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Andy

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Aug 6, 2004, 4:25:32 PM8/6/04
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I have a wireless router, but I am connected to it with an
ethernet cable. I cannot get past the router on this PC
(win XP Pro).

However, I have another PC running Win 2000, and it
connects to the router, and through to the Internet,
without a problem.

I have been following lots of troubleshooting guides from
Microsoft, but I have progressed no further.

Any ideas?

Cheers,

Andy

Steve Winograd [MVP]

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Aug 6, 2004, 9:26:38 PM8/6/04
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In article <196f01c47bf3$858100f0$a401...@phx.gbl>, "Andy"

On both computers, open a command prompt window and type:

ipconfig /all

Then, compare the information that they show for their local area
network connections. They should show IP addresses in the same subnet
(e.g. 192.168.1.100 and 192.168.1.101), the same default gateway, and
the same DNS server(s).

Can the computers ping each other?
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Andy

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Aug 7, 2004, 5:23:44 AM8/7/04
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Both PCs can ping each other, and this is the result of
the ipconfig /all command.

Windows XP can't see the router ... Windows 2000 can:

WINDOWS XP
==========
C:\>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : CLARKE01
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek
RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-E0-4D-07-CF-
B8
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 4.2.2.2
4.2.2.1

C:\>

WINDOWS 2000
============
C:\>ipconfig /all

Windows 2000 IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : CLARKE02
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Wireless LAN Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Sitecom
Wireless Network PCI-Card 100M
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0C-F6-00-D8-
3A
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.3
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 158.152.1.58
158.152.1.43

C:\>

Does this help?

Andy

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Aug 7, 2004, 7:22:05 AM8/7/04
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Steve,

I saw your reply to another thread, and I have now
uninstalled Macafee Firewall - I had previously only
disabled it.

This has done the trick ... I can't believe that it's
taken me weeks of testing and checking for the solution to
be so simple.

Thanks for your help.

Cheers,

Andy

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