GaryCantley
22-03-2007, 13:59
Hi,
I am an IT engineer and was called out to one of your customers in Norwich. She was sent a modem as she wants to connect more than one PC at a time (was connecting through a pace box). I havent installed many NTL/Virgin boxes but do know what Im doing!
When I connect laptop to pace box (and onwards to internet) she gets a 84.xx.xx.xx ip address. When I change the wires around and put the modem in (not the pace box) I get a 213.xx.xx.xx address.
I can ping from the cmd prompt while using the modem but no applications will go through to the internet.
There are no firewall issues or virus issues and customer is running Win XP SP2.
Why am I picking up a different IP address when connecting via modem as opposed to pace box?
The intention is, once the modem is in place, to install a wired router so she can connect two PCs to her connection
Thanks
GaryCantley
I am an IT engineer and was called out to one of your customers in Norwich. She was sent a modem as she wants to connect more than one PC at a time (was connecting through a pace box). I havent installed many NTL/Virgin boxes but do know what Im doing!
When I connect laptop to pace box (and onwards to internet) she gets a 84.xx.xx.xx ip address. When I change the wires around and put the modem in (not the pace box) I get a 213.xx.xx.xx address.
I can ping from the cmd prompt while using the modem but no applications will go through to the internet.
There are no firewall issues or virus issues and customer is running Win XP SP2.
Why am I picking up a different IP address when connecting via modem as opposed to pace box?
The intention is, once the modem is in place, to install a wired router so she can connect two PCs to her connection
Thanks
GaryCantley