You should remove the Netgear from the network. Once you do that, set your laptop back to 192.168.0.x and everything should work again.
-wes On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 8:13 PM, John Jason Jordan <joh...@gmx.com> wrote: > On Thu, 23 Feb 2017 15:24:39 -0800 > John Jason Jordan <joh...@gmx.com> dijo: > > >Alea jacta est. Today I went to the 'store' in Hollywood and signed up. > >(It's not a store, there's no merchandise for sale there, but I didn't > >argue with them.) The 1 GB service is $70 a month, plus 3.99 for a > >'recovery fee,' whatever that is, and installation is free. And I opted > >to lease the modem for the time being, so the total comes to $83.97, > >less $9.99 after I get my own modem. Installation is Tuesday 2/28. > > > >Can't wait to tell Comcast to go suck eggs. > > The installer came today. The appointment was for a window of 10 am to > 2 pm, and at 10:15 he called and said he needed another 45 minutes at > his current job and then he would be here. I thought it was nice of him > to let me know, even though he had no obligation to do so. > > When he arrived we surveyed the layout of the house, the current > Comcast line, and what the best options were. He was very considerate > of my desire to keep my house looking like a house and not a structure > with a web of wires hanging all over it. The decision as to where and > how to install the connection was mutual. And now that it is finished I > am happy to say that it is not very visible. > > I had a lot of issues with the paperwork that I got from the Hollywood > office (a few notes scribbled on the back of a business card) and the > PDF file that came in an e-mail that I didn't receive until yesterday. > There was nothing about data limits, guarantees of speed, and several > other issues. An old lawyer saw is 'if it's not in writing it's not > worth the paper it's printed on.' So this morning I called to cancel the > installation, knowing that this would get me to someone with some > facts. It did, and the gentleman who I spoke to said that the installer > would bring the real contract. And indeed, he did, although it was on > an IPad and the only option was to accept or reject. And the installer > did not bring this to me until after the installation was complete. I > wondered what he would do if I refused. The document was 16 pages long > and it was impossible to digest it fully under the circumstances, but I > did get one fact straight: I can cancel the service anytime in the > first 30 days without penalty, although there are severe cancellation > fees if you cancel after the first 30 days (it's a two-year contract). > So I spent five minutes trying to skim through the legal stuff and then > agreed to it. > > Then, with the installer standing by, the new modem connected and the > router reset, I sat down at my laptop (my main computer) to see if it > all worked. It did, so I opened a Firefox tab to speedtest.net to see > what I would get. I got about 750 down and about 900 up. Not bad > compared to the 55 down and 5-6 up from Comcast. And I should add that > the gentleman I spoke to this morning said that CenturyLink guaranteed > 85% of the rate that I was paying for. I haven't finished reviewing the > contract, so I'm not sure if that is in there. > > Now for the annoying news. My laptop works fine with the new modem, but > I have problems with other devices. The new modem was set to > 192.168.0.1, which is the address that my Netgear R6250 router was > already set to. On encountering the conflict the router graciously > reset itself to 192.168.1.1. This seems to have solved the problem with > the laptop, but my desktop computer was still set to '0', so it was > unable to connect to anything. With the command line I succeeded in > setting the desktop to 192.168.1.1, which succeeded in getting it to > see other devices on my own network, but it still can't get to the > internet. > > Also, my Synology DS216j NAS is apparently still set to '0' and nothing > on the network can see it. Synology has a web-based too for configuring > it, but the tool can't find the Synology because it is still on '0' > when everything else is on '1.' I tried to reset the Netgear to '0' > temporarily in order to fix the Synology, but the Netgear 'Genie' web > based configuration tool allows me no options to change its IP address > manually. The manual says 'click on this' and displays what the screen > is supposed to show, including boxes for manually entering IP addresses, > but when I 'click on this' absolutely nothing happens - the screen > that is supposed to appear does not appear. There must be a way to > change its settings without the tool. I'll call them tomorrow. > > That's enough for today. Suggestions to solve my problems will be > welcome. I will report more later as I figure out how to get everything > working. > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
