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one adapter connects the other doesn't on XP laptop to SMC router

Hi, I am trying to use a Dell True Mobile 1150 series PCMCIA wifi adapter in my XP-running laptop in place of a USB Linksys 2.4Ghz.

The Linksys works great. Swapping it for the True Mobile I get the message that I am connected, signal strength is Excellent, I have reentered the WEP code and all seems great. Except that I cannot get access to the INternet. All the standard pages I go after "fail".

I have compared the properties of the two adapters when installed and they seem virtually identical. IP Address in the 192.168.2.xx range, gateway is 255.255.255.0

any clues as to what I am missing?

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peter
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The gateway should be set to the router's IP, normally 192.168.1.1 Regards, Martin

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Martin²

snipped-for-privacy@aei.ca (peter) wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@posting.google.com:

You say the card is using a static IP or a DHCP IP of the router. Can you ping any of the sites with the new card at the Command Prompt? If this is IE you're using, did you clear out the Temp Files out of IE that can be holding old pages?

Duane :)

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Duane Arnold

My error. I meant Subnet Mask - for whatever that's worth.

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peter

Hmm, I am not great at this. I think the card is using DHCP IP of the router. I can ping this IP address 192.168.2.4 successfully AND ping the router 198.162.2.1 but when I try to ping a website (ping

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it fails.

when I swap adapters and use the USB adapter, I can ping an outside website successfully.

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peter

snipped-for-privacy@aei.ca (peter) wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@posting.google.com:

You can determine if you have a good connection on a machine by entering IPconfig /all at the Command Prompt and look at the DNS IP(s) the ones indicating that the machine has a valid Internet connection and is communicating with the IPS's DNS (Domain Name Server). You can compare them with the machines that have a good Internet connection as opposed to the wireless NIC you indicate has an IP from the router but no Internet connection.

Duane :)

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Duane Arnold

Thanks. The results of the IPCONFIG instructions look (to me) virtually identical. Except that connection 12 below connects to the INternet and connection 2 (the TrueMobile card) does not.

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : t23 Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : WorkGroup WorkGroup

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 3: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connection Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-D0-59-B5-AF-18

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 12: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : WorkGroup Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Instant Wireless USB Network Adapter ver.2.6 Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0C-41-09-C2-F3 Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.18 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1 DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1 Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : February 7, 2005 7:28:55 PM Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : January 18, 2038 10:14:07 PM

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : WorkGroup Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Dell TrueMobile 1150 Series Wireless LAN Card Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-02-2D-2F-24-B8 Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.4 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1 DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1 Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : February 7, 2005 7:37:50 PM Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : January 18, 2038 10:14:07 PM

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peter

Thanks. The results of the IPCONFIG instructions look (to me) virtually identical. Except that connection 12 below connects to the INternet and connection 2 (the TrueMobile card) does not.

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : t23 Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : WorkGroup WorkGroup

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 3: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connection Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-D0-59-B5-AF-18

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 12: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : WorkGroup Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Instant Wireless USB Network Adapter ver.2.6 Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0C-41-09-C2-F3 Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.18 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1 DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1 Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : February 7, 2005 7:28:55 PM Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : January 18, 2038 10:14:07 PM

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : WorkGroup Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Dell TrueMobile 1150 Series Wireless LAN Card Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-02-2D-2F-24-B8 Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.4 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1 DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1 Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : February 7, 2005 7:37:50 PM Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : January 18, 2038 10:14:07 PM

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peter

snipped-for-privacy@aei.ca (peter) wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@posting.google.com:

Here is a IPconfig /all for a network card on one of my computers

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : duanedesktop1

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown

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

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

DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : insightbb.com

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : insightbb.com

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VIA Rhine II Fast Ethernet Adapter

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-2C-A5-AC-3F

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

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.111.2

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

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.111.1

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.111.1

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 63.240.76.4

204.127.198.4

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, February 07, 2005

6:48:45 PM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, February 08, 2005

6:48:45 PM

You'll notice the DNS Servers IP(s) which are pointing to the ISP's (insightbb.com) servers and are not 192.xxx.xxx.xxx IP(s) Private Side IP (s) of the router. That's a valid connection that I know about.

The IP(s) for your connection are Private Side IP(s) of the router and are not pointing to the ISP's DNS Servers. Without the connection pointing to the ISP's (Domain Name Servers) IP(s), the computer -- /the O/S on the computer will not be able to resolve URL(s) like

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to Microsoft's public (www) IP and the computer cannot make contact with any site, because there is no DNS on the network to use and do an URL to IP look-up to resolve the www IP.

I don't know how you're getting what you're getting. I think you need to look at another machine on your network that has a valid connection with the ISP and look at the IP(s) with IPconfig /all.

Duane :)

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Duane Arnold

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