Re: Wireless connects but only partially

Greetings Terence and Dave,

I am very grateful for your time. In answer to your questions; when the
client is connected thru Ethernet the system works perfect, I can see all of
the other clients on the network and the internet works fine. The SBS-Server
DHCP is enabled, and disabled on the router. However, and this may be my
problem that Terence has inquired, I have set the same static address on the
client IPv4 as the server. I will change it to automatic and see if this
helps. I am almost certain my problems are with my IP assignments,
particularly my Default Gateways. What would be your suggestions?

IPv4 Settings wireless:
IP – 192.168.16.5
Subnet – 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway - ? (I have used 192.168.16.2 and the router 192.168.1.1)
Preferred DNS – 192.168.16.2
Alternate DNS – 198.66.164.74 (provided by ISP)
WAP Settings:
IP – 192.168.16.5
Sub – 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway - ? (I have used 192.168.16.2 and the router 192.168.1.1)
DNS1 – 192.168.16.DNS2 – 198.66.164.74

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Thank you,

Richard


"Dave Nickason [SBS MVP]" wrote:

You don't need to run any wizards - this should function the same as wired.

When you get the successful login, are you sure you're authenticating to the
SBS rather than with cached credentials? If you enter your password
incorrectly, does that show in the security log on the SBS?

You probably said this earlier, but does that PC function correctly when
connected to the wired LAN? It's domain-joined with /connectcomputer, has
the correct settings for Internet connection in IE, etc?

DHCP should be enabled on your wireless NIC. The entries look OK, but it
should be getting its IP info from the DHCP server on the SBS.

"Rick" <Rick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hello Dave,
Thank you for your patience but I hate to report in spite of following all
suggestions still no connections.

Specifics: Linksys Wireless Broadband WRT54G3G-ST – Set as Gateway,
Firewall
disabled, DHCP disabled with identical settings to WAP. Again, wireless
connection allows me to logon with user password but cannot identify the
domain or access internet. Also, just a reminder I have not run Remote
Access Wizard; currently I do not need to set up true VPN and when I try
all
users on the network lose internet. The firewall on my SOPHOS antivirus
is
disabled. I still appreciate any thoughts you or others may have.

WAP: Linksys USBN300

Windows IP Configuration wireless

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Felicia-PC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : adxxxxxing.local
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : adxxxxxing.local

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection 3:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Linksys Wireless-N USB Network
Adapter WUSB300N
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1E-E5-2C-60-45
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.5(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.2
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.2
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

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Thank you,

Richard


"Dave Nickason [SBS MVP]" wrote:

Your IPv4 address should be in the same subnet as the wired connection,
though, right? For example both might be 192.168.1.x. The first three
octets should match in both addresses.

Can you browse the server? For example, if you go to Start -> Run and
type
in \\<servername> does it bring up an Explorer window showing the shares
on
the server, as it does with a wired PC? I wouldn't worry about ping too
much - it's possible your WAP is blocking ping.

This is what I would do. First, go into the router configuration and set
it
as an access point rather than a router. This is probably documented in
the
instructions for the device. Make sure DHCP is turned off on the router,
and that the wired router connection is using a fixed IP address from the
exclusion range on the SBS (or a DHCP reservation). The access point
shouldn't be getting an IP from DHCP. Make sure that MAC address
filtering
is either disabled, or correctly configured to the exact MAC address of
the
wireless card on the client PC.

Now make sure that the router, and the wireless card on the PC, are
configured exactly the same. Choose WPA personal or WPA2 personal, but
make
sure it's the same on both. Then, if WPA, choose TKIP encryption on
both.
If WPA2, choose AES encryption on both. Very carefully make sure that
the
same key is used on both the router and in the configuration on the
client
PC.

At this point, hopefully everything will be working as expected. If not,
please post back.


"Rick" <Rick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Greetings again Dave,

I followed Mr. Owen Williams configuration details and am still not
connecting. During the initial installation I followed the
instructions
and
setup outlined in Microsoft TechNet document, “Configure Wireless
Networking
on Windows Small Business Server 2003’ explicitly.

Here are some unusual items:
When I connect thru the wireless, I can log on under the user name,
however,
I cannot ping the router or the server. Also, I cannot connect to the
internet, yet my ipconfig is the same as when using Ethernet (except
for
IPv4
address).

Could this be the problem, when setting up my Linksys WAP and router I
set
them to WPA Personal. If it is absolutely necessary to run under Radius
which
of my personal certificates under my console root (SBS-Server, Wireless
Access, etc) would I use and exactly when I expand them what specific
information would I copy to my WAP setup?

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Thank you,

Richard


"Dave Nickason [SBS MVP]" wrote:

Are you connecting to an access point that was in use on your network
before? Do you have other wireless client PCs that are getting the
expected
experience?

The first thing that comes to mind is, do you have the access point
configured as a router instead of just an AP, and if so, is your Vista
PC
getting its IP info from the DHCP server running on the router? Your
client
PC needs to use the DHCP server on the SBS - you can compare an
ipconfig
/all from the new PC to a PC on the wired LAN to see if it's getting
and
IP
in the same subnet, and pointing to the SBS for DNS and DHCP.

Here's a document by SBS MVP Owen Williams that tells the best way to
configure the wireless (I guess I should say in my opinion the best
way).
If you just have the single wireless client and this is more work than
it's
worth, I recommend manually configuring WPA or WPA2 authentication. I
go
to
www.grc.com and use the random password generator to get a
63-character
key,
but in any case I recommend using a key of 30 characters or more.

Configuring Secure Wireless Network Access with Microsoft® Windows®
Small
Business Server 2003
http://home.comcast.net/~clearviewtc/


"Rick" <Rick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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-- I have just installed a wireless network adapter on a new Vista
PC
setting up the user with the WirelessUser Template.

My Vista network sharing center indicates I have access to local and
internet, however, I cannot see any of the other users I usually see
when
I
was hard wired except for myself and I have no access to the
internet.

I’m not certain configuring Remote Access is a prerequisite since I’m
not
really using a VPN; I have stayed away from configuring this feature
because
the hard wired users on the network lose the internet when I run the
wizard.
Any thoughts? I appreciate your time.

Thank you,

Richard



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