1) Are you sure you're connecting to YOUR wireless network? From my own house, I can access 5 different wi-fi networks, 3 of them unsecured. I've even logged into two of them, unintentionally.
2) Check all of your cabling connections that they are tight and
secured. This includes the cables from the wall to your modem,
between the router and modem, and from the router
to your PC. Ensure that your LEDs are not lit Red or not at all.
3) Ensure that you are using Ethernet cables and not telephone
cables between the router and PC. Ethernet
cables use a wider RJ-45 style plug using 8 wires where
telephone style plugs use the smaller RJ-11 style plug using 4 to
6 wires.
4) Ensure that your Ethernet adapter is enabled. Check the System
Tray at the bottom right of your display to see an icon that looks
like a monitor. You can click on this to see the status of
your Ethernet adapter. Also in Control Panel > Network and
Dial-Up Connections, you can examine the state of your Ethernet
adapter.
5) Firewalls. Your desktop firewall(s) may be blocking your internet access. Check them.
6) You may not be completely blocked (only web traffic - port 80 - blocked). Go to Start > Run and type CMD. At the DOS prompt, type
ping 192.168.1.1 (should be the default IP address of your router). If you get a response, your PC is talking to the router. If you get "timed out", then they are not talking, for some reason. If successful, try pinging an external address, something like
ping www.fixya.com, and see what happens.
ok, one computer (laptop) is hooked up to the Time Warner Cable Modem, which is a Aris, model# TM402P/110, via usb, which is coming out of the cable modem to the lap top. I tried hooking a Motorola wireless Hub, model #WR850G to it.via a RJ45 cable from the Modem to the wireless, so that my other computer can use the system to connect to the web. My other computer can see the wireless, by either a rj45 cable or wireless attachment, and it says its connected, but i still can't access the web. With all this going on, the Motorola wireless Hub is flashing red on the wireless modem indicator, showing no connection to the cable modem. No the orignal laptop is connect to the cable modem and has no problem access the web through the cable modem, i just want to be able to access the web with the other computer. HELPPPPPPPPPPPP
and thank you
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