did I screws up router?

[Michael Havens]

The real weird part about it is that when I connected the media center
directly to  the modem it didn't work.
What I really hate about this is that I just got fired after I bought the
most expensive modem/router they had.

On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 12:12 AM, Eric Oyen <eric.oyen at icloud.com> wrote:

> I must have gotten lucky here. I have been using the same router and same
> cable modem for about the last 8 years or so. Its an older model Linksys
> (part of the same knows project).  I am going to hate when either of those
> devices finally break.
>
> -eric
>
> On Aug 9, 2015, at 6:57 PM, Stephen Partington wrote:
>
> > They do not last forever. Sadly.
> >
> > On Aug 9, 2015 6:13 PM, "Michael Havens" <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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 <cryptworks at gmail.com>
> 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" <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > rebooting did nothing
> >
> > On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 5:08 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > how can I tell if it is hurting?
> >
> > On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 3:14 PM, Stephen Partington <cryptworks at gmail.com>
> 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 <bmike1 at gmail.com>
> 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?
> >
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