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February 23rd, 2005 17:00
Help with Home Network!!
Hi,
Here is the short question: Do I need to do anything special to hook more than two computers up through my linksys-g router (1 wired and 2 wireless)?
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For at least 2 years I have run a linksys-g router wired with my Dim 2400. I would use the wireless for my work laptop in the evenings. We recently moved and I wanted to get a couple more computers so here is what I did. While waiting for the new computers (Dim 2400 and Dim 3000). I hooked up the wireless router (with cable modem) in my office and put a wireless PCI card (linksys) in my first Dim 2400. No problem for the Dim 2400 or my laptop (now both running wireless). When the two new computers arrived I put a second wireless card in the new Dim 2400 shortly after this (like 1 hour) the first Dim 2400 lost its connection (it says limited or no connection). I went ahead and set up my Dim 3000 and hooked it up wired to the router. I was able to run the Network Connection stuff for the Dim 3000 and new Dim 2400 but no matter what I try I have not been able to get the old Dim 2400 to connect. The old Dim 2400 sees the network but when I try to connect is seems to time out trying to get an IP address. What is going on? Do I need to change something in linksys setup? By the way I am running a wide open network with no security other than the default route and XP firewalls. All computers running XP Home SP2. I have not tried the laptop but I will this evening.
Any help?
Thanks,
Donald
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February 23rd, 2005 17:00
whisenhunt
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February 23rd, 2005 17:00
I will give that a shot this evening. That computer is now upstairs while the router is downstairs (I love moving computers). As an additional note I just purchased a network repeater since the singal strength was low upstairs (old Dim 2400). The signal strength is now Very Good but it behaves exactly the same so I don't think it is the signal strength.
Donald
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February 23rd, 2005 17:00
whisenhunt
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February 23rd, 2005 20:00
I tried both these programs and no help. I checked the IP address and it says 169.254.183.90 that seems wrong. I think I have read elsewhere that this is cause by a lack of NETBIOS or something like that. The Windows CD for that machine is in storage. Is there any other work around? Can I assign a static IP for that machine? This computer has worked for 2 years (wired) and 1 week (wireless) without any problems.
Thanks,
Donald
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February 23rd, 2005 21:00
The 169.254.xxx.xxx IP address is the autoconfiguationa IP address. It is an address that Windows assigns when it cannot get an IP address from a DHCP server. Winsockfix usually fixes that problem. NetBIOS has nothing to do with it. One thing you should check is to see if the DHCP client service is running on your computer. Go to Start > Run and type services.msc then click OK. Find the DHCP client service and make sure that it is started and running. Report back what you find.
Steve
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February 23rd, 2005 21:00
Steve,
I found the DHCP Service. It had Started, Automatic, and Local System next to it. It all looked ok. I clicked the restart option. It did it and then it tried to log on again but no change. I was able to force a connection by using a Static IP address. I must of done something wrong because it connected to the router but it would not allow me on the internet.
Thanks for your help.
Donald
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February 23rd, 2005 22:00
volcano11
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February 24th, 2005 00:00
Thanks for letting us know you fixed it. I would never have guessed this was the problem, but not knowing about the wireless extender certainly crippled my ability to help.
Steve
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February 24th, 2005 00:00
Ok problem solved. It seems my first thought was right. The signal to the upstairs computer (old Dim 2400) was weak and flaky. So I bought the wireless extender and I had been using that to connect. Well after much messing around I discovered that the extender was not properly configured (basically I did not hold down the Auto Config button long enough). I was mostly trying to login over a non connected wireless extender. It got fixed when I went back to using the weak signal from the base router. I then tried to config the extender using the supplied CD which should not be necessary for an unsecured network and after about a hour of trying I realized that it was not necessary I just did not hold the autoconfig button down long enough. All seems to be well. Thanks for your help.
Donald