On 08/25/2014 03:04 PM, [email protected] wrote: > For the past few weeks we've been experiencing our Internet > connection (Comcast) going away and returning. I got worse so I > called their tech support. The first tier decided that they could > see the modem sometimes but would lose it, too, and concluded that > I needed a new modem. So this morning I drove over to the Comcast > store in Milwaukie and got a new one. I plugged it in but the > router would not see it. > ----- > > Is there something I'm missing about getting an IP4 address from > this new modem? It's a UB D3.0. >
The order of operations is important. The router should connect "automagically" but as I use a Netgear with OpenWRT, YMMV. 1. turn off / power down cable mondem and router 2. turn on cable modem. Wait for wait until POWER, US, DS, LINK lights are solid green and INTERNET light should be blinking rapidly. 3. turn on your router. After a bit the internet light on the router (depending on model) should be blinking. 4. go to your routers web page and check WAN status. IP4 and IP 6 addresses should pop up within 5 min. If not, check the equivalent menu navigation of NETWORK - INTERFACES - WAN (in OpenWRT). Make sure the protocol is set for "DHCP client". There shouls also be a "connect" or some such button. I just replaced the old RCA-Thompson with an Arris DOCSIS 3.0 eMTA modem (I have Comcast VOIP as well). In my case it IP4 and IP6 assignment fired right up. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
