Re: cable modem settings?

From: harold (hgunn_at_nospam.com)
Date: 01/18/05 

Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 19:15:23 -0500

I think I have more than enough information to finish driving my brother
over the edge.:)

The poor wretch has never been near a computer before in his life, so
I'm having an awful time understanding what's actually happening there.
At first, I had to win an argument about which is the monitor and which
is the computer.

I gave him the computer for Christmas. He called me for help after
losing his temper with a cable rep who said he'd have to pay for a
hookup. This is all his fault for not using the Netscape ISP disk that I
stuck in the box. He probably could have handled that.

Thanks again, everyone..

Sandman wrote:
> Good advice from Lanwrench.... And I wouldn't even bother with the stuff on
> the disc; you don't really need it.....
>
> "Test User" <test@dev.null> wrote in message
> news:S1UGd.7707$K03.334787@news20.bellglobal.com...
>
>>"harold" <hgunn@nospam.com> wrote in message
>>news:%238ufGKM$EHA.2012@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>
>>>Can someone please direct me to the details of XP's settings for a cable
>>>modem? Thanks..
>>
>>Does the cable modem use an ethernet or USB cable to the computer? Does
>
> the
>
>>target machine have the correct hardware - an ethernet card (greatly
>>preferred) or USB ports?
>>
>>If it's Etherenet, open the properties for the card and ensure that TCP/IP
>>ins installed and set up to automatically get an IP address. Choose OK
>
> out
>
>>to the desktop.
>>
>>Plug the cable modem in, to the wall (power), to the cable itself, and via
>>ethernet or USB to the computer. Give it a couple of minutes to
>>initialize.
>>
>>Now, go to Start, Run, and type CMD.
>>
>>In the command prompt window, type:
>>ipconfig /release
>>
>>and you should see a set of IP addresses with this value:
>>0.0.0.0
>>
>>Next type:
>>ipconfig /renew
>>
>>and the computer should present you with new IP addresses, that are not
>>zero. As long as you do not see the words "autoconfiguration address",
>
> you
>
>>are done. If you do, try just restarting the machine.
>>
>>HTH
>>-pk
>>
>>
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>
>

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