G
Guest
Guest
Archived from groups: alt.internet.wireless (More info?)
Hi all. I hope someone can help me. I've been struggling for days with this:
For months I've had the following set up with everything working fine:
1. A Belkin 802.11b wireless router connected to my cable modem
2. A Win2k PC wirelessly connected to the router using a Belkin 802.11b/54g
card
3. A WinXP laptop wireless connected to the router using built in 802.11b/g
wireless
4. A Win2k laptop connected using a Netgear PCMCIA wireless card
So the wireless router was sharing my broadband internet connection between
the computers.
On Wednesday I came home from work and the PC which had been on all day had
lost connection to the internet. I booted up the xp laptop and found that
too could not communicate with the router any more. Since then I've made 3
calls to Belkin support who have been very helpful but unfortunately haven't
managed to resolve the issues, which are:
1. Any computer works fine (can connect to the internet) when I connect a
cable from the router to the computer.
2. The Win2k laptop can connect wirelessly using the pcmcia card.
3. The Win2k PC and WinXP laptop cannot connect wirelessly
4. If I remove the pcmcia card from the Win2k laptop and put it in the WinXP
latop, I can then connect.
Wirelessly, I get an excellent signal. The router's DHCP service in enabled
and the wireless clients do receive an IP address, but the Win2k PC and
WinXP laptop can't see the router or internet. Here's an example from the
Win2k PC:
D:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>ipconfig
Windows 2000 IP Configuration
Ethernet adapter Wireless Network:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : WorkGroup
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.36
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
D:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>ping 192.168.2.1
Pinging 192.168.2.1 with 32 bytes of data:
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Ping statistics for 192.168.2.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms
D:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>ping 192.168.2.36
Pinging 192.168.2.36 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.2.36: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.2.36: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.2.36: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.2.36: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128
Ping statistics for 192.168.2.36:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms
D:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>route print
===========================================================================
Interface List
0x1 ........................... MS TCP Loopback interface
0x4000003 ...00 30 bd 9b 2a e0 ...... Belkin Wireless 54Mbps Desktop Adapter
===========================================================================
===========================================================================
Active Routes:
Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.2.1 192.168.2.36 1
127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1
192.168.2.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.2.36 192.168.2.36 1
192.168.2.36 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1
192.168.2.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.2.36 192.168.2.36 1
224.0.0.0 224.0.0.0 192.168.2.36 192.168.2.36 1
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.2.36 192.168.2.36 1
Default Gateway: 192.168.2.1
===========================================================================
Persistent Routes:
None
I've tried changing the wireless channel, SSID, re-installing the device
drivers for the network cards, upgrading firmware for the router,
un-installing Norton Personal Firewall from all machines, setting the router
to default settings (no security), but it doesn't help. Has anyone come
across something like this before? I just can't see how 2 computers both
stop working at the same time. I would blame the router but pcmcia wireless
card works fine! I also can't understand how the wireless card scan be
assigned an IP address and default gateway, and yet cannot ping the default
gateway!
Thanks for your help,
Paul.
Hi all. I hope someone can help me. I've been struggling for days with this:
For months I've had the following set up with everything working fine:
1. A Belkin 802.11b wireless router connected to my cable modem
2. A Win2k PC wirelessly connected to the router using a Belkin 802.11b/54g
card
3. A WinXP laptop wireless connected to the router using built in 802.11b/g
wireless
4. A Win2k laptop connected using a Netgear PCMCIA wireless card
So the wireless router was sharing my broadband internet connection between
the computers.
On Wednesday I came home from work and the PC which had been on all day had
lost connection to the internet. I booted up the xp laptop and found that
too could not communicate with the router any more. Since then I've made 3
calls to Belkin support who have been very helpful but unfortunately haven't
managed to resolve the issues, which are:
1. Any computer works fine (can connect to the internet) when I connect a
cable from the router to the computer.
2. The Win2k laptop can connect wirelessly using the pcmcia card.
3. The Win2k PC and WinXP laptop cannot connect wirelessly
4. If I remove the pcmcia card from the Win2k laptop and put it in the WinXP
latop, I can then connect.
Wirelessly, I get an excellent signal. The router's DHCP service in enabled
and the wireless clients do receive an IP address, but the Win2k PC and
WinXP laptop can't see the router or internet. Here's an example from the
Win2k PC:
D:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>ipconfig
Windows 2000 IP Configuration
Ethernet adapter Wireless Network:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : WorkGroup
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.36
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
D:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>ping 192.168.2.1
Pinging 192.168.2.1 with 32 bytes of data:
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Ping statistics for 192.168.2.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms
D:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>ping 192.168.2.36
Pinging 192.168.2.36 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.2.36: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.2.36: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.2.36: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.2.36: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=128
Ping statistics for 192.168.2.36:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms
D:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>route print
===========================================================================
Interface List
0x1 ........................... MS TCP Loopback interface
0x4000003 ...00 30 bd 9b 2a e0 ...... Belkin Wireless 54Mbps Desktop Adapter
===========================================================================
===========================================================================
Active Routes:
Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.2.1 192.168.2.36 1
127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1
192.168.2.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.2.36 192.168.2.36 1
192.168.2.36 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1
192.168.2.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.2.36 192.168.2.36 1
224.0.0.0 224.0.0.0 192.168.2.36 192.168.2.36 1
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.2.36 192.168.2.36 1
Default Gateway: 192.168.2.1
===========================================================================
Persistent Routes:
None
I've tried changing the wireless channel, SSID, re-installing the device
drivers for the network cards, upgrading firmware for the router,
un-installing Norton Personal Firewall from all machines, setting the router
to default settings (no security), but it doesn't help. Has anyone come
across something like this before? I just can't see how 2 computers both
stop working at the same time. I would blame the router but pcmcia wireless
card works fine! I also can't understand how the wireless card scan be
assigned an IP address and default gateway, and yet cannot ping the default
gateway!
Thanks for your help,
Paul.