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I have had Verizon FIOS for 3 or more years. The browser supplied by Verizon crashed 2 years ago and Verizon said it was out of warranty. I decided to try hooking up my desktop directly with the cable from the wall jack. It worked and I was able to use FIOS that way wiithout replacing the browser.
Now I have bought a new desktop. I plugged in the cable from the wall jack and I cannot get on the Internet.
I can plug the cable into my laptop and get on the Internet as I am now.
Any suggestion on what I can do to get the Internet working on the desktop?
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What is your OS and Version? For example Windows XP Home SP3.
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This problem is usually a result of not releasing the DHCP lease on the old computer or router before connecting the new one.
VZ's DHCP lease interval is 2 hours, so this problem should have cleared by the time you read this.
If it hasn't cleared, this FAQ may help:
If it hasn't cleared, another thing you can try is to reconnect the old desktop. Verify that it's connection is active, then do an IPCONFIG /RELEASE (or equivalent command depending on your OS). The new computer should then be able to obtain a DHCP lease.
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@usanews wrote:I have had Verizon FIOS for 3 or more years. The browser supplied by Verizon crashed 2 years ago and Verizon said it was out of warranty. I decided to try hooking up my desktop directly with the cable from the wall jack. It worked and I was able to use FIOS that way wiithout replacing the browser.
Now I have bought a new desktop. I plugged in the cable from the wall jack and I cannot get on the Internet.
I can plug the cable into my laptop and get on the Internet as I am now.
Any suggestion on what I can do to get the Internet working on the desktop?
As Verizon doesn't supply fios customers with browsers I have to assume you mean ROUTER ???
I don't belive there is a consumer warranty that you should worry about so if your fios router quit working I would get Verizon to replace it.
Considerably safer from a security point of view than connecting your desktop directly to the internet and would also allow you to have both machines connected at the same time.