Please help with Linksys problems

2) are you trying to configure it from wired or wireless?

4) what is the specific error message you get when trying to connect to the internal web page?

If your PC is getting a DHCP address, disconnect all other devices from the router and try changing your PC IP to a static IP of 192.168.1.2 and try again.

Which brand is your NIC in the Win98 machine? If it's a Linksys then the problem could be with the Linksys utility software. I've had a lot of trouble with the Linksys utility but when I used the XP wireless utility everything worked fine. My problems were similar to yours. Anyway, I don't know if Win98 comes with wireless utility software though.

Are you trying it wired or wireless? Some only work from wired.

On 11/13/05 01:16 pm JM tossed the following ingredients into the ever-growing pot of cybersoup:

I'm using exactly the same settings. If I understand matters correctly, the DHCP range is the range of IP addresses that the router will allocate -- which *may* (I am not sure) also be the range of IP addresses that can access the WAN through that router. But I have no problem accessing a networked printer whose IP address is fixed at

Don't forget to check the netmask. It should normally be 255.255.255.0.

Perce

They are on the same network ...the range for the class C with a

The built in DHCP server is only using the 100 to 149 range to give out to DHCP clients - allowing you to use the lower numbers for static IP assignments. The default config allows for 50 clients. You could change the DHCP server range from 192.168.1.2 to 192.168.1.254 if you so wished.

when setting static IP addresses using a Linksys router....setup as follows:

IP address 192.168.1.x Subnet 255.255.255.0 Gateway 192.168.1.1 DNS server 192.168.1.1

I would focus on one machine at a time, one interface at a time. Let's focus on the wired laptop....

From the laptop - you can get to the internet but not to linksys router internal web page using http://192.168.1.1 ? That is very very odd. On the laptop - from a command prompt ... what does IPCONFIG /ALL showyou?

You are NOT using any VPN? any work / business settings? any proxy settings, etc? correct?

I tried so many things that my memory may be failing me here, but I think I tried it both ways - from the wireless machine upstairs that had the problem, as well as the laptop downstairs that is connected via a cable.

jm

I'll try that. I'm going back on Monday.

The NIC in the 98 machine is a Linksys, and I am using the Linksys utility. To my knowledge, there is no wireless utility in 98. The odd part is the 98 machine had internet at first. I just became aware of this part; not sure how it might bear on the problem: Everthing seemed fine and I was getting ready to leave. Just before leaving, I ran AVG free. During the scan my client tried to hit internet, but could not. He then left everything alone until AVG completed it scan. The scan turned up 4 viruses, which AVG dealt with. After that I could not get on the internet. It seemed like a hell of a coincidence that I lost internet during the virus scan, but in my experience removing viruses does not cause a problem like this. But for good measure after the virus cleaning I uninstalled and reinstalled the NIC and Linksys utility. Still no internet, although I was getting an IP address and a good wireless signal. Is it possible that the virus took out a critical system file or something that didn't do its damage until the virus was deleted?

Not per se, but the Linksys router is connected to a Direcway satellite internet modem. I've connected to these before with no problems.

I tried both. I think it's odd that the gateway/router address is

From the laptop wired to the router, yes. However, the wireless 98 machine cannot get internet. The 98 machine can, however, ping the router.

Operation timed out while attempting to connect to . . .

jm

Not if the router's web server is broken. Usually, a reboot of the router will fix that; if not, then you've gotta problem.