[lullaby2009]

I have a Wireless Linksys router hooked up to my DSL. I have 2 desktop computers and a laptop im trying to get on the same network. the 2 desktops computers are directly wired to the router and the laptop is wireless. one desktop runs OS Vista and the other is WinXP and the Laptop OS Vista. I can connect 2 of the computers to the network but it will not let me with the third.

I made the network connection with the Vista Desktop. When i connect the other desktop it wont allow the laptop to connect wirelessly and when i connect the laptop wirelessly it wont allow me to connect XP desktop. Theres a connection but says only local connection. There's no accessing the internet.

Can someone please help me, I been rattling my brain trying to google answers to this all day and have found some solutions that havent worked?

[JohnWill]

Are you saying that you can connect each of these individually to the router and the work, but if you connect all of them to the router, they don't work?

On a working one, and a non-working one, please post the following information.


Hold the Windows key and press R, then type CMD to open a command prompt:

In the command prompt window that opens, type type the following command:

Note that there is a space before the /ALL, but there is NOT a space after the / in the following command.

IPCONFIG /ALL

Right click in the command window and choose Select All, then hit Enter to copy the contents to the clipboard.
Paste the results in a message here.

If you are on a machine with no network connection, use a floppy, USB disk, or a CD-RW disk to transfer a text file with the information to allow pasting it here.

[hppycmpr]

Have you logged into your Linksys router (which model do you have?)to make sure that the DHCP is enabled (usually is right out of box), and all your computers network adapters (under network adapter properties look for TC/IP or IPv4 Properties) are set to automatically accept IP addresses from the router?

[lullaby2009]

ya i mean 2 computers can be on the network but the other one wont connect

[lullaby2009]

i got the problem fixed. That DHCP was enabled but only set for 2 users and i needed 3 and just missed it....thx all for the help :P

[hppycmpr]

Cool Beans! Happy surfing Lullaby!

[JohnWill]

There is no good reason to restrict the DHCP pool like this, and it just creates issues as you have already discovered.

If you have WPA/WPA2 encryption with a strong key, you have no worries about intruders, the other security measures are anemic and just make it harder for you to use your own network.