First off I apologize, I know this has been covered a thousand times (any google search will reveal.) Problem is the myriad answers combined with a wife who is intolerant of my do it yourself-ness.
knowledge level is one step above rock.
In an effort to pay Comcast as little as possible (a bucket list thing for me) I replaced their Motorola surfboard/router all-in-one with a
Motorola surfboard SB6141 from Costco (FYI, $75 right now.)
Linksys WRT54G ver2. wireless router
Windows 7 shows full green bars but has that damned! annoying little yellow exclamation mark and says no internet connection
However, when I open a browser I get a Comcast "activate your equipment" page for the new modem (so there is obviously some connection right?)
I activate the modem and get the internet on my laptop when it is Ethernet plugged into the modem, but the wireless does not function. When I do the Win7 diagnostic I get a "DNS server unavailable" message.
The properties on my wireless show "Obtain IP address automatically" and "Obtain DNS server address automatically" checked and I have reset my router, modem, and computers.
I don't know if it matters but my router has been sitting in storage since 2010
knowledge level is one step above rock.
In an effort to pay Comcast as little as possible (a bucket list thing for me) I replaced their Motorola surfboard/router all-in-one with a
Motorola surfboard SB6141 from Costco (FYI, $75 right now.)
Linksys WRT54G ver2. wireless router
Windows 7 shows full green bars but has that damned! annoying little yellow exclamation mark and says no internet connection
However, when I open a browser I get a Comcast "activate your equipment" page for the new modem (so there is obviously some connection right?)
I activate the modem and get the internet on my laptop when it is Ethernet plugged into the modem, but the wireless does not function. When I do the Win7 diagnostic I get a "DNS server unavailable" message.
The properties on my wireless show "Obtain IP address automatically" and "Obtain DNS server address automatically" checked and I have reset my router, modem, and computers.
I don't know if it matters but my router has been sitting in storage since 2010
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