AMD AThlon XP 1.4G, 256 DDR SDRAM, Linksys NIC NC100, Linksys 4 port cable/dsl router, Motorola SurfBoard SB4100 cable modem, WinXP. Norton System Works 2002, and Norton Firewall 2002.
Has anyone had problems getting into web sites. I tried to do a Windows Update, takes me to the site and wants to download the latest Windows Update software, fine..go ahead... blinkit... It tells me that I have selected no to the update, or my Internet Security features are set above medium, blah, blah, ...inform Microsoft.
OK, I lowered the security in all zones under IE 6X, I disabled Norton alltogether, I plugged the SB4100 directly into my PC bypassing the Router, and I tried swapping back over to the @HOME supplied Motorola CyberSurfer modem.
Same responce. Can get to the Motorola site either.
I, like many of you, have elected to not install the Comcast Software (AKA Spyware) on my XP machine, although I did fulfill Comcasts reqest to do this by installing it on my Win98 machine, going through the motions, and then formating the harddrive and resetting up Win98 on that machine.
So my request is this: Can someone please take my hand and walk me through things that I should check and set, to get Comcast working through my Router and SurfBoard, so that I can update my XP software.
NOTE: Router does have the MAC address asigned , got that from the WINIPCFG line on my 98 machine before formating after Comcast install. The Router is set to Dynamic on the WAN side and is able to release and renew the IP. I have the router set to static IP addresses on the LAN side (as opposed to useing it's DHCP feature), due to Norton needing the IP address of all three machines for it's Safe Zone settings, otherwise it blocks file and printer sharing. And what is the use of using XP's built in Firewall, so that is disabled.
