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r7450 not connecting to modem
i bought a nighthawk r7450 from walmart because my other wifi router from out internet service provider (spectrum) was fried by lightning this after noon ive done everything correct on setting it up b...
Not plugging into the router. Plug the laptop into the modem. We're trying to see if the modem works.
plugged laptop into modem and says no internet connection
did you power off the modem, give it a couple minutes and power it back on? (disconnect the laptop during this)
If you did and you still don't get a connection, seems to indicate a modem issue
alekr386 wrote:
plugged laptop into modem and says no internet connectionTo me this suggest two possibilities:
- your modem is not connecting to the Internet
- your laptop is refusing to use the Internet connection
Is the laptop message "no internet connection" or something more detailed. And where do you see it? Windows networking? A browser?
I ask because that isn't an error message I recognise and because Windows is known to refuse to access the Internet because it is "protecting" you from something it doesn't recognise.
You also said "the light come on", but most modems have several lights and they can show different colours. You need the one that tells you about the Internet on/off status, not the power status, for example.
plemans wrote:
If you did and you still don't get a connection, seems to indicate a modem issue
Yup.
- the power light and the online light both come on solid blue and when i opened google chrome it pulled up the game for when youre offline but spectrum is sending me a new modem and router thanks for the help ill try the net gear router out on the new modem when it gets here
alekr386 wrote:
....but spectrum is sending me a new modem and routerProbably a good move. Even if it survived the lightning strike, there's a chance that the modem suffered internal damage that will bring it to its knees eventually.
Depending on the modem/router they send, you may have to tweak it if you also want to use the Netgear router.
