Sorry for the vague references to my setup.
To start off, let me tell you that I just got cable internet 2 days ago. Last year while at school, I had the same ISP for cable internet as I do now. Same setup and all.
I have my Toshiba cable modem plugged into my wireless SMC7004vwbr router. I have 1 PC that is CAT5'ved from the router to the PC. I have 2 laptops which are wireless 802.211. As I stated before, I had this same setup with the same router and same cable company last year. This is the problem though: I can rule out the cable company; its something wrong with my router (or ip addys)
let me answer your q's
1) do you lose connection with both machines?
Yeah, once I start the 2nd computer, the first one slows down and THEN both shut off completely. The only way to make the network work is rebooting the router.
2) do you lose connection with just the internet? In otherwords, can you ping one machine from the other and vice versa?
I haven't tried and can't right now because I have my pc plugged straight into the modem (the only way it can work consistenly). But I do believe that there is still connectivity, just not to the internet.
3) can you ping the router? I assume the router is something like 192.168.10.1. If this is the case, can both machines ping the router?
Once again, Im not sure, but I believe they can, just no internet connectivity.
4) are both machines the wireless machines or is one of the machines the directly connected machine.
One is directly connected and 2 are wireless. It doesn't matter which order they are turned on; the outcome is still the same.
5) is the same problem happening regardless which 2 machines you use?
No different.
the main thing is that only 1 computer on my network works at a time. Once I turn another computer on, The internet stops working. I heard it was XP related.
Any thoughts/ideas?
Thanks alot for your time guys.
To start off, let me tell you that I just got cable internet 2 days ago. Last year while at school, I had the same ISP for cable internet as I do now. Same setup and all.
I have my Toshiba cable modem plugged into my wireless SMC7004vwbr router. I have 1 PC that is CAT5'ved from the router to the PC. I have 2 laptops which are wireless 802.211. As I stated before, I had this same setup with the same router and same cable company last year. This is the problem though: I can rule out the cable company; its something wrong with my router (or ip addys)
let me answer your q's
1) do you lose connection with both machines?
Yeah, once I start the 2nd computer, the first one slows down and THEN both shut off completely. The only way to make the network work is rebooting the router.
2) do you lose connection with just the internet? In otherwords, can you ping one machine from the other and vice versa?
I haven't tried and can't right now because I have my pc plugged straight into the modem (the only way it can work consistenly). But I do believe that there is still connectivity, just not to the internet.
3) can you ping the router? I assume the router is something like 192.168.10.1. If this is the case, can both machines ping the router?
Once again, Im not sure, but I believe they can, just no internet connectivity.
4) are both machines the wireless machines or is one of the machines the directly connected machine.
One is directly connected and 2 are wireless. It doesn't matter which order they are turned on; the outcome is still the same.
5) is the same problem happening regardless which 2 machines you use?
No different.
the main thing is that only 1 computer on my network works at a time. Once I turn another computer on, The internet stops working. I heard it was XP related.
Any thoughts/ideas?
Thanks alot for your time guys.