.
True, some cable providers are locked into MAC addresses, but Comcast (and legacy ATTBI) does not do this. I'm aware of a couple others that don't either.
Quintastraphie
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November 24th, 2003 02:00
_Paladin
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November 24th, 2003 09:00
dannyboy56,
Most cable ISPs record the MAC address of the customer's network adapter when it first connects to their network. (Think of the MAC address as the serial number of the network adapter in your PC.) ISPs do this registration to thwart the theft of their service. If a different MAC address plugs into their service, the ISP disallows connection because the MAC address does not match. The MAC address in your laptop is different from the MAC address in the desktop. Contact the ISP and tell them what you want to do and they may allow you to register two MAC addresses. Or get a router and plug it into the cable modem and the two PCs into it. The MAC address of the router will need to be registered with the ISP, but that is the only address they will see. And both PCs will be able to access the internet simultaneously.
jpm121
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November 24th, 2003 16:00
Can you ping to an IP address?
Pull up a command prompt and run IPCONFIG /ALL
Try pinging the default gateway and DNS entries.
mAlfunkti0n
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November 25th, 2003 01:00
_Paladin is on the right track here, but an easier method (that works 95% of the time) is to unplug the power from the cable modem for about 2 minutes and power down the PC its connected to. After the two minutes, plug the power back in, let it connect to the cable network, then boot the laptop.
Fix this by getting a cheap router ..
jpm121
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November 25th, 2003 03:00