When my cable goes out my laptop looses connection to the router and my local network

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  • BV
    wtf
    • Sep 2001
    • 10914

    #1

    When my cable goes out my laptop looses connection to the router and my local network

    When my cable goes out my laptop also looses it's local connection to the router and my local network.

    Why?
  • crockett
    in a van by the river
    • May 2003
    • 76818

    #2
    do you have a cable modem?
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    • madawgz
      8.8.8.8
      • Mar 2006
      • 30509

      #3
      i dont get it, you lost power to your house?
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      • stickyfingerz
        Doin fine
        • Oct 2005
        • 24984

        #4
        Thats odd. Has to do with the way the ips are handed out on your router I guess. What kind of setup do you have?

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        • baddog
          So Fucking Banned
          • Apr 2001
          • 107089

          #5
          ummm, because you get your Internet from your cable company would be my guess

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          • free4porn
            Confirmed User
            • Jun 2005
            • 4654

            #6
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            • latinasscash
              Registered User
              • Jul 2005
              • 95

              #7
              Sounds to me like your laptop is being assigned an IP address by the cable
              modem instead of the router. Do you have a cable modem that has wireless
              support? If so that is probably the cause.
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              • stickyfingerz
                Doin fine
                • Oct 2005
                • 24984

                #8
                Originally posted by latinasscash
                Sounds to me like your laptop is being assigned an IP address by the cable
                modem instead of the router. Do you have a cable modem that has wireless
                support? If so that is probably the cause.
                That was kind of my thought also.

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                • BV
                  wtf
                  • Sep 2001
                  • 10914

                  #9
                  Originally posted by baddog
                  ummm, because you get your Internet from your cable company would be my guess
                  this is over your head, read my 1st post again.

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                  • BV
                    wtf
                    • Sep 2001
                    • 10914

                    #10
                    Originally posted by crockett
                    do you have a cable modem?
                    yah crocket, brighthouse cable modem, a nice fast one at that to Road Runner

                    i have it connected to a WRT54G Linksys
                    Last edited by BV; 08-27-2006, 05:48 PM.

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                    • BV
                      wtf
                      • Sep 2001
                      • 10914

                      #11
                      I have the laptop set to assign ip automatically.

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                      • crockett
                        in a van by the river
                        • May 2003
                        • 76818

                        #12
                        Originally posted by BV
                        yah crocket, brighthouse cable modem, a nice fast one at that to Road Runner

                        i have it connected to a WRT54G Linksys
                        I'm not sure why you would lose your lan when ever the cable goes out. Even if it was a cable modem/router combo I'd think lan would still stay up but you just wouldn't be able to connect to the internet.

                        The more important issue would be why is your cable going out? It should really never go out unless you are in a hurricane or they are working on the lines. Does it go out very often?
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                        • Roper69
                          Confirmed User
                          • Jan 2006
                          • 111

                          #13
                          I have had this problem before. I rebooted by router and IPConfig /release /renew and it fixed it. Have no clue where the conflict was.
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                          • baddog
                            So Fucking Banned
                            • Apr 2001
                            • 107089

                            #14
                            Originally posted by BV
                            this is over your head, read my 1st post again.

                            You are getting your Internet connection from your cable company and you don't understand why your router doesn't work when your cable goes out?

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                            • BV
                              wtf
                              • Sep 2001
                              • 10914

                              #15
                              Originally posted by crockett
                              I'm not sure why you would lose your lan when ever the cable goes out. Even if it was a cable modem/router combo I'd think lan would still stay up but you just wouldn't be able to connect to the internet.

                              The more important issue would be why is your cable going out? It should really never go out unless you are in a hurricane or they are working on the lines. Does it go out very often?
                              yah , every couple days it will flicker, sometimes i have to turn the modem & router on and off

                              it might be in the router

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                              • crockett
                                in a van by the river
                                • May 2003
                                • 76818

                                #16
                                Originally posted by baddog
                                You are getting your Internet connection from your cable company and you don't understand why your router doesn't work when your cable goes out?
                                The local Lan should still stay up even if it's not connected to the internet. Computers that are networked together don't have to have internet to be able to talk to each other.
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                                • directfiesta
                                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                                  • Oct 2002
                                  • 30188

                                  #17
                                  Originally posted by baddog
                                  You are getting your Internet connection from your cable company and you don't understand why your router doesn't work when your cable goes out?
                                  He means that, when the cable internet goes, it so happens that he cannot reach other computers on his network .... don't need internet for that.

                                  I would check to see if all boxes use the same network name ... ( workgroup, ... )
                                  I know that Asspimple is stoopid ... As he says, it is a FACT !

                                  But I can't figure out how he can breathe or type , at the same time ....

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                                  • stickyfingerz
                                    Doin fine
                                    • Oct 2005
                                    • 24984

                                    #18
                                    Laptop should be on an ip like 192.168.1.05 or similar. Should be an internal network Ip. Very odd the cable is affecting it.

