Re: Getting WindozeXP Home to Use 802.11b Wireless Connection
From: Ray Williams (rpwillia0_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 07/23/04
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Date: 23 Jul 2004 07:06:53 -0700
I did assign a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 as well as giving the
access point/router an address of 192.168.0.254. The reason I am
using fixed addresses is that I already run DHCP on my Linux box
covering the scope of the default on the belkin box, so I just turned
the belkin box off while I was going through the set-up. I am trying
to use the configuration that she will have down there. One thing I
can try is to turn my DHCP off and see if letting the router assign
IP's fixes the problem.
"Steve Winograd [MVP]" <winograd@pobox.com> wrote in message news:<6q2jf0hjc54k6h8b8ingg117dus2r67ttr@4ax.com>...
> In article <d710eabb.0407171008.18d92caf@posting.google.com>,
> rpwillia0@earthlink.net (Ray Williams) wrote:
> >I am getting a bit frustrated with WindowsXP at this point. I
> >purchased and installed a belkin 802.11b router and a PCI 802.11b
> >wireless in my duaghters computer (she will be taking this back to
> >school and sharing a connection with two other girls in a townhouse
> >where the access point/router will be in another room with the other
> >two girls PC's plugged into the ethernet switch ports and one of the
> >PC's will be running connection sharing on a dial-up computer).
> >
> >After installing the PCI card and the driver, her PC see's the
> >wireless connection. For the test set-up at home here (I am going to
> >use the same set-up for her at school) the PC's have the following
> >fixed addesses.
> >
> >192.168.0.1 Gateway PC running connection sharing (attached to
> >ethernet port on WAP/router)
> >192.168.0.2 My PC running Linux (only one with a decent OS)
> >192.168.0.6 Her PC with the Belkin PCI card
> >192.168.0.254 Belkin WAP/router
> >
> >The Belkin wireless utility states she is connected to the wireless
> >network, but any time I try to ping or run a traceroute to .254, .2,
> >.3 or the internet it fails with "no route to host." I have tried
> >everything (M$ connection wizards and different variations on the
> >route command) to set the default route through Wireless card. Also
> >when trying to use the route command I don't know the interface number
> >(the help file states that as long as the wireless interface has the
> >lowest metric it will get picked anyway) and I don't see anywhere in
> >the docs on how to find it. Using "route PRINT" does not list the
> >wireless card. Using IE or some other program brings up the interface
> >to start the dial up connection. What do you recommend I try?
>
> If you assign a fixed IP address to the wireless card, also assign a
> subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 and a default gateway of 192.168.0.254.
> Is there a reason that you're not using DHCP and letting the router
> assign the IP address?
>
> These routes should appear in the route table. If they don't,
> something's wrong:
>
> default: 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.0.254 192.168.0.6
> subnet: 192.168.0.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.0.6 192.168.0.6
> host: 192.168.0.6 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1
>
> Run "ipconfig /all" and see if the wireless card appears in the
> output. If it doesn't, try un-installing and re-installing the card.
> --
> Best Wishes,
> Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
>
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