New install internet issues
-
Hi everyone,
I recently turned an old Dell Dimension 4500 desktop into a PFSense machine, for some general experimentation, and to be able to keep some networking knowledge in practice. I have been able to get inside LAN connection to work in a couple of different ways, I just can't seem to get it talking to the internet through my motorola cable modem. I use cox internet service if that helps/hurts my situation.I would honestly think it was either a NIC issue or a wiring issue, if i hadn't used that NIC and cable to go to a couple of internet sites before I reformatted it.
Any thoughts or leads to similar issues would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
NemaresAlso, now that I look at it, it doesn't seem like the card I have set up for the WAN side of things is getting anything from DHCP
-
The cox modem may need a power-cycle to reset it, to allow it to see a new device being attached.
Swapping routers on my Cox modem gets old because of this but nothing else has reliably gotten the Cox modem to see a change in what is currently attached after a change.
-
Now that you say that, I can't remember if I did that or not :P
-
Thanks Stan! I can't believe I forgot to do something so simple. Oh well, now I get to play with it :D
