Okay, anyone?
Here’s the situation. We have Verizon DSL. Two weeks ago, we got a notice
that if we signed up for a year, we would get a lower rate. FABULOUS. Dave
called.
The next DAY, our wireless didn’t work. The PC direct-lined to the modem
didn’t work. The PS2 connection didn’t work. After much troubleshooting, the
only thing that worked was the iBook connected via ethernet.
We figured it was maybe a fried router, we’ve certainly put it through it’s
paces, so we ordered a new one. (Netgear MR814v3) It arrived. After much
FUCKING AROUND, the only thing that kind of worked was AIM on my ibook. No
surfing allowed! So, maybe it’s a fried Airport card.
I brought home the school iBook today, and was able to surf, and was very
excited. My ibook took a minute to catch up, but it did. I left for class
excited that the wireless situation had been resolved.
It hadn’t though. Yes, I CAN surf on the school iBook. But only to sites
I’ve already been to, and it’s not a cache that I’m seeing, I get updates, I
can send and receive email, but I can’t go anywhere else. If I’ve been there
before, I can get back and surf as though everything were normal.
The modem and router are now running through the desktop PC upstairs, how it
was before. I can do my minimal surfing (which is why I’m emailing this post
in) but can’t connect to AIM now.
WHAT. THE. FUCK. Any ideas? I’m pissed, I’ve gone through every setup of the
router possible, I’ve reset it and the modem, and we are just FUCKED for our
internet and wireless connection. Yes, I know there are people out there
with real problems. But this one is driving me nuts. Is it Netgear? Is it
Verizon? I’m leaning Verizon, because we can’t get it to work on the PC
minus the router. (OH, and we’ve tried different cables, and two different
modems. Same results. FUCKING A.)
You’re not connecting to your DNS server, and it sounds like it’s because the DHCP settings are wrong, which would explain the PC just not working. I’d call Verizon and go over what the settings should be, reenter them in to the router / computers, reboot everything, and see how that works. If it’s not verizon, it could be that you’re using the wrong settings on your computers to interact with your new router. But try checking the Verizon settings first, probably you just have the wrong setting for DNS/DHCP.
Verizon DSL is horrible. Their customer service people are neither bright nor helpful. We’ve struggled with it since moving to NH almost a year ago. Now that there is finally another option (a cable modem through Adelphia) we are probably switching.
We had Verizon stress, too.