Can someone tell my why i can't go straight to my Modem

[Molondo]

What the hell.

If i go straight to the modem and go
C:\Users\Mladen>ipconfig /release
tells me
The requested operation requires elevation.

 

[WobbleWobble]

Sounds like Vista, right click on Command Prompt and click Run As Administrator.

Your best bet is to power cycle your modem, plug in your computer directly into it then do what you are trying to do above. But you can probably get away with just "ipconfig/renew".

 

[Molondo]

Yea i am under vista. Would power cycle mean, Turn off/on the modem? il try that, thank you very much.

 

[WobbleWobble]

I haven't seen a modem with an actual on/off switch. Usually it's unplug the power and plug it back in.

 

[rivan]

I'm not sure about cable, but DSL here requires a PPPoE login - sometimes your router will be configured to be the PPPoE client and serve IPs to LAN machines.

If that's the case, just simply pluggin into your modem won't cut it - you'll need to configure a PPPoE connection.

 

[Molondo]

Originally posted by: rivan
I'm not sure about cable, but DSL here requires a PPPoE login - sometimes your router will be configured to be the PPPoE client and serve IPs to LAN machines.

If that's the case, just simply pluggin into your modem won't cut it - you'll need to configure a PPPoE connection.

That might be the issue actually, i do have cable, What is PPPoE, pardon my ignorance.

 

[rivan]

Originally posted by: Molondo

Originally posted by: rivan
I'm not sure about cable, but DSL here requires a PPPoE login - sometimes your router will be configured to be the PPPoE client and serve IPs to LAN machines.

If that's the case, just simply pluggin into your modem won't cut it - you'll need to configure a PPPoE connection.

That might be the issue actually, i do have cable, What is PPPoE, pardon my ignorance.

PPPoE

I've got absolutely no experience with cable connections, but I'd expect there's something similar used for you to log in.

 

[bob4432]

i know i can connect directly to my cable modem, maybe you should call your isp's tech support? i do think you are better off with a router personally, but if you want to go directly to the modem, give their tech support a call

 

[Trashman]

Something to consider...I have RoadRunner here, cable company uses MAC address of nic card as authorization of account or like a password to connect.
If you have or had another machine in your network that was the initial setup for cable to install, maybe they used MAC address of that computer, so when you hook up this system, to your modem directly cable company doesn't validate your machine, so no connect?
May not be situation for you but just something to check if so.

 

[Spydermag68]

I had a problem like this, but I also had very slow connection. When I connected my computer to the router I had the slow connection. When connected directly to the modem I had no connection. The modem was bad.

 

[Molondo]

Originally posted by: bob4432
i know i can connect directly to my cable modem, maybe you should call your isp's tech support? i do think you are better off with a router personally, but if you want to go directly to the modem, give their tech support a call

I am trying to bypass my Router all together to test to see if my router is the one causing my Steam issues. I passed their connectivity with the ports but i don't trust it, so i just wanted to quickly go directly to the modem.

I am in the process of calling my ISP.

 

[sjandrewbsme]

Can you just open all the ports in your router to accomplish the samr thing? Or, you could "dmz" your computer (if your router has that feature).

 

[CrashX]

Most cable modems bind to the first MAC address plugged in to their LAN port on boot up. In order to get them to "re-bind" you need to power cycle the modem.
Since the cable modem is bound to the router's MAC address, first unplug the power on the modem. Then plug in your modem straight into your PC. Then power on your modem. Then renew your IP. You should get on no problem.
I have switched devices on my LAN side plenty of times. Each time requires a power cycle of the cable modem.

 

[corkyg]

Cable does not require PPPoE. Have you used your Connection Wizard with the cable modem connected directly? It is a different connection that going through the router. You have to create it.

 

[Lemon law]

Its my understanding that with a router---the internet gateway becomes the router itself. And the router uses the modem as a device and then distributes the internet to the various computers connected to it.

But I have a small dial up lan using ICS---with the host computer directly connecting to and using the internet through its own modem---and when I set up a static client addressing, I could both use my client computer as a client of the network---or when the host computer was off---I could use the client computer's modem to make a direct internet connection. But without static client addressing, it becomes possible that resuming a networked state through the host computer after the client has used it own modem could result in both computers claiming the network address of 192.168.0.1. And the only time that happened to me only took me four days of almost continuous work to correct. So the lesson is---when you blaze new ground---you never know what can go wrong.

Those above common methods are just two of many possible ways---sound like you are looking for some oddball and possibly unsupported by existing software alternate method. What compelling reason is there to reinvent the wheel?