Reformatted hd, reinstalled XP, no internet connection

[eculbert]

This is the same mobo since she got it and the same
EXTERNAL cox modem. 

It only takes me about a minute to 'wake up' on my
external modem after cycling power on/off/on doesn't
work anymore. 

I suggested she 'look' at the modem ip via the
computer and see if it is up. Then do a basic setup if
cox has that like I have to do about once or twice a
year...one day 3 or 4 weeks ago?? 5 times in two hours
for some reason, but been steady 'Eddie' since!

So MAYBE it is just the front and back of the modem so
to speak that is lost and a 'setup config' will
straighten it out!!






--- Charles Jones <charles.jones at ciscolearning.org>
wrote:

> It sounds like the motherboard was replaced? Is she
> using a PCI ethernet 
> card or the onboard?  The reason I ask is because I
> believe that cox 
> locks your modem to the MAC address of your NIC, so
> if she got a new 
> mobo and is using the onboard...the MAC address will
> be different and 
> you have to call Cox and get them to register the
> new one (or use a non 
> cox cable modem or router that lets you spoof the
> old MAC address).
> 
> eculbert wrote:
> > That person reformatted the hd, then tried and
> > successfully got xp sp1 to load and it will boot.
> But
> > the cox connection wont boot from the computer to
> the
> > cox box. The external box says by the idiot lights
> > that it is talking to the outside world according
> to
> > her, but the computer no longer connects to the
> > internet after she tried to upgrade the amd 64
> 3000
> > and msi board to the service pack 3. 
> >
> > Apparently something in the bios or somewhere
> firmware
> > changed. Sounds like the eth0 connection isn't
> doing
> > its thing after the sp3 messed with the computer.
> >
> > I may get her brother to haul my old system down
> to
> > make sure that the cox box works to the internet.
> >
> > Any ideas? 
> >
> > One idea I have is to first try and figure out how
> to
> > get to the bios at startup.. (delete, f-1, etc)
> and
> > tell it to reset to factory or do you think this
> is
> > feasible solution? 
> >
> > Second Idea. Could sp3 have somehow hosed the
> firmware
> > in her ethernet card?
> >
> >
> >
> > Ed/ke7feg
> >
> > Did I mention, 2/23/07 the FCC dropped all cw (AKA
> Morse code) testing for any class of license as a
> ham? Just pass the written and "U's a ham"!! Many
> sites test online, but you have to go for the real
> test. $14 for as high as you can climb in one
> session.
> >
> >
> >       
> >
> ---------------------------------------------------
> > PLUG-discuss mailing list -
> PLUG-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail
> settings:
> >
>
http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
> >   
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------
> PLUG-discuss mailing list -
> PLUG-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail
> settings:
>
http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
> 


Ed/ke7feg

Did I mention, 2/23/07 the FCC dropped all cw (AKA Morse code) testing for any class of license as a ham? Just pass the written and "U's a ham"!! Many sites test online, but you have to go for the real test. $14 for as high as you can climb in one session.