can't browse internet over wireless network

[kenboyboo]

i am running a wi-fi network at home. i am using an smc 7004awbr router with 3 pc's. the two pc's running win98 are working fine. however, the pc running win-xp cannot browse the internet. the signal strength is fine as is the link quality. the two pc's running win98 are using orinoco wireless cards, while the win-xp box is using the smc 2662w usb client. i can ping the router, but cannot ping www.yahoo.com (for example). this win-xp pc has been working fine for over a year, but this morning i got the lame idea to run the "set-up a network" wizard because i thought i had the wrong workgroup name on the win-xp computer. now i can't browse the internet (which i need to do for work). i was on the phone all day with smc tech support to no avail. any thoughts? thank you very much in advance.

 

[JackMDS]

I doubt that SMC can help you. it is probably a WinXP problem.

Running the Wizard when the system is already configured most of the time will result in additional trouble.

Go over your WinXP settings manually.

 

[kenboyboo]

i apologize for my stupidity, but can you tell me which win-xp settings? and how to go over the win-xp settings manually?

 

[JackMDS]

To gain knowledge read the content of the following links:

Windows XP Home Networking Guide

If you have WinXP pro it is a similar install.

When this is done take care of the User Permission, and Sharing.

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For the propose of the initial setting, disable all software Firewall (including WinXP native
ICF); disable any active Virus scan or any other utility that might intercept Network Traffic.

Windows XP Simple File Sharing

Windows XP Professional File Sharing.

XP File Sharing Trouble

 

[kenboyboo]

is there any way that i can un-setup my network connection and then try to re-connect? the article linked above only deals with ics but i am using a router. thanks.

 

[wyvrn]

Remove NIC driver from device manager, shut down, take out the NIC, boot once more then shut down, reinstall NIC and then setup your network options. I think that would do it.

Originally posted by: kenboyboo
is there any way that i can un-setup my network connection and then try to re-connect? the article linked above only deals with ics but i am using a router. thanks.

 

[kenboyboo]

worked!! thanks so much for everyone's help. i'm so inspired that i will now join forums where i can be of help to others. now on to problem #2: on my 3 pc network, the two win98 machines see and share everything. however, the win-xp machine cannot see or share with the others. the others can see the win-xp pc but cannot "access" it. the win-xp does share the internet connection. any thoughts?

 

[JackMDS]

You have three links in my previous post (two above) concerning this issue.