[Cialug] Noob needs help.

[Rob Miller]

Thanks, Preston.  You are right.  I've been on the phone with Mediacom tech
support and I got the whole story about buying more IP addresses or getting
a router instead of a hub, etc.  I'm ready to dig into my "junk room" to
look for my Motorola Surfboard modem from a couple of years ago.  Rob

On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 3:10 PM, Lathrop Preston <lathrop at prestonfam.org>wrote:

> So based on what I see here your network is as follows...
>
> MediaCom-Router  -> Hubs -> Computers...
>
> if so than the problem is probably in the hubs. the MediaCom router
> normally will only speak to 1 computer (or routeable device)...
>
> Unless I am mistaken,
> you will need to get a firewall router or other router of some sort... have
> that connected to the MediaCom device and then the computers will get their
> IP addresses from it... technically MC only provides for a single computer
> per household.
>
> But I could be wrong
>
> On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 2:24 PM, Rob Miller <rob at dotcomservices.com>wrote:
>
>> We switched from Qwest to Mediacom and the technician hooked up one of our
>> computers to access the Internet.  However, none of the other computers on
>> our home network can find the Internet.  I've tried what I know to do and I
>> get a message that the other computers cannot renew the IP address.  Should
>> I turn off all the computers, then the two hubs, then the Mediacom modem and
>> then turn them back on?  Mediacom first then hubs then computers?  Thanks.
>> Rob
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