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mhoffman78
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Jan 25, 2023
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CM1200 Ports

Hello,   I have a CM1200 and seems to be working just fine.  However, when I plug a laptop directly into Port 1, the laptop can not access the internet.  When I plug my WIFI router into Port 1, I a...
  • plemans's avatar
    Jan 25, 2023

    1. Even though it has 4x ports, most ISP's only support 1 public ip address. meaning only 1 device connected to it. 

    2. to over come this. disconnect the modem from the computer/router. power it off for 10 minutes. power it back on with nothing connected and wait 2 minutes. Then connect your computer and turn it on. give it a couple minutes to fully boot. Then try it. 

    usually that frees up that public ip address to be re-assigned to your computer.