-=PCTechTalk=- Re: help going online

yes, confused ;0 and with questions later on this.

christy
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gman" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2009 1:52 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: help going online


> Ahhh, so your computer was expecting a network connection instead of a
> direct cable connect.  A network connection typically uses internet IP
> addersses such as 192.168.0.100, 192.168.0.101, etc., but a direct cable 
> or
> DSL connection (no network) will expect to receive an external IP (the one
> assigned to you by your ISP).  Those external IPs can never begin with
> 192.168.etc. since that IP range is reserved for internal networks.
> Confused yet?     lol
>
> All it means is that it sounds like your computer expected an IP address
> that wasn't available without the use of a router.
>
> Peace,
> Gman
>
> http://www.thevenusproject.com/index.php
>
> "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Christy" <poppy0206@xxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2009 1:30 AM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: help going online
>
>
>> as a side note, not sure this is connected to how it was doing last night
>> but I was using my roomate's dsl connection up till a week or so ago and
>> she
>> had a router.  What did that mean I was connected to an unidentified
>> network
>> and "local access"
>> christy
>
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