I use Windows XP on both my desktop and my laptop. I recently installed a DSL broadband internet connection on my desktop and have connected my desktop to the DSL modem via a Linksys Wireless Router. The internet on the desktop works perfectly.
I am having trouble accessing the internet after my laptop logs into the wireless network that I have set up (it shows the signal strength as excellent).
I am able to ping the router but not the internet. I wonder if there are any settings in Windows that I need to switch on to be able to access the internet. I will be grateful for any help on this matter.
There is NO security risk in leaving the IP address, and it's critical to diagnosing issues. Do you really think we'd ask for this information here if it was a security risk? Note that these are private network IP addresses, and are duplicated millions of times around the world behind any broadband router connected to the Internet.
Please don't make the job here any harder than it is by spreading mis-information.
Please supply the following info, exact make and models of the equipment please.
Make/model of the broadband modem.
Make/model of the router.
If wireless, encryption used, (WEP, WPA, WPA2, etc.)
Make/model of your computer (motherboard if home-built).
Version and patch level of Windows on all affected machines, i.e. XP-Home (or XP-Pro), SP2, Vista, etc.
Also, please give an exact description of your problem symptoms, including the exact text of any error messages.
I'd also like to see the IPCONFIG /ALL for the laptop in question, since it's the one with the issue. I assume that the desktop is connected to the same router?
when i ping 216.109.112.135, it returns with the message four times, "request timed out". when i ping yahoo.com, it says, "ping request could not find host yahoo.com".
i have norton security on the laptop and I just turned it completely off. i had earlier already turned the firewall off. but the result is the same. request timed out in ping and the internet doesn't work yet.
Well, sometimes NIS doesn't stop screwing things up until you uninstall it. You can try to configure it's trusted zone for your local subnet. That would be 192.168.1.1 through 192.168.1.255.
ok i figured out what needed to be done, thanks to the internet service provider tech guys who finally showed up.
Windows XP editions that have Service Pack 2 installed are particularly secure and unknowingly block, for some reason, wireless internet access. Its something like what NIS or NAV do. A patch needs to be downloaded and installed.
Asking the internet connection to detect setting automatically is not a great idea, and its best to put in all the server settings manually.
As far as I can tell, this is what they did and I am now typing this 2 walls away from the router which is about 10 metres away on an excellent connection
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Actually, having automatic detection for IP settings is done in a vast majority of cases. The reasons are simple, it works, and it's easier to get running. I have no idea who told you it wasn't a good idea, but they don't know what they're talking about.
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