I have a buffalo air station G54 router and a netgear modem. Do i need drivers to put on my computer?
Im having trouble setting up my internet
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corn4ahead
, Feb 26 2010 10:39 PM
#1
Posted 26 February 2010 - 10:39 PM
I have a buffalo air station G54 router and a netgear modem. Do i need drivers to put on my computer?
#2
Posted 27 February 2010 - 10:14 AM
1. Unplug the router, modem, and PC from power.
2. Connect the PC to the router with an ethernet cable. Do the same from the router to the modem.
3. Power up the modem only.Wait until all LEDs are as they should be.
4. Power up the router and wait 60sec for the LEDs to become as they should be.
5. Plug in the PC and power it up. Try surfing.
In most cases no additional config. should be required.
2. Connect the PC to the router with an ethernet cable. Do the same from the router to the modem.
3. Power up the modem only.Wait until all LEDs are as they should be.
4. Power up the router and wait 60sec for the LEDs to become as they should be.
5. Plug in the PC and power it up. Try surfing.
In most cases no additional config. should be required.
#3
Posted 27 February 2010 - 11:03 AM
I tried that but it did not work. I went to where out modem and router is and i unplugged it. Nothing. We also have a 5 port ethernet switch. I dont know if that has anything to do with it. I think just need to set up the connection on my computer?
#4
Posted 02 March 2010 - 11:49 AM
We also have a 5 port ethernet switch. I dont know if that has anything to do with it. I think just need to set up the connection on my computer?
type ipconfig /all at the cmd prompt
If you have an IP address beginning with 192.168.xx.xx, try ping www.google.com
You should see four packets sent and four received. If you do not, depower all hardware, connecting only the new PC directly to the Netgear modem.
When you say, "I just got a new hard drive" do you mean that you've replaced the hard drive and installed a fresh operating system? If so, yes, you do need NIC drivers. Take a look in Device Manager.
What OS did you install?
#5
Posted 02 March 2010 - 01:48 PM
Yes, my hard drive crashed so i had to buy a new hard drive. I installed XP on it.
What is going into device manager going to do?
What is going into device manager going to do?
#6
Posted 03 March 2010 - 11:29 AM
You could, in theory, see if the NIC drivers have been installed correctly. In most cases I'd reinstall them to be sure the defaults for TCP/IP exist.
#7
Posted 03 March 2010 - 02:55 PM
How do i reinstall them?
#8
Posted 03 March 2010 - 03:56 PM
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