On your downstairs desktop, in Interner Explorer go to Tools, Internet Options, Connections, Lan Settings, and make sure Automatically Detect Settings is enabled. Also, on the router's web configuration page, make sure that if you have Mac Filtering, which only allows computers with Mac Addresses that you specify to access the Internet, includes your downstairs desktop. Also check and make sure that the IP address of the downstairs computer is not filtered through the router's web configuration utility to deny it access. I would also check and make sure that you have not limited your DHCP clients to less than 3. If you employ encryption, make sure that you entered the entire key, not just the passphrase, into the downstairs desktop and did so correctly. XP will not recognize the passphrase...only the entire key. You didn't say what brand router or wireless card you had, but these suggestions are fairly universal. Hope one of them works.
Scott
Dell Inspiron 5150 Notebook Pentium 4 3.6 GHZ w/HT 512 MB Ram, 60 GB HD @ 7200 RPM 64 MB GeForce FX, UXGA Windows XP Pro (Wireless)
I checked everything you mentioned, and everything appears fine. This has really got me stumped. It's a Belkin router and a D-Link wireless card. But it connects with the router fine.
Any more thoughts/ideas/suggestions greatly appreciated!
Nope. I tried. I typed in the router's IP address, it "thought" for a bit, then said "Internet Explorer cannot open the search page."
When I open the router's configuration utility on the upstairs desktop (the one hardwired to the router), it lists the downstairs desktop under the client list. This has me completely baffled.
It doesn't sound like the downstairs desktop is getting an IP address. You probably already know this, but if the IP address starts with 169, then it is a bad IP address. Are all of the computers networked, that is, enabled to share files and/or printers and if so, do each of them have different computer names on the workgroup? Also, you should take the checkmark out of XP's firewall on the downstairs desktop. You can do this by going to My Network Places, right clicking on your Wireless Local Connection, then going to the Advanced Tab and deselecting the firewall. Are you running any software firewall, such as Zonealarm?
same issues here with a Linksys. Here is the frustrating part is I get it going by changing ssid and channel number....then I lose the connection with one of the computers that is hooked up via cat5. Typically that computer is not hooked up when I do my adjustments. So I reset the router- He get's his service back and the wireless with xp pro loses it again. Still can share files- but I lose the internet connection. My Dhcp user setting is at 50 and I am not mac filtering. Also no wep is set. Firewall off.....Can we say a little frustrating?
MemphisTF13
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January 10th, 2004 01:00
ADT1982,
On your downstairs desktop, in Interner Explorer go to Tools, Internet Options, Connections, Lan Settings, and make sure Automatically Detect Settings is enabled. Also, on the router's web configuration page, make sure that if you have Mac Filtering, which only allows computers with Mac Addresses that you specify to access the Internet, includes your downstairs desktop. Also check and make sure that the IP address of the downstairs computer is not filtered through the router's web configuration utility to deny it access. I would also check and make sure that you have not limited your DHCP clients to less than 3. If you employ encryption, make sure that you entered the entire key, not just the passphrase, into the downstairs desktop and did so correctly. XP will not recognize the passphrase...only the entire key. You didn't say what brand router or wireless card you had, but these suggestions are fairly universal. Hope one of them works.
Scott
Dell Inspiron 5150 Notebook
Pentium 4 3.6 GHZ w/HT
512 MB Ram, 60 GB HD @ 7200 RPM
64 MB GeForce FX, UXGA
Windows XP Pro (Wireless)
adt1982
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January 10th, 2004 15:00
Scott,
I checked everything you mentioned, and everything appears fine. This has really got me stumped. It's a Belkin router and a D-Link wireless card. But it connects with the router fine.
Any more thoughts/ideas/suggestions greatly appreciated!
Adam
MemphisTF13
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January 10th, 2004 19:00
adt1982
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January 11th, 2004 00:00
Nope. I tried. I typed in the router's IP address, it "thought" for a bit, then said "Internet Explorer cannot open the search page."
When I open the router's configuration utility on the upstairs desktop (the one hardwired to the router), it lists the downstairs desktop under the client list. This has me completely baffled.
Adam
MemphisTF13
79 Posts
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January 11th, 2004 01:00
It doesn't sound like the downstairs desktop is getting an IP address. You probably already know this, but if the IP address starts with 169, then it is a bad IP address. Are all of the computers networked, that is, enabled to share files and/or printers and if so, do each of them have different computer names on the workgroup? Also, you should take the checkmark out of XP's firewall on the downstairs desktop. You can do this by going to My Network Places, right clicking on your Wireless Local Connection, then going to the Advanced Tab and deselecting the firewall. Are you running any software firewall, such as Zonealarm?
azmikey
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January 16th, 2004 22:00