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Author: Michael Havens
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Subject: Re: did I screws up router?
One computer connected to it worked but the entertainment center would not.
The router and modem I was using were not playing nicely with each other so
I went out and bought a modem/router. Now everything works. I'm going to
throw my linksys router away.

On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 5:51 PM, Stephen Partington <>
wrote:

> Connect a computer directly to the modem and see if you can get online,
> this will tell you where a fault may be. Before calling it dead a factory
> reset should be done.
> On Aug 9, 2015 2:23 PM, "Michael Havens" <> wrote:
>
>> rebooting did nothing
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 5:08 PM, Michael Havens <> wrote:
>>
>>> how can I tell if it is hurting?
>>>
>>> On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 3:14 PM, Stephen Partington <
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Power surge can affect the Modem and router just as easily as any other
>>>> electrical device. So you may need to fully powercycle the modem and router
>>>> (power both off, power on modem first and fully then router on) and see if
>>>> that resets you.
>>>>
>>>> but much like a previous thread you may have to reset your router or
>>>> even see if it is damaged.
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 12:05 PM, Michael Havens <>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> well, I was on the pi doing something when there was another power
>>>>> surge. This time nothing seemed to be amiss but now I can't open the ip
>>>>> address of the router. the media center won't connect to the internet (as
>>>>> said before) and so I did a reset of the router which cleared the password
>>>>> I saved in it so I need to reset the password so the pi will work
>>>>> wirelessly.... gosh, maybe I did that before and that is why it won't
>>>>> connect. Regardless, why can't I get into the ip address?
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
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>>>> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.
>>>>
>>>> Stephen
>>>>
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