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4. I got it straightened out. The person at the cable place said it needed a "bridge."

Reply to DisgustipatedinCA (Reply #2)

Tue Apr 2, 2013, 07:48 PM

Apr 2013

It just doesn't make sense that they would provide an IP Address without "the bridge" because my Iphone didn't recognize my IpAddress until they fixed it.

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When someone says that the modem was setting the DHCP, instead [View all] Baitball Blogger Apr 2013 OP

It means that you need to find a 14 year old......STAT SoCalDem Apr 2013 #1

LOL! I was lucky if I got the letters right. Baitball Blogger Apr 2013 #3

It means DisgustipatedinCA Apr 2013 #2

I got it straightened out. The person at the cable place said it needed a "bridge." Baitball Blogger Apr 2013 #4

OK. Educated guess as to what happened: DisgustipatedinCA Apr 2013 #10

Good explanation. Just one more question: Baitball Blogger Apr 2013 #11

the bridge and router are one and the same DisgustipatedinCA Apr 2013 #12

Thanks for the info. Baitball Blogger Apr 2013 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author markpkessinger Apr 2013 #5

It can mean a couple things. Drew Richards Apr 2013 #6

It was near impossible to find my WAN IP Address until they bridged it. Baitball Blogger Apr 2013 #8

Either modem or router can be configured to assign an IP address to your computer. In your case idwiyo Apr 2013 #7

Actually, it's a DVR that I'm trying to access through the WAN IPAddress. Baitball Blogger Apr 2013 #9