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N450 CG300DV2 wifi can be found be devices, but no connection
Mediacom internet customer; my internet went out today, I called and they didn't have an open ticket on it, but took the info. About 2 hours later I tried cycling the power/disconnect cables and I got my blue lights showing inccoming and outgoing connections. However, even though I can connect to the internet through the modem/router via wired-LAN (as I am right now on my laptop) my wifi will not make any connections. Devices such as smartphone and Roku can 'see' the network and attempt to connect - my phone gets a 'failed to obtain IP address' message.
Also, I cannot make a LAN connection to the modem using 192.168.0.1 and I guarantee I did not reassign the address of the modem.
BTW, I read entries that talked about firmware pushes; as I own this modem, can the ISP still push fimrware upgrades to it? If I could get inside the modem I could probably find that answer....
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> Also, I cannot make a LAN connection to the modem using 192.168.0.1
> and I guarantee I did not reassign the address of the modem.
Actual error message?
> [...] I can connect to the internet through the modem/router via
> wired-LAN [...]
With the working wired connection, what is the IP address of the
connected device, and what is it using as a gateway/router address?
Does a command like "ping 192.168.0.1" do any better than using a web
browser? (It's not unheard of for a web server on a Netgear router to
die (more or less) spontaneously.)
One more thing to try for a cable modem(+router) would be
"192.168.100.1".
> [...] as I own this modem, can the ISP still push fimrware upgrades to
> it? [...]
I gather so. These forums contain many complaints about ISPs which
won't push firmware to user-owned equipment, and about as many replies
from Netgear people who say that only an ISP can (and should) do it.