Re: Strange problem with wireless card

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From: Steven L Umbach (n9rou_at_n0-spam-for-me-comcast.net)
Date: 08/19/04 

Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 03:33:49 GMT

OK. can't think of much else. If you know someone that can let you try a Linksys or
D-Link card that may be helpful. I never had a problem with any of them on a W2K
laptop. --- Steve

"notme" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message news:2ohp06Fat3j6U1@uni-berlin.de...
>> 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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