Unable to ping IP addresses behind a wireless network??

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I now have two XP Pro machines, both at Service Pack 2 (firewall turned off)
that can ping every machine on the LAN EXCEPT for machines that are
connected using a wireless link between our office and factory...(via a
wireless AP). The IP's of these machines at the factory are in the same IP
address range as the office machines and have the same subnet etc... I am
having no problems with any of the other XP machines on our LAN except for
these two - and I can't seem to find where the issue lies with them.

One is hard wired to the hub and the other is using a wireless card to
connect to a WAP we have here in the office. However, on that machine, when
you remove the wireless card, and plug it directly into the hub using hard
wired ethernet, it can then see the other machines!!!

Background...

We have an office and a factory - separated by about 1 mile. The machines at
the factory are connected to us using a wireless connection. We have a
wireless radio at the office (IP is 192.168.2.250) and we have a wireless
radio at the factory (IP is 192.168.2.251) - which is then plugged into a
hub to provide access for the PC's at the factory. The two machines I am
referring to above that I am having problems with can both ping the radio
connected to the hub at the office (on the local LAN) - but can not ping
anything (not even the radio) at the factory - 192.168.2.251??

Very confusing indeed... At first I thought it was an issue with the
wireless ethernet card on that users laptop but now that it is also
happeneing to a different hard-wired machine - it must be a setting in the
network connections area....

Does anyone have any ideas what I should be checking???

Thanks,

Brad

 

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"Brad Pears" wrote:

| I now have two XP Pro machines, both at Service Pack 2 (firewall turned off)
| that can ping every machine on the LAN EXCEPT for machines that are
| connected using a wireless link between our office and factory...(via a
| wireless AP). The IP's of these machines at the factory are in the same IP
| address range as the office machines and have the same subnet etc... I am
| having no problems with any of the other XP machines on our LAN except for
| these two - and I can't seem to find where the issue lies with them.
|
| One is hard wired to the hub and the other is using a wireless card to
| connect to a WAP we have here in the office. However, on that machine, when
| you remove the wireless card, and plug it directly into the hub using hard
| wired ethernet, it can then see the other machines!!!
|
| Background...
|
| We have an office and a factory - separated by about 1 mile. The machines at
| the factory are connected to us using a wireless connection. We have a
| wireless radio at the office (IP is 192.168.2.250) and we have a wireless
| radio at the factory (IP is 192.168.2.251) - which is then plugged into a
| hub to provide access for the PC's at the factory. The two machines I am
| referring to above that I am having problems with can both ping the radio
| connected to the hub at the office (on the local LAN) - but can not ping
| anything (not even the radio) at the factory - 192.168.2.251??
|
| Very confusing indeed... At first I thought it was an issue with the
| wireless ethernet card on that users laptop but now that it is also
| happeneing to a different hard-wired machine - it must be a setting in the
| network connections area....
|
| Does anyone have any ideas what I should be checking???
|
| Thanks,
|
| Brad

 

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On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 18:08:24 -0400, "Brad Pears"
<donotreply@notreal.com> wrote:

>I now have two XP Pro machines, both at Service Pack 2 (firewall turned off)
>that can ping every machine on the LAN EXCEPT for machines that are
>connected using a wireless link between our office and factory...(via a
>wireless AP). The IP's of these machines at the factory are in the same IP
>address range as the office machines and have the same subnet etc... I am
>having no problems with any of the other XP machines on our LAN except for
>these two - and I can't seem to find where the issue lies with them.
>
>One is hard wired to the hub and the other is using a wireless card to
>connect to a WAP we have here in the office. However, on that machine, when
>you remove the wireless card, and plug it directly into the hub using hard
>wired ethernet, it can then see the other machines!!!
>
>Background...
>
>We have an office and a factory - separated by about 1 mile. The machines at
>the factory are connected to us using a wireless connection. We have a
>wireless radio at the office (IP is 192.168.2.250) and we have a wireless
>radio at the factory (IP is 192.168.2.251) - which is then plugged into a
>hub to provide access for the PC's at the factory. The two machines I am
>referring to above that I am having problems with can both ping the radio
>connected to the hub at the office (on the local LAN) - but can not ping
>anything (not even the radio) at the factory - 192.168.2.251??
>
>Very confusing indeed... At first I thought it was an issue with the
>wireless ethernet card on that users laptop but now that it is also
>happeneing to a different hard-wired machine - it must be a setting in the
>network connections area....
>
>Does anyone have any ideas what I should be checking???
>
>Thanks,
>
>Brad
>
>

Open a command prompt and type ipconfig /all and post the result.

