Re: Strange problem with wireless card

From: notme (me_at_privacy.net)
Date: 08/18/04 

Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 21:29:18 +0200

> Your ipconfig /all looks fine and yes broadcast node is normal for
computers
> not using a wins server. If you can not ping the computer IP [
> 192.168.1.100 ] in your case then you have some sort of problem. If Device
> Manager shows no conflict and that the adapter is working properly I would
> be highly suspect of a compatibility problem with the drivers and you
would
> want to check the manufactures website for that model for a FAQ or other
> information. It would be worthwhile to try booting into safemode with

I already tried that. There's no info about any problem with the card.
Moreover, I contacted the technical support but they're clueless.

> networking to see it it helps and if it does you have a conflict with
other
> applications/services on the computer. Just beware that booting into safe
> mode with networking will disable personal firewalls and place the
computer
> in a bare bones operating mode. The link below is for the MS site to check
> for hardware compatibility. That does not mean that hardware not found
there
> will not work but if it IS listed it has an extremely good chance of
working
> properly. --- Steve

OK, will check that. No problem with firewalls because that's a clean
instalation
(I mean lean and mean)

Last thing I tried was disable the card, and installing an usb adapter
(which is
the one I use in my other computer). After installing the drivers, I got the
same
problem! So it seems it's not a hardware problem, but something wrong in
win2000... I'll try what you said above, otherwise, I'll reinstall win2000
to see if I get the problem...

Thanks Steve.

>
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/server/howtobuy/upgrading/compat/search/devices.asp
>
> "notme" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
> news:2oga5uFagr4uU1@uni-berlin.de...
> > Hi,
> >
> > > Run ipconfig /all on the computer to see what IP address it reports as
> > being assigned
> > > to the computer. The try to ping that IP address. If you can then make
> > sure that IP
> > > address is on the same network as your other computers. Generally home
> > networks use
> > > class C networks and the first three octets on the IP address is the
> > network address
> > > and it needs to be the same for other computers on the network
including
> > the lan
> > > default gateway of any internet router. In other words for an IP
address
> > of
> > > 192.168.1.55, 192.168.1.xxx is the network address and the 55 is the
> host
> > address. If
> > > you find an IP address starting with 169.... then the DHCP server, if
> any
> > is used,
> > > can not be found. If that is not the problem and you can not ping the
IP
> > address of
> > > the computer you should contact the manufacturer of the network
adapter
> > after
> > > verifying that it is shown in device manager without any conflicts and
> > device manager
> > > says the device is working properly. --- Steve
> >
> > Thank for your reply. I send you a capture of ipconfig:
> >
> > So far there're two machines: the one I'm writing this (winXP), and this
> > other
> > machine that cannot get connected. As I said before, if I install winXP
on
> > that machine, the card works perfectly. I just installed service pack 4,
> > without
> > any result...
> > Here are the contents of ipconfig / all (translated to english the best
I
> > could):
> >
> > Hostname . . . . . . . . . : xyz
> > Main DNS suffix . . . . . . :
> > Node type . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
> > Routing enabled . . . . .: No
> > WINS Proxy enabled. . . . . : No
> >
> > Description. . . . . . . . . . . : Conceptronic 54g
> > Physical address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0F-xx-xx-xx-xx
> > DHCP enabled. . . . . . . . . : No
> > IP address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.100
> > Netmask . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
> > Gateway : 192.168.1.1
> > DNS servers . . . . . . . . . .: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
> > xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (both valid dns
> server
> > addresses)
> >
> > Still don't know what to do :-(
> > Is the "broadcast" node type correct? In the other machine (winXP) I get
> > an "unknown" node type...
> > I aso installed service pack 4 just in case, but no improvements were
> made.
> > The report seems to be fine. I assign static ip addresses in my lan, the
> gw
> > address is correct, etc...
> > Maybe there's an issue with the card, that is not supported in w2k but
> > it is in winXP?
> > One further detail: if I make a ping 127.0.0.1, the everything is fine,
> > but doing ping 192.168.1.100 (the ip assigned by me) then I get
> > a "host unreachable" error...
> >
> > Any help is really appreciated. If you need further details, let me
know.
> >
> > TIA.
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> > > "notme" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
> > news:2ocotiF9a5ctU1@uni-berlin.de...
> > > > Hi, I have just installed win2000 professional. I have a wireless
> > > > card Conceptronic C54C. The thing is that I installed the drivers,
> > > > utility program, etc. and everything works fine (the card is
> > > > activated, etc). I have also correctly set ip address, dns, etc.
> > > > The problem is that the card only sends packets! I cannot
> > > > receive a single packet. What could that be?
> > > > Strangely, I installed winXP on that machine just to test if the
> > > > network card works ok (because I want to install win2k) and
> > > > in winXP it works perfectly!
> > > > I thought about a driver problem, upgraded the drivers to
> > > > the latest found in vendor's site. Same result.
> > > > I can only ping to localhost. Any other ip address doesn't work
> > > > (I get time out)
> > > >
> > > > Any help, pointer, etc?
> > > > TIA!
> > > >
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