Re: Wireless connects but only partially

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Hello Richard,

Thank you for your update. I'm sorry for the delay response due to the
weekend.

Now, I want to confirm that you network topology likes following:

{Internet}=={Linksys broadband wireless router WRT54G3G-ST}=={SBS 2003
standard}=={switch}=={cable clients}

The Linksys 300 wireless adapter is the USB adapter you plug to the
wireless client, am I right? If that is the case, you connect the USB
adapter to the Linksys broadband wireless router WRT54G3G-ST.

So, this is the root cause. As SBS client, to access any SBS resource, we
need connect the client to SBS LAN, to access SBS thru the internal NIC of
SBS, like the cable clients. Now, your wireless client connect to the
Linksys broadband wireless router WRT54G3G-ST, this is external network.
Therefore, you unable to access SBS thru the external NIC of SBS, and
unable to get IP address from the SBS (from the ipconfig, we know the
wireless client does not get any IP address).

If you want to use the wireless client to connect the SBS network, you need
a wireless access point to connect to SBS Internal network, likes the
following:

{Internet}=={Linksys broadband wireless router WRT54G3G-ST}=={SBS 2003
standard}=={switch}=={wireless access point}~~~~{wireless client}

Note: Please disable wireless function on your Linksys broadband wireless
router WRT54G3G-ST. Otherwise, the wireless client may connect to it by
mistake.

I hope these will give you some help.

Thanks and have a nice day!

Best regards,

Terence Liu (MSFT)

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Greetings Terence,

Thank you for your advice, I changed the setting on the Internet Protocal
Version 4 to obtain IP automatically but still have my WAC set at
192.168.16.5 a value excluded from the DHCP scope provided by SBS.

The system is composed of a Dell Poweredge 1900 server with 2 NIC running
SBS standard 2003, four hardwired Vista workstations, one wireless. Iâ??m
accessing the internet thru a Linksys broadband wireless router
WRT54G3G-ST
and a Linksys 300 wireless adapter. After a great deal of effort the
system
works impeccably with the exception of the wireless.

I followed Daveâ??s advice and configured again my wireless following Owen
Williams document which was slightly different from Microsoftâ??s TechNet
instructions. Still, no luck. I know there is a solution.

My servers IPconfig is:
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : SBS-SERVER
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : adxxxxxing.local
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : adxxxxxing.local
Ethernet adapter Network Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom BCM5708C NetXtreme II GigE
(NDIS VBD Client)
hysical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1C-23-CA-D3-18
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . :No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.71
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.2
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
Ethernet adapter Server Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 PT Dual Port Server
Adapter #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-15-17-51-31-B7
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.2
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.16.2

And here is my wireless IPConfig:
indows IP Configuration

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:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Linksys Wireless-N USB Network
Adapter WUSB300N
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1E-E5-2C-60-45
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.169.141(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

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Thank you,

Richard


"Terence Liu [MSFT]" wrote:

Hello Richard,

Thank you for your update. Also thanks Dave for the good input.

I agree with Dave, we need to set the client get IP address from SBS,
but
not set fix IP for the wireless NIC.

Additional, I want to say that:

1. Please let us know your network topology: 1 NIC or 2 on SBS? Your
wireless access point is your broadband router or not?

2. Please post the whole outcome of command "ipconfig /all" from SBS and
the wireless client. We do not know which NIC IP configuration you refer
to
in your description.

I appreciate your time and look forward to hearing from you.

Thanks and have a nice day!

Best regards,

Terence Liu (MSFT)

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

--
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


.

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