Re: Windows XP won't connect to Internet through router WAN port
- From: "PS" <PS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 19:56:02 -0700
Thanks - I will try those suggestions in the morning - they are exactly what
I needed.
"Steve Winograd [MVP]" wrote:
> In article <DEF1D875-BF9B-467B-BC5C-BBDFDE301CEA@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "PS"
> <PS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >I have a frustrating problem. I just installed a NetGear WGU624 router. Two
> >Windows XP machines (I will call them M1 and M2) are connected to the LAN
> >ports, AllTel DSL is connected to the WAN port. AllTel requires PPPoE, so I
> >configured the router using the user name and password. Both machines have
> >internal 10/100 ports, and are configured for tcp/ip, MS client for networks,
> >MS file sharing, and the QoS packet manager. M1 and M2 see each other on the
> >network and file sharing works fine. M2 can access the internet through the
> >router WAN port with no problem. However the identically configured M1 cannot
> >see the internet.
> >
> >When IE is started it shows the browser searching for proxy settings (normal
> >for AllTel), but then a page not available error message appears. It acts
> >like the user name and password are not getting passed to AllTel from M1, but
> >are getting passed by M2 and/or the router. I have tried every obvious and
> >not so obvious fix, with no success. My questions, is the router responsible
> >for passing the userid and password, or do both the router and the individual
> >machines have to “sign-in”? If M1 has to pass the user info to AllTel, where
> >in XP do I find a place to put the logon info? All I see is logon info for
> >dial-up and not broadband.
> >
> >Is there something else that might be going wrong? I shut down the Windows
> >Firewall and Norton Firewall on the machine before trying to connect. Also,
> >the internet connection was working before the LAN was attached. Plus I have
> >a couple other small LAN’s working fine with the same router / system
> >combinations. Any help would be appreciated.
>
> The router passes the userid and password to AllTel. The computers
> don't -- they get their Internet connection by Ethernet from the
> router, and they don't even know that the router's Internet connection
> uses PPPoE.
>
> M2 shouldn't be searching for proxy settings. In IE, click Tools |
> Internet Options | Connections | LAN Settings and clear all of the
> boxes in that window. Reboot and try Internet access again.
>
> If that doesn't solve the problem, compare the TCP/IP settings on M1
> and M2. Right-click each computer's LAN connection and click Status |
> Support | Details. They should show the same subnet mask, default
> gateway, and DNS servers, and they should have different IP addresses
> in the same subnet.
> --
> Best Wishes,
> Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
>
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> addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.
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