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No wireless but I have Ethernet

  • 12-04-2014 09:54PM
    #1
    KwackerJack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,123 ✭✭✭


    I have just moved house. I brought my own Eircom modem which was working fine today in my old house.

    In the new house I can only get Ethernet and mot wireless??

    Any ideas?

    Thanks


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  • #2
    same ol sh1te
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,837 ✭✭✭same ol sh1te


    KwackerJack wrote: »
    I have just moved house. I brought my own Eircom modem which was working fine today in my old house.

    In the new house I can only get Ethernet and mot wireless??

    Any ideas?

    Thanks

    Had you previously changed the password? Could it have reset to default. When connected by Ethernet you can login and check on 192.168.1.254


  • #3
    KwackerJack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,123 ✭✭✭KwackerJack


    same ol sh1te wrote: »
    Had you previously changed the password? Could it have reset to default. When connected by Ethernet you can login and check on 192.168.1.254

    No...I tried the modem in thge main socket and it works fine. If i try the modem in the second socket I get nothing but I can get connection on my PC via Ethernet on the second socket :confused:


  • #4
    dub45
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 12,451 Mod ✭✭✭✭dub45


    Where is the second socket in relation to the first? Is there a range issue here?


  • #5
    KwackerJack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,123 ✭✭✭KwackerJack


    dub45 wrote: »
    Where is the second socket in relation to the first? Is there a range issue here?

    Directly above, Main modem is upstairs and second socket is directly below.


  • #6
    Roquentin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,130 ✭✭✭Roquentin


    try a different modem and do a process of elimination


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