hello...
being quite NEW into networking, i m having truble understanding the n/w configuration here at my home which is done by a pro...
i have a cable modem CONNECTED to a tv cable INFRASTRUCTURE. the cable modem is further connected to a wireless router so that i have wireless connection in my house... the wireless router is ALSO connected via a wired medium with a pc on which i am logged in at the moment... problem is that
1. i don't really understand the configuration, above configuration is wat i think it is. if i am wrong plz correct me
2. i don't know why my wireless internect connection is not working whereas wired connection is working...
3. which devices would be asssigned ip address, i know that my pc and laptop, both are assigned dynamically
4. there is default gateway assigned but i don't know whether this is the ip of modem or wireless router... (router should have ip but is it req. for the cable modem)
5. what is actually a cable modem
6. laptop has windows vista, so how do i get onto command prompt to issue commands like ipconfig, ping etc

Thanx for helpin
haseeb
a good place to start, there are many others I'm sure:(see menu on left)

HTTP://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Content_C1&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1114037291160&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper&lid=9116027773H11

"laptop has windows vista, so how do i get onto command prompt to issue commands like ipconfig, ping etc"

use the help and support from your vista start menu...



Good Luck