Hi, I used to have internet connection through QWEST. Now I have Internet connection through Mediacom, which is cable internet. I use a modem called RCA DCM425 as of now. I am aware that this modem is not Wi-Fi, and 2WIRE is. After investigating a lot on the Internet I found out that it is possible to use the 2wire along with the cable modem to provide Wi-Fi. I managed to setup the router once and managed to get on 192.168.0.1, but then it is not allowing me anymore. I wondered where I went wrong, I have the cable modem connected to the router, and have the router connected to the computer. I don't know if I have a static or dymanic ip address, how do I figure that out, and when I have tried pinging 192.168.0.1 it says request timed out. I have copied what I got from the command prompt below and have x out the physical address of my computer.

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\>ping 192.168.0.1

Pinging 192.168.0.1 with 32 bytes of data:

Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 192.168.0.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),

C:\>ipconfig/all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name.. . : vizuett
Primary Dns Suffix.. . :
Node Type.. . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled.. . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled.. . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 3:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description.. . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connecti
on
Physical Address.. . : xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx
Dhcp Enabled.. . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled.. . : Yes
IP Address.. . : 12.201.63.15
Subnet Mask.. . : 255.255.252.0
Default Gateway.. . : 12.201.60.1
DHCP Server.. . : 12.207.232.22
DNS Servers.. . : 12.207.232.47
12.207.234.32
Lease Obtained.. . : Friday, November 28, 2008 3:14:50 PM

Lease Expires.. . : Tuesday, December 02, 2008 2:48:08 P

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I've attached both pictured of modems.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by hvizuett

Hi, I used to have internet connection through QWEST. Now I have Internet connection through Mediacom, which is cable internet. I use a modem called RCA DCM425 as of now. I am aware that this modem is not Wi-Fi, and 2WIRE is. After investigating a lot on the Internet I found out that it is possible to use the 2wire along with the cable modem to provide Wi-Fi. I managed to setup the router once and managed to get on 192.168.0.1, but then it is not allowing me anymore. I wondered where I went wrong, I have the cable modem connected to the router, and have the router connected to the computer. I don't know if I have a static or dymanic ip address, how do I figure that out, and when I have tried pinging 192.168.0.1 it says request timed out. I have copied what I got from the command prompt below and have x out the physical address of my computer.

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\>ping 192.168.0.1

Pinging 192.168.0.1 with 32 bytes of data:

Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 192.168.0.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),

C:\>ipconfig/all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : vizuett
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 3:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connecti
on
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 12.201.63.15
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.252.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 12.201.60.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 12.207.232.22
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 12.207.232.47
12.207.234.32
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, November 28, 2008 3:14:50 PM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, December 02, 2008 2:48:08 P

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I've attached both pictured of modems.

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A setting on the new cable modem needs to be changed. I can't tell you what that is atm but you'll have to call your new ISP's tech support to change the setting. The problem is these modems are set up to work directly connected to one computer, and to get them to work on a LAN, you have to change a setting on the modem. I had to do this recently when I changed my WiFi LAN to a DSL LAN.

One thing is for sure. You are not connected to a router. The IP address you provided from your PC is one assigned by your ISP.

Make sure that the connection from your ISP provided cable/DSL modem is connected to the WAN port on your router. Then connect your PC to one of the LAN ports on your router. If this is currently how you have it setup, then your router is set up to redirect one of the ports in the switch built in to your router as an external address. Disconnect your PC LAN cable from this port and plug it into one of the other LAN ports on the switch.

Then go to a CMD prompt and type IPCONFIG /RENEW and then IPCONFIG /ALL. You should have an IP address in the same network as the router (ie. 192.168.0.100 and it should show the DHCP server and gateway addresses as 192.168.0.1).

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Originally Posted by hvizuett

Hi, I used to have internet connection through QWEST. Now I have Internet connection through Mediacom, which is cable internet. I use a modem called RCA DCM425 as of now. I am aware that this modem is not Wi-Fi, and 2WIRE is. After investigating a lot on the Internet I found out that it is possible to use the 2wire along with the cable modem to provide Wi-Fi. I managed to setup the router once and managed to get on 192.168.0.1, but then it is not allowing me anymore. I wondered where I went wrong, I have the cable modem connected to the router, and have the router connected to the computer. I don't know if I have a static or dymanic ip address, how do I figure that out, and when I have tried pinging 192.168.0.1 it says request timed out. I have copied what I got from the command prompt below and have x out the physical address of my computer.

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\>ping 192.168.0.1

Pinging 192.168.0.1 with 32 bytes of data:

Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 192.168.0.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),

C:\>ipconfig/all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : vizuett
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 3:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connecti
on
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 12.201.63.15
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.252.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 12.201.60.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 12.207.232.22
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 12.207.232.47
12.207.234.32
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, November 28, 2008 3:14:50 PM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, December 02, 2008 2:48:08 P

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I've attached both pictured of modems.

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OK. I dug around and found my worksheet from when I did the switch.

I had to connect the modem directly to my computer, in order to log onto it, then set it to work on a PPPoE connection.

Then disconnected it from my computer, connected it to the router, and the router to my computer, logged onto the router, then set the router to PPPoE for the Internet Connection Type.

Hope this helps.

If me or Chuck's suggestions don't do the trick... call your ISP.