Re: Netgear Wireless Router Problems =(

Which model NetGear? Can you readily open http://216.239.37.99 (google by
IP) on the problem machines?
(I have a suspicion re. an issue with some Netgears that this info. will
help to confirm.)
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"Jack Barrett" <jack4450@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:egjL%23wcrFHA.3788@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Everything worked just fine before installing this new router 2 days ago!
>
> Installed a NetGear Wireless Router for my wife's VPN so she can access
> work
> with her wireless laptop.
> Since installing the router...the internet to the 2 desktop pc's in the
> house have little or no internet access.
> Sometimes we get email, sometimes just web sites. Seems to be intermittent
> at best.
> Here's what I have done to try and diagnose the problem:
>
> 1. Shut down both pc's, then shutdown my DSL modem, then the router.
> 2. Started modem first, waited, then started router, waited, then started
> up
> pc's. Hoping that the ip would release.
> 3. Ran IPCONFIG to make sure the ISP IP is assigned correctly. It was.
> 4. Back to square one ......still little/No internet access on desktops.
> Wife's laptop seems to be getting the same problem thru wireless.
>
> Please help...my wife and kids are ready to kill me!
>
> Jack Barrett Frustrated Amateur Hack
>
>
>


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