yeah if it says patch you are ok, its if it said crossover its the wrong cable.

its definitely the s3. some option got changed somewhere.

did you make any changes to the LAN tab or anything in the advanced part?

lets try a pool i know works

solo.ckpool.org:3333

under username its your bitcoin address..

password X or 123.

go ahead and clear the other 2 pools, so just have the one pool.

ok so this should be working.. try changing the dns to 75.75.75.75 altho i dont see why 8.8.8.8 wouldnt work.

i noticed the cord is yellow.. does it say PATCH or anything on it on a label? maybe try another cord..

you plug it directly into the comcast box with 192.168.1.1 as dns and gateway ip?

you dont need to change that, its correct.

One might ask how many devices does he want to connect to the internet.  All via ethernet cable might be easiest.  If he has 4 high speed switch ports and a single uplink port on the comcast and if he has 4 or fewer devices to connect then just use the comcast router.

If he has more devices than high speed switch ports then add the netgear router.

im not worried about that yet, because that wouldnt keep the s3 from doing a ping test.

i would think that too but then he said he connected to the netgear with his laptop and it sees the internet..

i almost have the same setup he does on the routers, except i opted for the wireless bridge option.
im going to check his router and see if it has that option, that would make things a ton easier.

Understand a home router has one uplink port and an internal downlink port (192.168.1.1) but the internal downlink port is attached to a multiple port high speed switch.  The uplink port will have a different network designation than the downlink switch ports.  If your comcast box is giving your  netgear box an uplink address of .1.2 then your netgear downlink switch ports must have a different address like in the 192.168.2.0 network.  If you then put your laptop into a netgear downlink port and the S3 into the netgear as well, they might be 192.168.2.2 and 192.168.2.3 while the invisible internal downlink port has 192.168.2.1.

I make my top router have the highest network and the lowest the 192.168.1.0 net.

ok that is good news you can connect to the s3 from the comcast router, that means the lan is working now.

now we just have to figure out why the s3 cant see the internet.

are you connected to the comcast router or the netgear with your laptop?

turn it off and back on, do the comcast router too.

no it should work, this is the correct way to setup a LAN.

i guess its just a bug in the gui.. maybe cause the dns server is assigned to the wan port and not the lan port.