Help!

[rfwinters77]

Hiya, not real active on this forum, but other forums I've posted my woes
on haven't been much help.

I recently got a wireless router w/a built in 4 port switch (router is
a Compaq iPAQ Connection Point CP-2W).

I have cable broadband and the computer I'm on right now (a Win98SE box)
is connected to the router via eithernet and it's working fine.

I have a WinXP Pro system downstairs with a Linksys wireless card in
it and that's where I'm having problems.

It can see and connect to the router and shows speed and signal strength
at 100%, but whenever I open internet explorer, it tells me I have no
connection to the internet.

Below is text that I've copied and pasted from the other boards I
posted on about this problem:

Ok, so I finally got my wifi router up and running and the PC I'm on right now is connected to
it via ethernet and is obviously working fine (hence my ability to post this).

However, my PC downstairs which is connected via 802.11b networking can't get online.
It connects to the router. The connection is 100% and all that, but when I open internet
explorer I get a "not connected to the internet" error.

I have the SSID's set up to match and I used the "get IP address automatically" and
"get dns server automatically", but I can't get online. Anyone have any suggestions?

Please help, and thanks for your time.

For everyone's information, I ran ipconfig /all on the PC that can't get online and
here's what it turned up (though some stuff is left out):

Windows IP Configuration
Primary DNS Suffix: (it's just blank)
Node Type: Unknown
IP Routing Enabled: No
WINS Proxy Enabled: No

Ethernet Adapter Wireless Network Connection
Connection-specific DNS suffix: (it's blank here also)
Dhcp enabled: Yes
Autoconfiguration enabled: Yes
Default Gateway: (also blank)

Don't know if any of that helps. It sure ain't helping me

One reply I got was to open a command box and type:

ipconfig /release

and then:

ipconfig /renew

The /release went fine, but when I did the /renew, I got an error stating
something along the lines of: can't connect to dhcp server....timed out.

If anyone can help solve this, I would be most appreciative.

If you need anymore info, let me know.

 

[JackMDS]

oops!!

 

[JackMDS]

I can tell you what I would do to resolve such an issue.

I will take the remote computer bring it to the Router?s room and see if it works in close proximity.

If it does, it means you have Wireless Distance Problem.

Link to: Extending the Distance of Entry Level Wireless Network.

If it does not work from close by, I would check carefully the Wireless Settings.

Settings look OK and it does not work?

I would plug a regular NIC (if you do not have one get one they are free after rebate, or $5 without rebate) to the computer, connect the computer with a CAT5 to the Router, and make sure that I can get functional Internet and Network.

Once I am sure that I have a computer with functional Network I would go back to the Wireless Issue.

Wireless basic Configuration:

MS Zero Configuration was not devised for Entry Level consumers Hardware, it has to be set Off.

Put the computer with the Wireless Client close to the Wireless Router,

Disable all software Firewalls (including Windows ICF).

Make sure that the drivers are set to infrastructure mode and obtain IP auto.*

Make sure that the Router does not have any MAC or IP filtering on.

Router's DHCP On.*

Disable WEP on both devices.

Set the SSID and channel of the Router and the Client card to be is same name.

Link to: Wireless Network Troubleshooting,

*Note Static IP will work too if set correctly.

 

[rfwinters77]

I went ahead and returned to router to it's default setting (no wep/no MAC filtering, etc)
and reinstalled the wifi card on the XP machine.

After doing that, it connected and I was able to get online just fine.

Guess now, I just have to go one step at a time to add the security features to it.

Thanks for your quick reply though.

 

[StraightPipe]

Jack is the man!

dont forget to rate him : )

 

[rfwinters77]

Rate him?

Like I said, I'm not too knowledgable about this boards.