Can't access wireless to Internet

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charley_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 06/05/04


Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 23:11:45 -0700

Finally I could fix the problem and it might be
interesting for all others having same or similar
problems.

Actually it is a winsock 2 problem and it can be fixed
perfectly if you follow:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=811259

Life without Bill and his guys would be so boring by not
having always windows trouble.

>-----Original Message-----
>I recently bought following products:
>Broadband router SMC2404WBR
>PC card SMC2435W
>
>I have two PC systems:
>
>Desktop PC running with Windows XP Professional and LAN
>adapter Laptop PC running with Windows XP Professional
and
>PC card SMC2435W (internal LAN adapter is disabled)
>Further I have a cable modem supplied by ISP.
>
>I have successfully installed the router and my desktop
PC
>is working fine for Internet connection via LAN.
>My Laptop is also working fine when I use the internal
LAN
>adapter but once I installed the PC card SMC2435W I have
>following problems:
>
>- DHCP is not working at all, no IP address will be
>assigned, no access possible.
>- If I configure manually TCP/IP to 192.168.2.101 and
>gateway 192.168.2.1 then the PC card is able to access
the
>network, e.g. I can ping all TCP/IP addresses and also I
>can access my desktop PC files but Internet connection
is
>not possible at all. I checked all setting and used the
>troubleshooting instruction for Internet setup but no
>success. The MAC is not the problem, as the WAN MAC is
>fixed by the router.
>
>Now my questions where I hope somebody can help:
>- Why is DHCP not working via wireless but via LAN DHCP
is
>OK?
>- If manually assigned TCP/IP address as per above
>wireless system is working fine but why is Internet
access
>denied although it works on my desktop or when I use LAN
>connection on my laptop instead of wireless?
>
>Please help with any clue, I am really getting tired
after
>trying so many times without success.
>
>.
>



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