I really needed a new IP address after I was made aware how stupid it was to go through a fair bit of effort to disable password-protection on VNC servers I'm running. ISP won't give out new IP address unless modem is off for 24h (rather, they won't do it manually but their network's configured to release IP addresses of modems left off for 24h). Left off for 24h. Now have new IP address. Everything was working fine prior to this.
Router will not accept DHCP settings from cable modem -- WAN IP, DNS Addr., etc all blank. Release/renew does nothing. Reset router firmware/settings, unplugged both cable modem and router in different orders, but can't seem to connect to both the router and the Internet at the same time.
I'm absolutely sure the ethernet cable is going from the cable modem to the router in the WAN port. Only one computer (the one I'm on) accepts a wired connection to the router.
After fiddling with it more, I have a bizarre new problem. The wired computer is connected to the router (yes, it is -- it's not connected to the cable modem), but it is entirely bypassing the router and transmitting/receiving data with the cable modem. I cannot connect to the router anymore. I'm also now unable to connect to the router wirelessly, which I could do before.
Any ideas? Using DD-WRT on ASUS RT-N10+ on Win7, ethernet connection, fwiw. I'll be back to trying to connect with the router some more, then maybe try some other routers I'm using. Any help appreciated.
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