Need Help with VRS and Wireless Router!

If one has wireless cable modem, the Sorenson VRS Router is not needed at all? This is giving me some hope to get the VP-200 to work properly again. I will try to get back to it when I return home. I had given up on getting it to work properly.
 
Could you clone a MAC address from your Sorenson VP200 router to your motorila? In the MAC Address Clone section of my Linksys, the MAC address will have to match with the modem that's provisioned for. If I clone a MAC address from my PC, then I won't get an Internet connection. If cloned from my laptop, my Internet connection does work.

This is called MAC spoofing.
 
AlleyCat said:
Now, the problem. My other roommate, the one with the wireless computer, often takes his computer out to other places and when he comes back home, has to re-enter the Encryption key. Always forgets what it is so this morning I decided to make that easier by changing the Passphrase to a simple word we would all remember. I did that, and all of a sudden, none of the wireless connections work anymore. Including mine! We did go into our wireless settings to put in the new passphrase, and it will not recognize it.
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I wonder if you have changed all the wireless computers old Encryption key to the new Encryption key passphrase so it will match to the new one that you have changed on the wireless settings. Perhaps you didn't add it to each wireless computer to use the new one?
 
~SG~ said:
I wonder if you have changed all the wireless computers old Encryption key to the new Encryption key passphrase so it will match to the new one that you have changed on the wireless settings. Perhaps you didn't add it to each wireless computer to use the new one?
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We did, but thanks for asking. (My original post said: "We did go into our wireless settings to put in the new passphrase, and it will not recognize it.") We did that on all the wireless computers.

Messed with it more today and still no luck. Sigh .. Just gonna wait till tomorrow when Comcast comes.
 
Brian said:
If one has wireless cable modem, the Sorenson VRS Router is not needed at all? This is giving me some hope to get the VP-200 to work properly again. I will try to get back to it when I return home. I had given up on getting it to work properly.
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That is an interesting question. Others mentioned it in this same thread too. How does that work? How do you connect to the VP/VRS without it? Sorry if that's a dumb question but if I can take that router out of the equation that would be great!
 
AlleyCat said:
We did, but thanks for asking. (My original post said: "We did go into our wireless settings to put in the new passphrase, and it will not recognize it.") We did that on all the wireless computers.

Messed with it more today and still no luck. Sigh .. Just gonna wait till tomorrow when Comcast comes.
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I agree, you can wait till your cable man comes. need passcode for your modem.
 
dbarovian said:
should call Comcast cable to need ip address of Motorola modem
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Dude, her Motorola WR850G is router only. What's make you think it's is modem?

http://broadband.motorola.com/consumers/products/WR850g/downloads/WR850G_userguide.pdf

Read it again.


GraysonPeddie said:
Could you clone a MAC address from your Sorenson VP200 router to your motorila? In the MAC Address Clone section of my Linksys, the MAC address will have to match with the modem that's provisioned for. If I clone a MAC address from my PC, then I won't get an Internet connection. If cloned from my laptop, my Internet connection does work.

This is called MAC spoofing.
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That's right! I don't think of about clone a MAC address (sigh) Her Motorola is router. She have two routers, one is Sorenson and other one is Motorola

AlleyCat,
(I use copy/paste from guide.) Try one.

Advanced Internet Settings
The Internet – Advanced screen allows you to adjust additional Internet settings. To access
the screen, click Internet > Advanced.
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Cloned WAN
MAC Address Some ISPs require that you register the MAC address of your PC’s
network adapter.
Your router can use the MAC address of your PC’s network adapter as
the router’s WAN MAC address. To avoid calling your ISP and
changing the MAC address that is registered with the ISP, follow these
instructions:
1 In the Cloned WAN MAC Address row, click Enable.
2 Enter a MAC address or click one of the Learned MAC addresses
and click Apply.
3 After restarting the unit, the router will present the MAC address to
the ISP you have entered here.
4 Deselect Enable to return to the default MAC address.
 
