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| System Name | Black Panther |
|---|---|
| Processor | i9 9900k |
| Motherboard | Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO Wifi 1.0 |
| Cooling | NZXT Kraken X72 360mm |
| Memory | 2 x 8GB Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro DDR4 3600Mhz |
| Video Card(s) | Palit RTX2080 Ti Dual 11GB DDR6 |
| Storage | Samsung EVO 970 500GB SSD M.2 & 2TB Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm |
| Display(s) | 32'' Gigabyte G32QC 2560x1440 165Hz |
| Case | NZXT H710i Black |
| Audio Device(s) | Razer Electra V2 & Z5500 Speakers |
| Power Supply | Seasonic Focus GX-850 Gold 80+ |
| Mouse | Some Corsair lost the box forgot the model |
| Keyboard | Motospeed |
| Software | Windows 10 |
This all started last week when I got a notification that my speed was increased to 20Mbps.
I checked speedtest, and I was still at my old 8Mbps so I gave my ISP a phone call.
After trying unsuccessfully to get me at 20Mbps, he told me I had to change my modem because it's some 10 years old now and won't be up to par to support the speed.
I told him OK. And he said he might try some other things within the next minutes to get me the speed nonetheless, and not to worry if I got offline in the meantime because it'd be because of him.
True, I tried speedtest and it fluctuated madly between 4Mbps and 20Mbps. It never got so high before. But 10 minutes later it settled again at 8Mbps and remained like that.
Until the next time I rebooted, when I couldn't get online at all.
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Today I called the ISP again, got a different tech.
But wait, before doing so, I tried 2 other modems, another cable from wall phone socket to modem, another ethernet cable, another cable from modem to router, and also bypassing the router alltogether. And trying with filters and without filters.. Also, I tried with the laptop and with both desktops using direct ethernet connection... it's the same with any computer I plug in.
ISP tech told me to try without the router. By mistake I had pressed the button resetting it so it would only complicate matters (darn reset button is really easy to hit).
He gave me the numbers to input in the IPv4 properties.... (IP addresses and DNS addresses)
Still no go. He was confused as I was. My phone line is working fine so the DSL should be OK too?
After more than an hour on the phone he told me he'll register the fault and pass the job on to specialized engineers... Meanwhile I'm still offline.
Without the router, when I try to run a diagnostic I get:
or
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A moment of joy was short-lived when I connected the router once more, powered up the laptop and got wifi... only to realize it wasn't my own...
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I really need my own wired connection to install updates, antivirus, steam games etc... on my new pc
I ran some cmd commands, here's without router ie wall phone socket to modem to pc:
And here's with router ie wall phone socket to modem to router to pc:
I checked speedtest, and I was still at my old 8Mbps so I gave my ISP a phone call.
After trying unsuccessfully to get me at 20Mbps, he told me I had to change my modem because it's some 10 years old now and won't be up to par to support the speed.
I told him OK. And he said he might try some other things within the next minutes to get me the speed nonetheless, and not to worry if I got offline in the meantime because it'd be because of him.
True, I tried speedtest and it fluctuated madly between 4Mbps and 20Mbps. It never got so high before. But 10 minutes later it settled again at 8Mbps and remained like that.
Until the next time I rebooted, when I couldn't get online at all.
_____________________
Today I called the ISP again, got a different tech.
But wait, before doing so, I tried 2 other modems, another cable from wall phone socket to modem, another ethernet cable, another cable from modem to router, and also bypassing the router alltogether. And trying with filters and without filters.. Also, I tried with the laptop and with both desktops using direct ethernet connection... it's the same with any computer I plug in.
ISP tech told me to try without the router. By mistake I had pressed the button resetting it so it would only complicate matters (darn reset button is really easy to hit).
He gave me the numbers to input in the IPv4 properties.... (IP addresses and DNS addresses)
Still no go. He was confused as I was. My phone line is working fine so the DSL should be OK too?
After more than an hour on the phone he told me he'll register the fault and pass the job on to specialized engineers... Meanwhile I'm still offline.
Without the router, when I try to run a diagnostic I get:
or
_____________________
A moment of joy was short-lived when I connected the router once more, powered up the laptop and got wifi... only to realize it wasn't my own...
_____________________
I really need my own wired connection to install updates, antivirus, steam games etc... on my new pc
I ran some cmd commands, here's without router ie wall phone socket to modem to pc:
And here's with router ie wall phone socket to modem to router to pc:
). Anyway, this time another tech talked me through getting in modem settings online, and changing it back to Pppoe, it's done, all works. Even the router now. 
