Re: wireless net.

From: Chuck (none_at_example.net)
Date: 04/12/04 

Date: 12 Apr 2004 11:36:03 -0500

On Mon, 12 Apr 2004 09:00:07 -0700, "Russ" <roscoed13@yahoo.invalid> wrote:

>I have read through many posts with similar problems but
>can't find any solutions. With the risk of sounding
>redundant here goes: Linksys router: desktop XPpro/
>laptop xp pro w/ wireless. After a problem with
>connecting to the internet w/ both puters miraculously
>the desktop after 2nd day connected with no problem. The
>wireless still will not sense the router. If the laptop
>is "hard-wired" the internet connection is fine. The
>problem is when the laptop is wireless:
>DNS Suff: blank
>Auto ip address: 169.254.39.252
>Subnet:255.255.0.0
>Def gateway: blank
>I know that this ip is not compatible with the router the
>router needs an address of 192.168.1.1-254. This is where
>I'm stuck.
>(too much info/ not enough?)

Russ,

Please provide ipconfig information for the desktop, and for the laptop when
connected wired and then wireless. IOW, 3 ipconfigs please:
Start - Run - "ipconfig /all >c:\ipconfig.txt" - Open c:\ipconfig.txt in
Notepad, copy and paste into your next post.

What looks redundant to many folks with the problems often turns out to be
something totally different after analysis. So thanks for not posting your
problem as a reply to someone else's.

Now, please take a deep breath, drink a bit of water and cut down on the
caffeine, and try and describe the problem slowly and coherently.

What model Linksys?

Describe the "problem with connecting to the internet".

>From each computer:
1) Ping www.yahoo.com.
2) Ping 66.94.230.33.
Report error messages.

How is the router configured? WEP? WPA? MAC filtering? SSID broadcast on or
off?

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.

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