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Gris - Mar 18, 2008 7:22:47 am PDT #5235 of 25501
Hey. New board.

Yes, I agree with tommy. Something's screwy with the DHCP on your Linksys.

If I were in your shoes, I'd use the hard reset button on the router to put all settings to default and rebuild them.

eta: that is, after I did what tommy suggests. Unplug and replug!

Pix - Mar 18, 2008 7:27:19 am PDT #5236 of 25501
The status is NOT quo.

Unplug and replug!
Sadly, I have already done this.

tommyrot - Mar 18, 2008 7:33:02 am PDT #5237 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

I had a router (I'm not sure if it's Linksys) where the DHCP was just wonky. It'd work on my MacBook but not for my TiVo. Then it stopped working for my MacBook too, and I had to specify a fixed IP address, etc, for using it at home.

That's one reason I got the new Time Capsule, as I was planning on replacing my router anyway....

Pix - Mar 18, 2008 7:36:01 am PDT #5238 of 25501
The status is NOT quo.

I don't understand enough about this stupid system to fix it, and I can't go to IT or they will tell me I shouldn't be using my personal mini-network (despite the fact that the school wireless barely reaches my classroom). What ND helped me to do is to hook the linksys into the ethernet for the school, and then we locked that little network so students couldn't jump onto it.

It worked fine until today when I came in with the new laptop. Like I said, it remembers a WEP password, yet the one it remembers appears to no longer be true.

tommyrot - Mar 18, 2008 7:46:09 am PDT #5239 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Argh - how frustrating.

I'd love to help you out more, but I gotta run to a Dr. appt....

Pix - Mar 18, 2008 8:06:59 am PDT #5240 of 25501
The status is NOT quo.

Sorry, didn't mean to take over the tech thread. Thanks for all the help, everyone!

DXMachina - Mar 18, 2008 8:09:25 am PDT #5241 of 25501
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

Also, 172.16.1.47 sounds like a "real" internet IP address, and not one like 192.168.0.1 like you'd see on a local network.

I'm pretty sure the 172.16.x.x subnet can be used much like 192.168.x.x. We use it for the servers that are in our DMZ.

amych - Mar 18, 2008 8:11:00 am PDT #5242 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

I'm pretty sure the 172.16.x.x subnet can be used much like 192.168.x.x.

Huh. Looks like 172.16 - 172.31 are all private use. Man, I learned nothing in my networking class...

Jesse - Mar 18, 2008 8:30:24 am PDT #5243 of 25501
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Huh? XP has built in zip compression utilities. Right click --> Send to --> Compressed (zipped) Folder.

I did not know that! And I don't know if I have XP at home.

Kevin - Mar 18, 2008 9:10:26 am PDT #5244 of 25501
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.

I've been using the latest Firefox 3 beta quite a lot on my Mac. It's really good, I think. Although the lack of extensions is annoying.

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