Re: did I screws up router?

2015-08-09 Thread Eric Oyen
I must have gotten lucky here. I have been using the same router and same cable modem for about the last 8 years or so. Its an older model Linksys (part of the same knows project). I am going to hate when either of those devices finally break. -eric On Aug 9, 2015, at 6:57 PM, Stephen Parting

Re: did I screws up router?

2015-08-09 Thread Stephen Partington
They do not last forever. Sadly. On Aug 9, 2015 6:13 PM, "Michael Havens" wrote: > One computer connected to it worked but the entertainment center would > not. The router and modem I was using were not playing nicely with each > other so I went out and bought a modem/router. Now everything works

Re: did I screws up router?

2015-08-09 Thread Michael Havens
One computer connected to it worked but the entertainment center would not. The router and modem I was using were not playing nicely with each other so I went out and bought a modem/router. Now everything works. I'm going to throw my linksys router away. On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 5:51 PM, Stephen Par

Re: did I screws up router?

2015-08-09 Thread Stephen Partington
Connect a computer directly to the modem and see if you can get online, this will tell you where a fault may be. Before calling it dead a factory reset should be done. On Aug 9, 2015 2:23 PM, "Michael Havens" wrote: > rebooting did nothing > > On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 5:08 PM, Michael Havens wrote

Re: did I screws up router?

2015-08-09 Thread Michael Havens
rebooting did nothing On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 5:08 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > how can I tell if it is hurting? > > On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 3:14 PM, Stephen Partington > wrote: > >> Power surge can affect the Modem and router just as easily as any other >> electrical device. So you may need to fu

Re: did I screws up router?

2015-08-09 Thread Michael Havens
how can I tell if it is hurting? On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 3:14 PM, Stephen Partington wrote: > Power surge can affect the Modem and router just as easily as any other > electrical device. So you may need to fully powercycle the modem and router > (power both off, power on modem first and fully the

Re: did I screws up router?

2015-08-09 Thread Stephen Partington
Power surge can affect the Modem and router just as easily as any other electrical device. So you may need to fully powercycle the modem and router (power both off, power on modem first and fully then router on) and see if that resets you. but much like a previous thread you may have to reset your

did I screws up router?

2015-08-09 Thread Michael Havens
well, I was on the pi doing something when there was another power surge. This time nothing seemed to be amiss but now I can't open the ip address of the router. the media center won't connect to the internet (as said before) and so I did a reset of the router which cleared the password I saved i