Wireless connection to internet through router

Question

I am having problems setting up a wireless network from my Inspiron 6000 to myLinksys WRT54G router.   I have tried a number of iteration of setting up the network connection on the laptop but none seem to work where I can identify that the is a network connection through the router.  I have no problem with the wireless connection to the router but it does not appear that I am  getting through the router.  It shows up as a network but will not open.  Frequently there is a message that I do not have administrative access to it.  I am the only user and administrator.  Any suggestions?

volcano11 · Answer

It is very unclear from your message exactly what it is you are trying to do.  Are you having problems connecting to the internet from this computer using a wireless connection or are you having trouble connecting to another computer on your local network?   Steve

Chassa · Answer

No

TadN · Answer

Are you able to connect to your router from http://192.168.1.1? I assume factory setting.

Chassa · Answer

Both problems.  The failure to access the internet was the first concern.

Chassa · Answer

I have a suspicion that the network configuration on the laptop may be corrupted.  The network icon displays when Microsoft Windows Network is opened but when the network icon is opened there is an empty window that comes up.

Chassa · Answer

Thanks

TadN · Answer

took me too long to post me reply :) Didn't see you item about the window being blank.   You could post that on the xp forum to see what folks say.  I'd try intel or dell utils first, before folks start to tell you to restore, or worse, reinstall everything...

TadN · Answer

Looks like you can't connect to the router. Suggest not using the windows config, use the software form intel or dell depending on your card, they have much more info.

Do you know if you have an intel card (2100, 2200, etc) or a truemobile 1300, 1450, etc?

If intel suggest you try intel proset software, if truemobile dell has a network utility too.

to check if your wireless is working you can open a command prompt via start button -> run -> then type cmd and hit ok.

When you get the back dos screen type ipconfig /all >>config.txt then hit enter

then type config.txt and hit enter. Notepad should poup with the results, copy them here and post the results.

If you don't know what you have you can try:

intel detection tool

a. make sure Intel can see the card
http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df-external/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=N&ProductID=1637&DwnldID=8061&strOSs=44&OSFullName=Windows*%20XP%20Professional&lang=eng
b. turn on latest version of ProSet for the 2100
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/scripts-df-external/Detail_Desc.aspx?&DwnldID=11292&ProductID=944
c. review ProSet instructions from Dell
http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/dsn/en/document?journalid=A0E0350C5F1D11DBBB94C930E760DE56&docid=294827

Dell Profiler:

http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/my_systems_info/en/details?c=us&l=en&s=gen&~tab=3

Chassa · Answer

It took me a while to get to the your message. Here is the information you asked for.

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : alcmobile

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-11-43-71-ED-8EEthernet adapter

Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Network Connection

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0E-35-EB-B7-98

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.127.225

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

volcano11 · Answer

Try downloading and running winsockfix for Windows XP from the Here.   Steve

Chassa · Answer

I did download but did not run.  Checked again with Linksys and the problem was corrected by installing new firmware.  I will save the program for the future.   Thanks.

Networking, Internet, & Bluetooth

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