New Router Problem

Question

I have there laptops working  wirelessly off a wireless router connected to a cable modem. Never a problem. I bought my daughter a used router and decided to make sure it works before Christmas.   I simply connected the power to the used router I bought, then took the eternet cable form the router I have connected to my router and connected it to the used router I bought  and tried to get online. It would not get online on any of my computers. It is showing a good connection on my computers to the new router. I went to the network tab, and made sure I got connected to the used router I bought, which shows it did. But still no internet. Is there something I am missing here? The router I have been using is 802.11b/g as well as the cards in my laptops. the used router I bought for my daughter is 802.11, and that is what the connection it shows when I check it. Any ideas??

volcano11 · Answer

How are you connecting to the internet (cable or dsl)? If it is cable, are you doing a complete reset of the network everytime you change the device connected to the cable modem? This is a must, as cable modems remember the MAC address of the last device connected to them and will not allow an internet connection with any other network device until the modem is reset. To reset the network, power eveything off, wait five minutes, then turn on the cable modem. Wait another 5 minutes, then turn on the device that it directly connected to the modem. Finally turn on any other devices. Again, this must done everytime you change the device connected to the modem.

Steve

bicyclebill1 · Answer

Thanks so much. I thought it must be something like that.   Bill

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