AlleyCat said:
Here's what I need help with .. There are 3 computers in my house. Up until yesterday, MY computer was the one that hosted the Comcast cable modem, the Motorola wireless router, and the Sorenson VP200 Router. The other 2 computers were the ones that were wireless.

Yesterday, we decided to change the setup so that one of the other computers became the one that hosted the Comcast cable modem, the Motorola wireless router, and the Sorenson VP200 Router. The other computer remained wireless, and MY computer became wireless. (I have a NetGear wireless adapter.) Got it all connected and everything was working fine.
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(Which my question is: Did you clone your MAC address from your PC to your Sorenson router? The next quote seems to answer your question.)

AlleyCat said:
I disconnected the Sorenson VP router entirely and tried to do two different things: 1) hooked up JUST the Comcast cable modem and I cannot get an internet connection at all, then tried 2) the Comcast cable modem AND the Motorola Router. Just like in the old days before the Sorenson VP came along. And I STILL cannot get an internet connection. The only way I can is if the Sorenson VP router is connected.

What am I doing wrong ?? I'm so incredibly frustrated. :(
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("The only way I can is if the Sorenson VP router is connected." Hmm... That may seems to be the answer, but I'm not sure... Oh--wait a minute! Am I missing something here? Could you connect your main computer to the cable modem just to test your Internet connection for a short time? *sigh*)

The Highlander said:
Nothing to wrong with your modem. Something wrong with your Motorola router (not having the same WAN MAC address as the Sorenson). Which wired or wireless you connection to motorola router?
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Brian said:
If one has wireless cable modem, the Sorenson VRS Router is not needed at all? This is giving me some hope to get the VP-200 to work properly again. I will try to get back to it when I return home. I had given up on getting it to work properly.

Added mine: (Sorenson VRS router is needed to access the Internet, when directly connected to the modem, but I didn't come across anything in the thread concerning direct connection to the Internet from a main computer without any routers involved.)
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(Emphasis and bold has been added by me, including paranthesis.)

I have gathered up most of the clues to help solve Internet connectivity problems. I've already mentioned MAC cloning in a post after I read the entire thread. I read the thread one more time and gathered up some clues to help find solutions to problems, and MAC address cloning is the only solution to Internet-connectivity problem.
 
Grayson, reread The Highlander's post #16 - this was why I asked...
The Highlander said:
Because both gateway (192.168.XX.1) are not same and won't work like that way.

Only way to do is change VP router's Local IP Address to 192.168.10.2. You can access both of router.

But you dont need use VP router. Rid it and use Motorola's router only.
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I knew it !! I was pretty sure I hadn't done anything wrong. Comcast re-set the Comcast cable modem. The settings were overridden by the Sorenson router settings. So Comcast re-set the modem (on their end at the corporate end, not by using the reset button on the back of the modem since I'd already done that). And presto, everything is working. THANK YOU all for trying to help. It was something beyond my control on my end.
 
I'm glad I can be of help.

I was just trying to look for clues in this thread, but I was afraid it's not enough... Heh heh! :)
 
AlleyCat said:
I knew it !! I was pretty sure I hadn't done anything wrong. Comcast re-set the Comcast cable modem. The settings were overridden by the Sorenson router settings. So Comcast re-set the modem (on their end at the corporate end, not by using the reset button on the back of the modem since I'd already done that). And presto, everything is working. THANK YOU all for trying to help. It was something beyond my control on my end.
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Very interesting. I had no idea what's exactly you did on your network. Good thing Comcast slove the problem.
 
Just an update. Even though Comcast reset the cable modem, we lost internet connection 4 more times (5 times total) over 2 weeks. Comcast had to keep resetting the modem over the phone. I finally disconnected Sorensen router and now the internet connection has been working for 9 days straight without losing the internet connection. So no Sorenson router hooked up right now and I put in a service call to Sorenson to come out and evaluate this. I can live without the Sorenson VP for now because I finally have an internet connection that doesn't keep dropping.
 
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