The first desktop touched by the installer will lease an IP and browse the web. It will do this connected directly to the WB modem or connected to a hub wiht the modem. Initially so did a laptop from a WAP. Now the laptop won’t.
No other PC will lease an IP from the WB modem, either directly or on a hub.
The other PCs will lease an IP if connected to an internet sharing PC as they were configured before today. Spent time on the WB help line to no avail.
Everyone is Win XP SP2.
Any ideas?
The ISP may have configured their server to recognize that specific PC rather than the modem. If that is the case, you can get an inexpensive gateway router and configure it the same as the PC. Then the router will lease an IP and apportion it to any device on the network that you wish. It is also possible that your WAP can be similarly configured, but only if your PC is not connected to the modem at the same time.
I don’t know if this germane to your situation, but it worked for me.
What brand and model of router did you use, Rhubarb?
Thanks
I had to google to get a clearer picture of your situation and realize you had a satellite based broadband setup.
Here is the Wild blue equipment It appears to be a standard DOCSIS broadband modem interface compatibility wise. A wired or wireless broadband router should solve your problems.
When I first had my cable internet setup (approx 4-5 years ago on Win98) the installer configured the system by setting up my PC so it was fixed to specific ISP network addresses. I couldn’t share my PC in this scenario except by using MS’s very clumsy “connection sharing” applet.
I finally just scrubbed out all the proprietary settings, got a Linksys Router and let the system configure itself in default mode. This will usually work for XP setups. If the satellite based nature of the setup makes it different from regular broadband where it interfaces with the PC’s network IO then the above advice is useless.
To power off the Wild Blue satellite modem and wait several minutes before connecting it to another device. After being powered off for five minutes, it found and accepted the router. All is well.
If I may digress, one wonders why the installer didn’t mention this, nor the nice young lady on their help desk who had me uninstalling/installing NICs?
I be on WildBlue also, love it.
If you get tech trouble, call 888.278.6869 After midnight is best because the night guys are really sharp and helpfull.
Yeah, more then one puter, use a router/switch inbetween. ( On broadband you should have one even on a single computer set up IMO ) I had ours set up that way from the get-go.
Hope you like it as well as we do.
Hey! Another Arkansan.
Get off my beam!
