Posted by 64Bowtie on June 26, 2008, at 7:36:34
In reply to Re: I need technical support » Deneb, posted by Larry Hoover on June 22, 2008, at 14:48:12
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...may I add, that he has a switching-router w/no 'puters plugged into the router's #d ports, meaning he has some kinda wireless card mounted in his laptop (guess) or desktop... He can try bypassing the wireless on the router if the modem works hooked up directly to the 'puter... Just rehook the WAN wire into the router and additional cat5 cable from a #d port on the router to the computers network card where the WAN cable had been in the first test you had him do...
Clear as mud??? Right!!!
If he gets a green-solid light on the router's #d port (all 4 show OFF for now, as he said), this can be his backup strategy if wireless stops working when he needs it most... Linksys also has a reset button that would be best pressed in with a straightened out paper clip, held in for 15 seconds, then log into the router and make the custom changes whatever that "boyfriend" did... If this is all toooo much, call Linksys and have them help...
Rod
PS: I have multiple network cards in my server as my router (running Server2003)... I don't trust wireless yet... There are places in the Nevada desert that might be secure enough, perhaps not in the flight paths from "Area 51", though.............lol... Here in "Silicon Gulch", nothing wireless is ever completely secure........
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