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General Forums => Hardware and Software => Topic started by: humble on May 24, 2005, 09:17:53 AM

Title: moron alert....again:)
Post by: humble on May 24, 2005, 09:17:53 AM

Downloaded updated MB drivers (nvidia gf3-250) and loaded up the firewall. It appears to have disabled internet connection somehow. Admin access wouldnt cooperate so I uninstalled it hoping it would reset whatever it did. Unloaded and reloaded windows firewall.

So far no joy in reconnecting via tools/lan/autofind. I'm running a DSL router thru a dlink wireless router...all other machines up so issue is specific to my box....I've never had a problem configuring internet before. Either its something I've never delt with or i'm having a blond moment....

Title: moron alert....again:)
Post by: DREDIOCK on May 24, 2005, 09:06:25 PM

Try powering everything off Cablemodem, router and computer. Let sit for a min. then power on Cablemodem, after connection is established power on router. Follow suit.
Then power up computer.

Hope it helps
And at worst it couldnt hurt

Title: moron alert....again:)
Post by: DREDIOCK on May 24, 2005, 09:07:50 PM

BTW by powering down  I mean unplug the modem and the router.

Title: moron alert....again:)
Post by: eagl on May 25, 2005, 03:20:04 AM

Sometimes updating bios or drivers for network devices end up messing with the MAC address, and every cable modem I've used absolutely hates that.  Powering the cable modem down for a minute powering it back up, and then rebooting either the router or computer seems to fix that particular issue.

Other than that...  I don't use the built-in nvidia firewall or any software firewall because I'm satisfied with the security my router provides and I want a single place to make configuration changes.  I'm also fairly satisfied with my own internal lan practices so I don't need/want a firewall on every machine within my lan to protect against attacks from within.  That said, my wife's machine uses the standard microsoft firewall, but she's on a wireless connection and I want to at least try to prevent easy intrusion in case her computer ends up connecting to someone else's wireless lan for some weird reason.

Title: moron alert....again:)
Post by: Balsy on May 25, 2005, 07:35:50 AM

Humble.

Check your router to see if youve limited the amount of computers in the DHCP tables.

If you changed MB, the Mac address changes ( I think) and you might just need to delete all the computers in DHCP tables and let it reacquire the "fresh" ones.

3 OLD MAC addresses will block a 4th new one if you have it limited to 3 computers.

balsy