Connected, but no internet

ok- I am soo frustrated with this wireless crap! I honestly am not impressed
soo far. I am seriously thinking about switching back to a hard line..

Basically, I have a D-Link GWL-520 card connecting to a Linksys Router on XP
Home. It's installed fine- and I have all security turned off/disabled both
on the router admin AND the PC's connection configuration. Basically, using
D-Links control panel, I go it, and it finds my SSID network. Says it's
connected, Signal strength is Very Good. Cool. I hit up internet, and
nothing. Page cannot be found. Nothing can be pinged. There's no internet.
So I triple check the connection, reconnect it, change the channels both on
the PC end AND the Router admin- triple check all security is turned off on
both ends- and still NOTHING. I've rebooted, reset the router, everything
and I still get nothing. I don't understand why it's finding my SSID and
connecting to the network, yet, isn't connecting to anything. Can someone
help me? I am really stressing over this since this is the 5th day in a row
my employee has not been able to work. Any ideas?
Thanks
D

"D" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:AKHBd.32010$F25.3846@okepread07...
> ok- I am soo frustrated with this wireless crap! I honestly am not
> impressed soo far. I am seriously thinking about switching back to a hard
> line..
>
> Basically, I have a D-Link GWL-520 card connecting to a Linksys Router on
> XP Home. It's installed fine- and I have all security turned off/disabled
> both on the router admin AND the PC's connection configuration.
> Basically, using D-Links control panel, I go it, and it finds my SSID
> network. Says it's connected, Signal strength is Very Good. Cool. I hit up
> internet, and nothing. Page cannot be found. Nothing can be pinged.
> There's no internet. So I triple check the connection, reconnect it,
> change the channels both on the PC end AND the Router admin- triple check
> all security is turned off on both ends- and still NOTHING. I've rebooted,
> reset the router, everything and I still get nothing. I don't understand
> why it's finding my SSID and connecting to the network, yet, isn't
> connecting to anything. Can someone help me? I am really stressing over
> this since this is the 5th day in a row my employee has not been able to
> work. Any ideas?
> Thanks

Two things, one how is your internet settings set for lan? And secondly when
you do ipconfig /all at a command prompt what information do you get?

Could be just internet settings, or could be dns.

Daniel

On Sat, 1 Jan 2005 18:07:15 -0700, "D" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>ok- I am soo frustrated with this wireless crap! I honestly am not impressed
>soo far. I am seriously thinking about switching back to a hard line..
>
>Basically, I have a D-Link GWL-520 card connecting to a Linksys Router on XP
>Home. It's installed fine- and I have all security turned off/disabled both
>on the router admin AND the PC's connection configuration. Basically, using
>D-Links control panel, I go it, and it finds my SSID network. Says it's
>connected, Signal strength is Very Good. Cool. I hit up internet, and
>nothing. Page cannot be found. Nothing can be pinged. There's no internet.
>So I triple check the connection, reconnect it, change the channels both on
>the PC end AND the Router admin- triple check all security is turned off on
>both ends- and still NOTHING. I've rebooted, reset the router, everything
>and I still get nothing. I don't understand why it's finding my SSID and
>connecting to the network, yet, isn't connecting to anything. Can someone
>help me? I am really stressing over this since this is the 5th day in a row
>my employee has not been able to work. Any ideas?
>Thanks
>D
>


I would turn off the computer, router, and cable modem.

Turn on the cable modem and allow it to come up full.

Next, turn on the router.

Finally, turn on your computer.

Any luck???

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Yup- seems to be working now. I've let it sit idle for over an hour now- and
it's still connected. I'll post back if it starts in it again. Thanks again
guys!!!
D


