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ei guys, really need help here.

i have a dsl connection for my desktopat home, and i just bought a netgear wireless router to connect my laptop wireless. as i set it up with the setup wizard, all goes well until the wizard restarts my network. it will then say that internet connection cannot be detected. what could be the problem?

can it be the wires? because the wire i previously used was a straight thru, both from the modem to the router, and router to the pc. it wont continue setting up the network. second, i changed the wire from the modem to the router with a cross over, still it wont set up.

what can be the problem? guys really need help here...

thnx

carlos

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Thread follow-up referencing , and — a compact checklist of concrete checks and actions that are often missed when a router setup wizard restarts but reports “no Internet detected.”

  1. Physical/port and power sequence
  • Confirm the modem is connected to the router’s dedicated WAN/Internet jack (it is separate from the LAN ports).
  • Use this power-up order: power off both devices, connect modem to router WAN, power on the modem and wait until its sync/online LED is steady (allow 60–90 seconds), then power the router and wait for its WAN LED. No WAN light usually means no physical/link layer connection.
  1. Verify the router’s WAN status
  • Log into the router admin (common Netgear defaults are 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.1.1; check the router label). Look at the Internet/WAN page: a public IP indicates the router has a lease; a blank, 0.0.0.0 or 169.254.x.x indicates it is not getting an address from upstream.
  • Quick local checks from a client machine: 
ipconfig /all
ping 192.168.1.1
  1. Common configuration traps not yet covered here
  • If the ISP provided an all-in-one gateway, the extra router may cause double-NAT unless the gateway is bridged or the Netgear is set to Access Point mode.
  • Some ISPs associate service with the MAC of the first connected device. The router’s WAN/MAC clone option or a modem power-cycle after switching devices can clear that binding.
  1. Recovery steps and cautions
  • If the router’s WAN still shows no link, perform a factory reset on the router, update its firmware (from the vendor site), then reconfigure. Resetting will erase Wi‑Fi SSID and passwords, so note those before proceeding.
  • When deeper help is required, the critical diagnostics to record are: router model and firmware, modem make/model, exact WAN LED states, and the WAN IP shown in the router admin. These details are needed for targeted troubleshooting.

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ei guys, really need help here.

i have a dsl connection for my desktopat home, and i just bought a netgear wireless router to connect my laptop wireless. as i set it up with the setup wizard, all goes well until the wizard restarts my network. it will then say that internet connection cannot be detected. what could be the problem?

can it be the wires? because the wire i previously used was a straight thru, both from the modem to the router, and router to the pc. it wont continue setting up the network. second, i changed the wire from the modem to the router with a cross over, still it wont set up.

what can be the problem? guys really need help here...

thnx

carlos

hmmm it says the internet connection cannot be detected. I also had prob setting up wirless network. it turned out my firewall was blocking it. might wanna check that out (welcome to Daniweb)

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Here is another tip. If your ISP requires a username and password you should be putting that into your router so that it does not bypass the router and see your desktop settings.

I am assuming that yours in a Dynamic IP not static as well?


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