Unable to connect to the net without Router

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bought a Linksys WRT54GS Wireless-G router, installed it and it worked ok.
I need to remove it temporarily from my set up now, and when I remove the
router from the loop, and connect my PC directly to my Cablemodem, I get no
connection (My PC is Wired into the router btw, not linked wirelessly). I
tried making a new connection with the Windows XP Connection Wizard, but
still nothing. Anybody able to help a poor confused newb?

Archived from groups: alt.comp.networking.connectivity (More info?)

"Tom - www.tditcorp.com" <tom999@ica.net> wrote in message
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> Wal wrote:
>
>> bought a Linksys WRT54GS Wireless-G router, installed it and it worked
>> ok.
>> I need to remove it temporarily from my set up now, and when I remove the
>> router from the loop, and connect my PC directly to my Cablemodem, I get
>> no
>> connection (My PC is Wired into the router btw, not linked wirelessly). I
>> tried making a new connection with the Windows XP Connection Wizard, but
>> still nothing. Anybody able to help a poor confused newb?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> Make sure your network card does not have an internal IP specified.
> I'm guessing the cable modem has DHCP so you shouldn't have to specify
> anything in the network card.
>
> Also, I know with certain cable internet providers you need to push some
> sort of a re-sync buttton on the modem to aquire the new MAC address of
> the network card.
>
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yep, usually power-off cycle does the trick