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                                    • BV
                                      wtf
                                      • Sep 2001
                                      • 10914

                                      #19
                                      Originally posted by baddog
                                      You are getting your Internet connection from your cable company and you don't understand why your router doesn't work when your cable goes out?
                                      dude, your making yourself look really stupid, especially for a webhost

                                      Just because the Internet goes down does not mean that my laptop should lose connection with my router.

                                      OK.

                                      now i see why you get bashed so much on here

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                                      • crockett
                                        in a van by the river
                                        • May 2003
                                        • 76818

                                        #20
                                        Originally posted by BV
                                        yah , every couple days it will flicker, sometimes i have to turn the modem & router on and off

                                        it might be in the router
                                        Is it just the modem that drops out as in loses the solid light and resets it's self? Or is it the cable TV and everything goes out?

                                        It's possible you have a bad line or the signal is just too low maybe it has a extra splitter or two it it's dropping out regularly.
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                                        • baddog
                                          So Fucking Banned
                                          • Apr 2001
                                          • 107089

                                          #21
                                          Originally posted by directfiesta
                                          He means that, when the cable internet goes, it so happens that he cannot reach other computers on his network ....
                                          ah, thank you . . . . I'd replace the router

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                                          • stickyfingerz
                                            Doin fine
                                            • Oct 2005
                                            • 24984

                                            #22
                                            I have issues with my wrt54g too sometimes. I have to reboot it to get back online. You sure its not just the router dropping all connections rather than the cable going out? Like are your connected lights lit up on the modem, but you lose internet?

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                                            • BV
                                              wtf
                                              • Sep 2001
                                              • 10914

                                              #23
                                              Originally posted by crockett
                                              Is it just the modem that drops out as in loses the solid light and resets it's self? Or is it the cable TV and everything goes out?

                                              It's possible you have a bad line or the signal is just too low maybe it has a extra splitter or two it it's dropping out regularly.

                                              the line is a tad low, they're suposed to be fixing the problem for 21/2 years

                                              at this point i'm not sure if it's the cablemodem losing it or my router losing connection with the cable modem or both.

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                                              • stickyfingerz
                                                Doin fine
                                                • Oct 2005
                                                • 24984

                                                #24
                                                Originally posted by BV
                                                the line is a tad low, they're suposed to be fixing the problem for 21/2 years

                                                at this point i'm not sure if it's the cablemodem losing it or my router losing connection with the cable modem or both.
                                                Bypass your router for a day or so and see if you lose internet or not. I have that same deal with that router too.

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                                                • BV
                                                  wtf
                                                  • Sep 2001
                                                  • 10914

                                                  #25
                                                  Originally posted by stickyfingerz
                                                  I have issues with my wrt54g too sometimes. I have to reboot it to get back online. You sure its not just the router dropping all connections rather than the cable going out? Like are your connected lights lit up on the modem, but you lose internet?

                                                  Very similar. I think this is what happens, cable modem loses the internet for a minute or 30 seconds, then my router loses the cablemodem, then when the cable modem comes back to life it cant find the router.

                                                  But none of the above should affect my laptop connecting to the router.

                                                  I'm not really worried about loosing internet every now and then. BUT my security system uses ip cameras on my network and the pc I connect to this syestem is my wireless laptop.

                                                  I don't want my local network going down.

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                                                  • BV
                                                    wtf
                                                    • Sep 2001
                                                    • 10914

                                                    #26
                                                    Originally posted by stickyfingerz
                                                    Bypass your router for a day or so and see if you lose internet or not. I have that same deal with that router too.
                                                    i can't, my router is my firewall, i don't run any software firewalls

                                                    i might gamble and go out and by a newer and better router

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                                                    • crockett
                                                      in a van by the river
                                                      • May 2003
                                                      • 76818

                                                      #27
                                                      Yea the router shouldn't go down.. maybe go and pick up one at best buy or somewhere local and it it doesn't solve the issue take it back.. lol

                                                      Routers are so cheap now you can normally pick one up well under a hundered. Also if yea need any help on the cable stuff let me know, I know a thing or two about that, can probably get it fixed for you. You can hit me on ICQ if yea want sometime.
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                                                      • Big_Red
                                                        Confirmed User
                                                        • Jun 2006
                                                        • 4147

                                                        #28
                                                        Originally posted by baddog
                                                        ummm, because you get your Internet from your cable company would be my guess
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                                                        • Moose
                                                          Confirmed User
                                                          • Feb 2001
                                                          • 1548

                                                          #29
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                                                          • budz
                                                            Disruptive Innovator
                                                            • Sep 2003
                                                            • 4230

                                                            #30
                                                            reinstall your router firmware

                                                            enable router mtu and lower to 1300

                                                            see if this helps
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