Can someone interpret these symptoms?

[algae]

Hi all,
My setup is as follows: I have three pcs, one desktop (Win XP Pro) connected directly to wireless router (Linksys WRT54G), one desktop (Win XP Pro) connected to network via Linksys Wireless "B" USB adapter, and a notebook (Win 2000 Pro) connected to network via Linksys "G" PC card.
I am having a heck of a time with my network all of sudden. Basically I have managed to get my USB "B" Adapter running and it reports a good signal, yet I can't connect to the net. When I run ipconfig from that pc I am getting the following:

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]

(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

Ethernet adapter Network Bridge (Network Bridge) 3:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.142.204

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::80:adff:fe97:efb%4

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 9:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.135.39

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::20c:41ff:fe57:8baf%5

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Tunnel adapter Automatic Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::5efe:169.254.135.39%2

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Tunnel adapter Automatic Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::5efe:169.254.142.204%2

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :


Unfortunately I'm not sure how to use this info to troubleshoot the problem.

Gary

 

[skyking]

those are the default IP addresses that windows "runs home to" when it cannot get an address from the dhcp server. Try repairing the connection, and after that does not work, power cycle that router. I have recently read of reliability problems with the wrt54G wireless connection.

 

[algae]

Thanks for replying skyking. Tried both...didn't work.

I'm stumped.

Gary

 

[CJP]

Have you changed your ssid on the router from the default "Linksys" to something else. I recently had the problem where one of my neighbours set up a router with the "Linksys" default ssid and it was conflicting. Half the time it would register a connection on my Ipaq but I couldn't use the network - it was because it was my neighbours network network I was connected to.

 

[algae]

Yes it's been changed since I first installed it about 8 months ago.

G.

 

[algae]

I'm a moron. All it needed was a Network Authentication Key.
Thanks for the replies all.
Gary