DSL Modem (WXP)

[tommyman]

I go to these LAN party's a lot and everything runs great, we hook everything up with a standard hub.

When I get home and try and hook my DSL modem back up and it pulls up a netowork IP. From there I try renew/release my ip, taking out the network card and switching PCI slots, I completely format and unhook/reattach all my dsl wires and sometimes that doesn't work. Than I have to wait for my ISP to manually renew my IP (which can be anywhere from one hour to five days).

This has stumped me for a while, is there any thing I can try? Its really wierd how I can format and it still doesn't work. My only conclusion is after I try and connect it to my comp while my comp still has network settings it does something to the modem.

Right now I'm in a situation where I just brought one of my comps home and I need to put the DSL on it but network IP haunts me. I need to figure out a way to tell the computer stop looking for a network when there isn't one but the standard network settings don't give much help.

I'm using a Nortel ADSL 16/volt Power Adapter. It doesn't have a reset button on it.

[7ate9]

Wow, I would try this. After coming home and getting stuff hooked back up again, remove the network settings you used at the LAN *prior* to hooking it up to the DSL modem. THen shut down the computer, and unplug the power cable out of your modem. Give it 30 seconds, reconnect the power cable, count 30 more seconds, and bootup the computer. Its a long way around, but see if doing it this way maybe resolves the issue.

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