Inspiron 8600, Terayon cable modem - wired connection problem

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RE: Inspiron 8600, Windows XP Home, Intel@2200 wirless adapter, Broadcom 440x 10/100 adapter   Successfully using Dimension 4550 with cable modem (Terayon brand) at home, with auotmatic addressing, not static. Acquired Inspiron 8600 with wireless and wired adapters. No wireless setup yet. Attempted to connected by cable to cable modem but won't acquire address. Tried 'ipconfig /release' and 'ipconfig /renew,' with no luck. 'Ipconfig /all,' when connected to cable modem, shows the internally-acquired ipaddress. Have shut down cable modem for 5 minutes, then connected to powered-off laptop. Powered on cable modem, waited 5 minutes, and powered on 8600. No luck with connection. Brought 8600 to work and able to connect to automatic-addressing network (not static) with wireless and wired methods.  Is there some issue with the Intel@ adapter I'm not aware of? Are there special issues with cable modems? Reluctant to obtained wireless router to connect to cable modem if connection problem will still happen.

robertpb73 · Answer

My mistake. Question should have referred to 'Broadcom' adapter, not the INTEL wireless adapter.

volcano11 · Answer

Try doing the cable modem reset again, this time waiting about 10 minutes before you turn it back on. If it still doesn't connect, go the command prompt and do an ipconfig /all. Write down the results and report them here.

Steve

robertpb73 · Answer

Problem gets more interesting. Now I'm leaning towards something with this cable modem. I brought laptop to another work location, on different network, and was able to make wired connection to network with no problems. I have also been able to make a wirless connection at one of the work sites with no problems. Just got a D-Link DI-624 wireless router and hooked it to the cable modem. Got existing Dell desktop to connect after couple of restarts. But I can't get a signal at all on the 8600 with the wireless connection. Really don't see how it could be cable modem since, with D-Link connected to cable modem, am able to get wired access. This whole thing is getting perplexing. Looks like laptop is good everywhere else but at home!

robertpb73 · Answer

Problem apparently solved. Tried 8600 at local coffee shop wirless network and encountered no problems. Returned D-link wireless access router and got Linksys WRT54G. Worked like a charm right out of box. At least on wireless. Which is what I was really trying to accomplish. appreciate response.

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Inspiron 8600, Terayon cable modem - wired connection problem

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