My friend gave me a router and when i connect it

Nov 12, 2009

- Yes, this happens when your Network is set up as "Public" rather than "Private". I know the names seem backwards, but to go to internet, you must set up your network as "Private". Go into your Network settings and make this small change and you should be good to go.

Nov 12, 2009

- You can make the change by going into Network Discovery and make sure it is set to "on" to have Internet access.

Nov 13, 2009

- Has this router ever worked?

Nov 13, 2009

- Some more info on networks that might be helpful:on gthe topic of home networks:
HUB vs SWITCH vs

A hub is a totally dumb device. If it gets a data signal, it just forwards it to everybody and hopes someone will pick it up.

A switch is just barely smarter. If it gets a data packet, it will try and find the device it goes to, and then send it to that device only, but the device MUST reside on the same subnet. A switch wont send data packets to computers on different subnets

A router is just barely smarter than a switch. It only gets a data packet if the destination computer isn't on the same subnet or LAN. The router then figures out where in the world that computer is located and then sends it in the right direction.

Nov 14, 2009

- I` sure have no more ideas, sorry I couldn't have been more help. Humble apologies.

Nov 14, 2009

- If it pings, sends and receives packets, that says it WAS found, and the "Device Not Found" seems to be a contradiction.