Do this on a machine that works and on one that doesn't work.

MT

 

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Here is the ipcong/all for the machine that DOES NOT WORK...
Windows IP Configuration



Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : wrightman

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : tnlhdom.local



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : tnlhdom.local

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network
Connection

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-07-E9-54-4C-28

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.23

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.2

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.9

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.15

Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.15

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, July 14, 2005 6:27:36
PM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, July 21, 2005 6:27:36
PM

I cannot ping the gateway (192.168.2.2) - which is located at the factory -
behind a wireless AP.

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Here is the IPCONFIG/ALL for a machine that DOES work...



Windows IP Configuration



Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : FACTORY

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : TNLHDOM.local

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : TNLHDOM.local



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : tnlhdom.local

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 3Com EtherLink XL 10/100 PCI For
Complete PC Management NIC (3C905C-TX)

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-01-03-DD-41-3B

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.36

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.2

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.9

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.15

Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.15

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : July 12, 2005 10:26:09 AM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : July 19, 2005 10:26:09 AM



I don't see any differences really....


Thanks,

Brad



"Michael Thomas" <mtNOSPAMMING@armory.com> wrote in message
news:1kpdd15qqjrmoj1p8chb34mmtcqv2tokq1@4ax.com...
> On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 18:08:24 -0400, "Brad Pears"
> <donotreply@notreal.com> wrote:
>
>>I now have two XP Pro machines, both at Service Pack 2 (firewall turned
>>off)
>>that can ping every machine on the LAN EXCEPT for machines that are
>>connected using a wireless link between our office and factory...(via a
>>wireless AP). The IP's of these machines at the factory are in the same IP
>>address range as the office machines and have the same subnet etc... I am
>>having no problems with any of the other XP machines on our LAN except for
>>these two - and I can't seem to find where the issue lies with them.
>>
>>One is hard wired to the hub and the other is using a wireless card to
>>connect to a WAP we have here in the office. However, on that machine,
>>when
>>you remove the wireless card, and plug it directly into the hub using hard
>>wired ethernet, it can then see the other machines!!!
>>
>>Background...
>>
>>We have an office and a factory - separated by about 1 mile. The machines
>>at
>>the factory are connected to us using a wireless connection. We have a
>>wireless radio at the office (IP is 192.168.2.250) and we have a wireless
>>radio at the factory (IP is 192.168.2.251) - which is then plugged into a
>>hub to provide access for the PC's at the factory. The two machines I am
>>referring to above that I am having problems with can both ping the radio
>>connected to the hub at the office (on the local LAN) - but can not ping
>>anything (not even the radio) at the factory - 192.168.2.251??
>>
>>Very confusing indeed... At first I thought it was an issue with the
>>wireless ethernet card on that users laptop but now that it is also
>>happeneing to a different hard-wired machine - it must be a setting in the
>>network connections area....
>>
>>Does anyone have any ideas what I should be checking???
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Brad
>>
>>
>
> Open a command prompt and type ipconfig /all and post the result.
>
> Do this on a machine that works and on one that doesn't work.
>
> MT

 

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On Fri, 15 Jul 2005 10:02:50 -0400, "Brad Pears"
<donotreply@notreal.com> wrote:

>I don't see any differences really....
>
>
>Thanks,
>
>Brad

I was mainly concerned with the subnet mask, but it seems that the
DHCP service is working fine and it's correct for your network.

I guess I'm no help,

MT

 

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Thanks anyway - this is a wierd one... I did install a differenet NIC in
the desktop machine and got the same results from it - so I guess it's not a
NIC issue...


"Michael Thomas" <mtNOSPAMMING@armory.com> wrote in message
news:ehlfd1p9lh8t7a0ojq45emnjp7ji03ev4d@4ax.com...
> On Fri, 15 Jul 2005 10:02:50 -0400, "Brad Pears"
> <donotreply@notreal.com> wrote:
>
>>I don't see any differences really....
>>
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Brad
>
> I was mainly concerned with the subnet mask, but it seems that the
> DHCP service is working fine and it's correct for your network.
>
> I guess I'm no help,
>
> MT
>
>