[IndyGunFreak]

I'm sure I'm just missing something, but I just can't figure this out.

I just moved and got my services connected at the new address. Also switched from Brighthouse to Xfinity Comcast. It works fine when I cable the modem to one of the laptops. So the connection is good.

Router (Netgear WNDR3300). I reset the router to clear any settings I had previously. Went through the "setup" process (from the web manager page, not w/ the cd), and it completes, but I cannot get online (via cable or wireless). The setup wizard says it is detecting a dhcp connection, but when I do some googling, it says that xfinity is all static.

Here's the output of ipconfig /all (when directly connected to the modem)

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Ken>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

   Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : ken-laptop
   Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . :
   Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
   IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
   WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
   DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : hsd1.in.comcast.net.

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : hsd1.in.comcast.net.
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Atheros AR8152/8158 PCI-E Fast Ethernet C
ontroller (NDIS 6.20)
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-26-6C-EB-5C-CE
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
   IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:558:6033:22:cdd:aaf4:33e7:9e91(Prefe
rred)
   Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, October 13, 2012 8:37:26 AM
   Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, October 17, 2012 8:37:25 AM
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::608c:f5c2:fc5c:a85f%13(Preferred)
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 98.228.105.58(Preferred)
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.248.0
   Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, October 13, 2012 8:37:29 AM
   Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, October 17, 2012 8:28:47 AM
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : fe80::201:5cff:fe24:9e41%13
                                       98.228.104.1
   DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 69.252.202.4
   DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 335554156
   DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-16-7C-F0-3E-E0-CA-94-9F-03-F7

   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:558:feed::1
                                       2001:558:feed::2
                                       75.75.75.75
                                       75.75.76.76
   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8188CE Wireless LAN 802.11n PC
I-E NIC
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : E0-CA-94-9F-03-F7
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.hsd1.in.comcast.net.:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : hsd1.in.comcast.net.
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
   IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:9d38:953c:10ac:185e:9d1b:96c5(Pref
erred)
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::10ac:185e:9d1b:96c5%14(Preferred)
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter 6TO4 Adapter:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft 6to4 Adapter
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

C:\Users\Ken>

[jpa]

First and most obvious, have you tried turning it off and on again? (Sorry, IT Crowd was on last night) but seriously, when you plugged the router into the cable modem, you power cycled the modem and then the router, right? I've noticed that some cable or dsl modems get hung up on one MAC address until they're reset so moving the cable from one device to another without power cycling can be a problem. If you already did that, try going into the web interface for your router and look for a button to "release and renew" your external IP address or "WAN" Ip address. XFinity probably assigns a static IP to your modem's MAC address that may be managed via a dhcp server.

[fgutie35]

It looks like you may need to flush your DNS on your netgear router.

[Merlin40]

Originally Posted by IndyGunFreak

I'm sure I'm just missing something, but I just can't figure this out.

I just moved and got my services connected at the new address. Also switched from Brighthouse to Xfinity Comcast. It works fine when I cable the modem to one of the laptops. So the connection is good.

Router (Netgear WNDR3300). I reset the router to clear any settings I had previously. Went through the "setup" process (from the web manager page, not w/ the cd), and it completes, but I cannot get online (via cable or wireless). The setup wizard says it is detecting a dhcp connection, but when I do some googling, it says that xfinity is all static.

Here's the output of ipconfig /all (when directly connected to the modem)

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
 
C:\Users\Ken>ipconfig /all
 
Windows IP Configuration
 
   Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : ken-laptop
   Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . :
   Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
   IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
   WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
   DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : hsd1.in.comcast.net.
 
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
 
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : hsd1.in.comcast.net.
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Atheros AR8152/8158 PCI-E Fast Ethernet C
ontroller (NDIS 6.20)
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-26-6C-EB-5C-CE
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
   IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:558:6033:22:cdd:aaf4:33e7:9e91(Prefe
rred)
   Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, October 13, 2012 8:37:26 AM
   Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, October 17, 2012 8:37:25 AM
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::608c:f5c2:fc5c:a85f%13(Preferred)
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 98.228.105.58(Preferred)
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.248.0
   Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, October 13, 2012 8:37:29 AM
   Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, October 17, 2012 8:28:47 AM
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : fe80::201:5cff:fe24:9e41%13
                                       98.228.104.1
   DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 69.252.202.4
   DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 335554156
   DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-16-7C-F0-3E-E0-CA-94-9F-03-F7
 
   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:558:feed::1
                                       2001:558:feed::2
                                       75.75.75.75
                                       75.75.76.76
   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
 
Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:
 
   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8188CE Wireless LAN 802.11n PC
I-E NIC
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : E0-CA-94-9F-03-F7
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
 
Tunnel adapter isatap.hsd1.in.comcast.net.:
 
   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : hsd1.in.comcast.net.
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
 
Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:
 
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
   IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:9d38:953c:10ac:185e:9d1b:96c5(Pref
erred)
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::10ac:185e:9d1b:96c5%14(Preferred)
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
 
Tunnel adapter 6TO4 Adapter:
 
   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft 6to4 Adapter
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
 
C:\Users\Ken>

Make sure you have IPv4 checked in your advanced Internet Options. It also looks like you don't have the router configured properly. I see IP Routing is not enabled. You have to give the router permission to "see" the IP. hope this was helpful.

