Wireless Network says connected but not

My Pain In The Arse Job!


Starting at the beginning. I had a client that wanted a wireless network and had only three computers to connect. 2 Desktops and 1 laptop. The desktops were a pain to start with , I finally got everybody up and running on an ad-hoc network. They were using dial-up and a 802.11b card on each desktop and a 802.11g on the laptop.

That didn’t cut it, because the ICS host was hanging up.They went cable high-speed. I am on my second router and still can’t get things right.

Here is the configuration:

Cable modem to D-Link 514 802.11b. 1 Desktop PC hardwired ( all is well, share files, gets internet, plays nice), #2 Desktop wireless Netgear 802.11b card, eventually got it to play nice but it loses connection from time to time ( this happened before, poor locale), But the Laptop…AHHHHHH. I want to scream.

When I had the first wireless router ( D-Link 524 802.11g) it would connect intermittently, but this thing got really fried somehow , I had them get the new one.

First I had an IP conflict, so I released renewed. Lo and behold it said wireless connection connected and excellent BUT I am getting no internet and I certainly not accessing files. Also I cannot dial into the router wirelessly to set any settings.

Everything is right for good connection. Nothing encrypted ( was going to do that after the problem is solved) and everything is set to it’s rightful settings. I can connect to other routers when I take it to a new office building and get internet just fine.

Oh, and what I find a little weird and it I probably an XP thing, is when I try to uninstall, reinstall the card so I try from scratch I will get “Wireless Connection #4”or whatever the respective number would be

Any ideas?

Thanks for any help….
sick_n_tired.

Could I have a look at the IP settings for the laptop?

Click Start, Run and type "ipconfig /all > C:\ipconfig.txt" (without the quotes). Then copy the contents from the C:\ipconfig.txt file into your next post.

This is a funny thing I know.. but although I am not there I know that thing by heart.

( I didn't memorize the mac, but I checked it against the others too)

Here is the IPCONFIG/

IP 192.168.0.104
Subnet 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway : 192.168.0.1

How about that for looking just like it should.. LOL

So the laptop has been able to get an IP address successfully from the router via DHCP?

Can the laptop ping the router?

One might wonder what kind of routers the laptop was successful with, what kind of wireless device it has, and whether or not it's using IPv6 or IPv4. Hi, Edwin, I know I can come here every few days and have fun watching you work! :-).

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And I like to go to the C forum and watch you make fun of the guys I ban
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First of all, yes, it can ping the router. At least the last time I tried it pinged fine.

The answers to the other questions that were asked. As I stated before, it had some connectivity with the D-Link 524-I but it was not consistent and that router bought the farm.

The wireless card that is on the laptop is a Dell TrueMobile 1150, beyond that I am incertain of the IPv.

So how about the other computers? Can the laptop ping any of the other computers?

No, it cannot ping other computers. Is this an interesting problem so far? I think it will soon make me crazy

sick_n_tired

Check if the other computers have any firewalls running. Can the other computers ping between themselves?

As I had said before the others play nice. They have no firewall software running and they can ping, share files, and get internet. The laptop, even though it can ping the router, cannot even get internet.

sick_n_tired

So can the laptop browse to this site in IE: http://66.102.9.104 ?

Although I will not be with the laptop today ( tomorrow I will) I think you may be getting at a DNS problem. Before I even try that IP help me sort this out in my head.
How could a DNS problem be a part of this when all other computers are connecting fine and are configured the same way? Just thought I would ask so I could learn something or possibly have an AHA! moment.

Well, I just find it strange that the computer can ping the Ip address of the router, yet can't access the Internet. You say that the laptop has obtained its IP address from the router, which would make me think that you should be able to access the Internet etc. I was just checking if there is a DNS problem, turning domain names to IP addresses. I'm not sure it'll work, but I'm just guessing

Perhaps it's some sort of hardware problem. The router seems to be working because you've got other wireless clients. Would you be able to try a different network card in the laptop? I've noticed that you're using g in the laptops, and b in the desktops. Perhaps try a b card in the laptops too.

it would be easy to do that,, LOL. Clients get real agitated by changing out hardware, but I thought I would try that too. It's a real shame that things don't work the way they are supposed to sometimes and you get faulty equipment like we did with the first router, but as a techie ( or something ) I am used to it. Try explaining that to a person t