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<blockquote data-quote="flatwins" data-source="post: 1841137" data-attributes="member: 5655"><p>That sums it up pretty well. Your connection to the internet happens in a series of "hops". One from your PC to the router, then another from your router to your ISP's gateway, then onto the rest of the world. To see what happens behind the scenes, open a command prompt and type "tracert www.google.com" without the quotes. You could always use that same command for general troubleshooting too if you doubt your connection. </p><p></p><p>Since you are getting a steady ping to Cox's gateway now after replacing the cable I betcha you're good to go.</p><p></p><p>Edit: Most likely (and depending on who makes the router, etc.) you could still ping the gateway address of the router even if it didn't have a connection to the internet. Most all of them have an internal DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) service that assigns IP addresses to devices on the network, both wireless and wired. So your true test would be to ping your ISP's gateway address.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flatwins, post: 1841137, member: 5655"] That sums it up pretty well. Your connection to the internet happens in a series of "hops". One from your PC to the router, then another from your router to your ISP's gateway, then onto the rest of the world. To see what happens behind the scenes, open a command prompt and type "tracert www.google.com" without the quotes. You could always use that same command for general troubleshooting too if you doubt your connection. Since you are getting a steady ping to Cox's gateway now after replacing the cable I betcha you're good to go. Edit: Most likely (and depending on who makes the router, etc.) you could still ping the gateway address of the router even if it didn't have a connection to the internet. Most all of them have an internal DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) service that assigns IP addresses to devices on the network, both wireless and wired. So your true test would be to ping your ISP's gateway address. [/QUOTE]
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