Re: WMCE Wireless Communication Setup Problem

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I'm not a network wiz (obviously, hence my posts here!)... but my network
wouldn't operate with the wireless router DHCP enabled and the clients set up
with dynamic IP addreses. Someone told me the reason is the Sat modem is
also serving as a DHCP router, and so both devices are providing conflicting
private addresses.

I've solved my WMCE communication problem. Basically, I:

- disconnected each electrical device from power (including the wireless
router and the Sat modem),
- reset their two reset buttons, disabled the WRT DHCP,
- reset each client to their consecutive static IP addresses,
- using the WRT as the default gateway (192.168.1.1),
- reran the Network Wizard on the two XP machines (and set up the 2000
machine manually),
- assured network functioning via both pinging, web access, and file
transfers.

Then, I re-ran the WMCE setup disk. The first time the MCE tried to
communicate with the WMCE it reported it couldn't find the IP address, and
gave me the opportunity to assign the WMCE a static IP. When I gave it a
valid IP, the WMCE was recognized and the registration completed fine.

The WMCE is displaying our family photo slide show as I type this.

Whew!

Thanks for your ideas and help,

Cal

"JW" wrote:

> Your wireless router should be getting its public IP address from your modem
> and then you should set it up as a DHCP server so that it can give private
> IP addresses to your MCE system and to your extender. If you have given both
> your MCE system and your Extender private addresses can you ping the
> extender from the MCE system.
> My Linksys wireless router is set up using PPOE to my DSL modem which gets
> its public IP address from the DSL service and then the wireless router is
> the DHCP server for my wired and wireless connections. I believe your router
> have its connection type set up as Automatic -DHCP since it gets its adresse
> from your Satellite modem.
>
> "calpalmer" <calpalmer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:6DAB93DB-955C-4069-ADD2-BBF45A9017DC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Thank you , Doug. I had opened the first two ports previously as
> > instructed
> > by the WMCE setup program. I opend the other two, it still didn't work.
> >
> > I'm wondering if I need to go back and retool our LAN so that it works
> > properly with dynamic IP addresses. For some reason it hasn't since we
> > installed the Sat internet connection, something about the modem serving
> > as a
> > DHCP router conflicting with the LinkSys WRT54GX downstream.
> >
> > If you any other ideas for this WMCE setup I'm sure willing to try them.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Cal
> >
> > "Doug Knox MS-MVP" wrote:
> >
> >> If you're using a firewall, you need to open ports 3390 and 3776. Port
> >> 3390 is TCP/IP and 3776 is UDP.
> >>
> >> The following KB article also specifies port 5555 and 7777, but doesn't
> >> specify whether they're TCP/IP or UDP. I can't find any exceptions for
> >> these ports on my system, but they may not be used by port, they may be
> >> allowed by application.
> >>
> >> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=883352
> >>
> >> --
> >> Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart
> >> Display\Security
> >> Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes
> >> http://www.dougknox.com
> >> --------------------------------
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> >> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm
> >> --------------------------------
> >> Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit.
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> >>
> >> "calpalmer" <calpalmer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:FBB7110A-D199-493A-BBAC-99199FAA58D0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> >I am setting up a new WMCE54AG to communicate to the MCE computer via a
> >> > WRT54G wireless router, and get the setup program completed.
> >> >
> >> > [For background, the WRT is DHCP disabled as it is connected to a
> >> > Satellite
> >> > modem that is serving as the DHCP router; for some reason our LAN will
> >> > operate only with static IP addresses].
> >> >
> >> > The WMCE indicates it is connected to the wireless network with an
> >> > excellent
> >> > signal. The setup program proceeds normally until it needs to
> >> > communicate
> >> > with the WMCE, then reports it found the WMCE but the WMCE did not
> >> > receive a
> >> > DHCP response. It gives me the option to assign a static IP address,
> >> > which I
> >> > have done and the WMCE indicates the assignment on the TV. However,
> >> > the
> >> > setup program still reports an error in communicating wtih the WMCE.
> >> >
> >> > Any ideas you have would sure be welcomed. Thanks in advance,
> >> >
> >> > Cal
> >>
>
>
>
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