[IndyGunFreak]

Originally Posted by Merlin40

Make sure you have IPv4 checked in your advanced Internet Options. It also looks like you don't have the router configured properly. I see IP Routing is not enabled. You have to give the router permission to "see" the IP. hope this was helpful.

The router is set up as it has always been setup. For some reason, the router is not getting online. When I log into the router and look at the "connection details" it's all zeros.

As for flushing the DNS.... I did a factory reset on the router, so... I'm not sure how much more I could have reset it.

I did not try power cycling the two items, I did try to "release and renew" my IP addresses, with no luck. I'll take another crack at it here in a while, it's driving me batty right now.

[Pierre!]

I don't see too many home networks where the connected system's IP address is this range - 98.228.105.58

Usually we see the familiar "192.168.1.0' network range...

Looks like windows isn't getting an address - you have DHCP setup to assign your 'client' system an address?

that's probably why the other poster suggested to perform the ipconfig release and ipconfig renew commands.

If that doesn't get it, perform a manual setup - I have given up on any "Wizards" that come with routers these days...

Make sense?

UPDATE - Just re-read your second post - Yah, power cycle is pretty much essential - You know the drill - Modem first until lights stabilize, then turn the router on and see what happens.

HTH...

Patrick
(Who refrained from making a "Install Linux" comment - almost refrained that is.... )

[Jon_R]

I don't know your issue but will share what I had to do to get mine to work after seeing issues like yours.

I had to unplug my cable modem and disconnected the battery to it for a few seconds then put the battery back in and plug power back in. My theory is the modem holds the first MAC it sees on the inside interface and ignores other MACs. Doing what I described dropped the learned MAC and told the modem to learn a new one.

[IndyGunFreak]

Originally Posted by Pierre!

I don't see too many home networks where the connected system's IP address is this range - 98.228.105.58

Usually we see the familiar "192.168.1.0' network range...

Looks like windows isn't getting an address - you have DHCP setup to assign your 'client' system an address?

that's probably why the other poster suggested to perform the ipconfig release and ipconfig renew commands.

If that doesn't get it, perform a manual setup - I have given up on any "Wizards" that come with routers these days...

Make sense?

UPDATE - Just re-read your second post - Yah, power cycle is pretty much essential - You know the drill - Modem first until lights stabilize, then turn the router on and see what happens.

HTH...

Patrick
(Who refrained from making a "Install Linux" comment - almost refrained that is.... )

Ha... I had to boot windows just to post information you people would understand . That output I posted earlier, was posted w/o being connected to the router (directly to the modem, thought I mentioned that). I posted it, because I thought maybe it would give some idea as to what settings in my router I needed to check.

Originally Posted by jpa

First and most obvious, have you tried turning it off and on again? (Sorry, IT Crowd was on last night) but seriously, when you plugged the router into the cable modem, you power cycled the modem and then the router, right? I've noticed that some cable or dsl modems get hung up on one MAC address until they're reset so moving the cable from one device to another without power cycling can be a problem. If you already did that, try going into the web interface for your router and look for a button to "release and renew" your external IP address or "WAN" Ip address. XFinity probably assigns a static IP to your modem's MAC address that may be managed via a dhcp server.

I humbly admit, you nailed the problem(Jon_R your info was also very helpful). I had done pretty much everything everyone said (power cycling, etc..). I had went through the settings numerous times (I've had this router quite a while, and pretty much know it inside/out on how it works), and basically it was all the same as from my old residence (with the exception of the new IP address it was getting from the cable modem)

So I started looking at settings that I don't normally need to check, and what you said bout the MAC address made me think I should check that. Wouldn't you know it, the "default" MAC address for the router was wrong by 1 number (last number was :28 instead of :29). I'm not sure why this was, as that address has always "just worked" in the past, and I only knew it was wrong because I checked the MAC address on the bottom of the router. I chose to set the address manually, saved, powered down the modem and router. Powered up the modem, let it finish, powered up the router... and now I'm on my wireless network.

Thanks everyone for the assistance.