No signal from modem

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Phumfeinz

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Last wednesday, whilst surfing the internet looking at sites I always visit, I got disconnected. 'No biggie' I thought, this happens sometimes. All I do is turn off the computer for a moment, then back on.

Not this time though. I got the 'Limited or no connectivity' message for Local Area Network 2, and it stayed like that for a few hours. I decided to look around in the properties for anything that might have changed, and suddenly the modem loses it's signal completely. No green arrows anymore, just the yellow ones.

Thing is, our phone line got cut off months ago, but if this does have something to do with it, why has it taken this long to affect the connection?

I've tried running the 'Repair Connectivity' program, but to no avail. I've also ran the 'I cannot get connected to AOL' program, but it stops because there is no username in the AOL list.

I have AOL 9.0. Sincerely hope someone can help me, I NEED the internet.

Thanks.
 
Local Area Network 2 sounds like an ethernet connection... which should have nothing to do with your modem connection, unless you have an external modem or a network, or something. anyways, I would delete the modem from your system devices, uninstall AOL, and reboot. You should get prompted for the modem, then reinstall AOL. AOL walks you through the config and does the work for you. Try that.
 
I have uninstalled and reinstalled both AOL and the modem multiple times, but with no effect.

I'm beginning to think it might be the modem, because before it stopped working on wednesday, the power light for the modem would always be on when you turned the computer on. Now when you turn the computer on, the light flickers sometimes.
 
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I've tried that, but it didn't do anything. Can you guys think of any way at all I can get a signal from my modem again?
 
Possibly your TCP/IP settings have been corrupted? Google a program called winsockfix (i think thats the name of it). If that is it, run it and try then. Good luck and let us know.
 
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