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Connecting wirelessly but not wired!

I have a home network with a cable modem connected to a link sys router. I have a desktop running windows xp connected to the router through a cat-5 cable, and two laptops running windows xp connecting wirelessly. The laptops still connect, through my router, to the internet with no difficulty. Suddenly my desktop, however, stopped connecting. My network settings all seem appropriate, my ethernet card is functional, I can use ipconfig/release and ipconfig /renew. I can ping localhost and ping my router. I just can't ping an internet site or get IE, firefox, AIM, etc to connect to the internet on my desktop.

Any ideas? Thanks, howard

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howard
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On 5 Mar 2007 18:45:20 -0800, "howard" wrote in :

  1. Have you tried all the LAN ports on the router?
  2. Have you tried a different CAT5 cable?
  3. Have you tried connecting a laptop with the same cable and no wireless?
  4. Have you turned off all filtering and security on the router?
  5. Have you power cycled the router? Otherwise: Run IPCONFIG /ALL on the desktop, and post the exact output here. It might also be helpful to have the same output from a laptop, both wireless and wired.
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John Navas

I had tried different ports, i've now tried a different cable, and i've tried power cycling the desktop, router, and modem, but with no luck.

IPCONFIG /ALL on the desktop:

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : MainCPU Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : satx.rr.com

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : satx.rr.com Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connecti on Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-13-72-CE-D6-A0 Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.101 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1 DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 24.28.131.113 24.28.131.245 Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, March 05, 2007

10:24:30 PM Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, March 06, 2007 10:24:30 PM

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on the working laptop:

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : MainCPU Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : satx.rr.com

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : satx.rr.com Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connecti on Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-13-72-CE-D6-A0 Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.101 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1 DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 24.28.131.113 24.28.131.245 Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, March 05, 2007

10:24:30 PM Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, March 06, 2007 10:24:30 PM
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howard

sorry, the working laptop is:

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\\Documents and Settings\\Howard>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : howardslap Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : satx.rr.com

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : satx.rr.com Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless

2200BG Network Connection Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-12-F0-7F-88-F7 Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.104 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1 DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 24.93.41.125 24.93.41.126 Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, March 05, 2007 7:54:56 PM Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, March 06, 2007 7:54:56 PM

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Cont roller Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-12-3F-D6-C0-7A

C:\\Documents and Settings\\Howard>

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howard

And can also connect to the router via firefox and from the routers setup page can ping

formatting link
etc, but i just can't seem to connect directly through with anything.

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howard

On 5 Mar 2007 20:31:52 -0800, "howard" wrote in :

It would help if you answered each of my questions in turn -- you skipped over some of the things I asked you to try.

OK, DHCP is working.

Same physical and IP address. Looks like the desktop again, not the laptop!

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John Navas

On 5 Mar 2007 20:34:51 -0800, "howard" wrote in :

Now back to:

The DNS servers are different! Did you reboot the router? Do you have two DHCP servers on your network?

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John Navas

THANK YOU!!!

So at one point I had set the desktop to use a fixed IP address to aid some home networking and had to enter the DNS addresses, and when my desktop stopped working I changed it back to obtain IP address automatically and hadn't seen that I also needed to check back to obtain DNS server address automatically. I guess my server changed and that's why my auto-obtaining wireless computers still worked but my desktop didn't.

You've been a great help! You rule!

-howard

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howard

On 6 Mar 2007 20:14:36 -0800, "howard" wrote in :

You're very welcome. The moral of this story is how important it is to provide detailed data when asking for help.

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John Navas

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