EarthLink: How do PCs establish Internet connection? DHCP?
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Posted by on October 5, 2005, 5:12 pm
Please log in for more thread options Hello all, A friend of mine has recently had a cable modem installed for her internet connection with EarthLink. When she plugs the ethernet cable of her laptop into the modem, she gets Internet access. So far so good. The next step is to buy and install a router to construct a home network, and here she's stuck. I also have a cable modem at home and my provider is Roadrunner. They give an IP address via DHCP to whatever connected to the modem. So, I bought a router and plugged it to the modem, and then Roadrunner gives my router a global IP address; I plug my PCs to the switch of the router and then the router gives private addresses (192.168.xxx.xxx) to my PCs via DHCP. Nothing is easier than that! But, I don't understand what EarthLink does. I checked the EarthLink website and found this kind of softwarre is used http://kb.earthlink.net/case.asp?article=4627 Although I don't know quite what it does, I got an impression that your PC needs to use this software to get any connection. In that case, she simply cannot install a router for herself. . . . Could somebody tell me what EarthLink does to give internet access? Can she install a router for herself? Thank you, Ryo | |||||||||||||
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Posted by Warren on October 5, 2005, 5:29 pm
Please log in for more thread options ryofurue@gmail.com wrote: She does not need to install Earthlink Total Access software. Power-cycle the cablemodem before connecting the router. Once the cablemodem has sync, connect the Ethernet cable to the router, and power-up the router. Once the router has sync, connect the Ethernet cable from the computer to the router, and boot the computer. You're done. -- Warren H. ========== Disclaimer: My views reflect those of myself, and not my employer, my friends, nor (as she often tells me) my wife. Any resemblance to the views of anybody living or dead is coincidental. No animals were hurt in the writing of this response -- unless you count my dog who desperately wants to go outside now. Shop for gifts for fans of "The Simpsons": http://www.holzemville.com/mall/simpsons | |||||||||||||
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Posted by on October 9, 2005, 4:50 am
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Warren wrote: [. . .] > She does not need to install Earthlink Total Access software.
> > Power-cycle the cablemodem before connecting the router. Once > the cablemodem has sync, connect the Ethernet cable to the router, > and power-up the router. Once the router has sync, connect the > Ethernet cable from the computer to the router, and boot the > computer. You're done. Thanks for the advice! I forwarded it to her and she was sucessful in installing a router! Regards, Ryo | |||||||||||||
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> A friend of mine has recently had a cable modem installed
> for her internet connection with EarthLink. When she plugs
> the ethernet cable of her laptop into the modem, she gets
> Internet access. So far so good. The next step is to buy
> and install a router to construct a home network, and here
> she's stuck.
>
> I also have a cable modem at home and my provider is
> Roadrunner. They give an IP address via DHCP to whatever
> connected to the modem. So, I bought a router and plugged
> it to the modem, and then Roadrunner gives my router
> a global IP address; I plug my PCs to the switch of the
> router and then the router gives private addresses
> (192.168.xxx.xxx) to my PCs via DHCP. Nothing is easier
> than that!
>
> But, I don't understand what EarthLink does. I checked
> the EarthLink website and found this kind of softwarre
> is used
>
> http://kb.earthlink.net/case.asp?article=4627
>
> Although I don't know quite what it does, I got an impression
> that your PC needs to use this software to get any connection.
> In that case, she simply cannot install a router for
> herself. . . .
>
> Could somebody tell me what EarthLink does to give internet
> access? Can she install a router for herself?