"Curtis Newton" <cnewton.remove-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Sat, 1 Jan 2005 18:07:15 -0700, "D" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>ok- I am soo frustrated with this wireless crap! I honestly am not
>>impressed
>>soo far. I am seriously thinking about switching back to a hard line..
>>
>>Basically, I have a D-Link GWL-520 card connecting to a Linksys Router on
>>XP
>>Home. It's installed fine- and I have all security turned off/disabled
>>both
>>on the router admin AND the PC's connection configuration. Basically,
>>using
>>D-Links control panel, I go it, and it finds my SSID network. Says it's
>>connected, Signal strength is Very Good. Cool. I hit up internet, and
>>nothing. Page cannot be found. Nothing can be pinged. There's no internet.
>>So I triple check the connection, reconnect it, change the channels both
>>on
>>the PC end AND the Router admin- triple check all security is turned off
>>on
>>both ends- and still NOTHING. I've rebooted, reset the router, everything
>>and I still get nothing. I don't understand why it's finding my SSID and
>>connecting to the network, yet, isn't connecting to anything. Can someone
>>help me? I am really stressing over this since this is the 5th day in a
>>row
>>my employee has not been able to work. Any ideas?
>>Thanks
>>D
>>
>
>
> I would turn off the computer, router, and cable modem.
>
> Turn on the cable modem and allow it to come up full.
>
> Next, turn on the router.
>
> Finally, turn on your computer.
>
> Any luck???
>
> -
> --
> cnewton.remove-(E-Mail Removed)
> Anti-Spam filter in place--
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D wrote:
> ok- I am soo frustrated with this wireless crap! I honestly am not
> impressed soo far. I am seriously thinking about switching back to a
> hard line..
> Basically, I have a D-Link GWL-520 card connecting to a Linksys
> Router on XP Home. It's installed fine- and I have all security
> turned off/disabled both on the router admin AND the PC's connection
> configuration. Basically, using D-Links control panel, I go it, and
> it finds my SSID network. Says it's connected, Signal strength is
> Very Good. Cool. I hit up internet, and nothing. Page cannot be
> found. Nothing can be pinged. There's no internet. So I triple check
> the connection, reconnect it, change the channels both on the PC end
> AND the Router admin- triple check all security is turned off on both
> ends- and still NOTHING. I've rebooted, reset the router, everything
> and I still get nothing. I don't understand why it's finding my SSID
> and connecting to the network, yet, isn't connecting to anything. Can
> someone help me? I am really stressing over this since this is the
> 5th day in a row my employee has not been able to work. Any ideas? Thanks
> D

Depends on what type of internet connection you have. (your post doesn't
specify).

While I have a linksys wap/router, xp home on the 3 laptops, and a PDA, when
at work (Northern Idaho) I had a shared DSL and/or Cable connection, that
went direct to the wap/router, but now am south for the winter (Las Vegas..
Woo Hoo! New Years eve was a blast!) and use dial-up/cellphone/WiFi/and
sattelite in my winter apartment (all of which run on nodes on the network
and require ICS to share the connection.(I have a free Hotspot here, ssid
PPinLV on Boulder hiway across from Samstown).

Point being that all sorts of people connect to my wap/router with various
types of cards/built-ins etc. A Hotspot basically doen't care what connects,
the biggie is whether the internet connection goes direct to the wap/router
or is something else that runs on one of the network nodes (and is shared).

On vacation/off for the next few months, and don't have a whole lot to do.
Feel free to ask q's.

Well, it's been idle (the other PC) for a few hours now, and it's still
connected. So, rebooting the router seemed to work thus far.

To answer your questions- I have a direct cable connection to my cable
modem, then to the wireless router, then to the PC. Nothing fancy other than
that. Any reason as to why it was either not giving me internet even tho it
was connected to the SSID, or, would disconnect if the PC sat idle for a
little while?
Thanks
D



"Peter Pan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>D wrote:
>> ok- I am soo frustrated with this wireless crap! I honestly am not
>> impressed soo far. I am seriously thinking about switching back to a
>> hard line..
>> Basically, I have a D-Link GWL-520 card connecting to a Linksys
>> Router on XP Home. It's installed fine- and I have all security
>> turned off/disabled both on the router admin AND the PC's connection
>> configuration. Basically, using D-Links control panel, I go it, and
>> it finds my SSID network. Says it's connected, Signal strength is
>> Very Good. Cool. I hit up internet, and nothing. Page cannot be
>> found. Nothing can be pinged. There's no internet. So I triple check
>> the connection, reconnect it, change the channels both on the PC end
>> AND the Router admin- triple check all security is turned off on both
>> ends- and still NOTHING. I've rebooted, reset the router, everything
>> and I still get nothing. I don't understand why it's finding my SSID
>> and connecting to the network, yet, isn't connecting to anything. Can
>> someone help me? I am really stressing over this since this is the
>> 5th day in a row my employee has not been able to work. Any ideas? Thanks
>> D
>
> Depends on what type of internet connection you have. (your post doesn't
> specify).
>
> While I have a linksys wap/router, xp home on the 3 laptops, and a PDA,
> when at work (Northern Idaho) I had a shared DSL and/or Cable connection,
> that went direct to the wap/router, but now am south for the winter (Las
> Vegas.. Woo Hoo! New Years eve was a blast!) and use
> dial-up/cellphone/WiFi/and sattelite in my winter apartment (all of which
> run on nodes on the network and require ICS to share the connection.(I
> have a free Hotspot here, ssid PPinLV on Boulder hiway across from
> Samstown).
>
> Point being that all sorts of people connect to my wap/router with various
> types of cards/built-ins etc. A Hotspot basically doen't care what
> connects, the biggie is whether the internet connection goes direct to the
> wap/router or is something else that runs on one of the network nodes (and
> is shared).
>
> On vacation/off for the next few months, and don't have a whole lot to do.
> Feel free to ask q's.
>

Not sure what you have at the pc end. I used to have probs with the router
and had to do the power off/back on thing, and now I get that (disco's etc)
on my laptops (with sp2), when they sit for awhile.. But interstingly enuf,
even though a program like explorer or search doesn't see the device on the
network, If I copy a link (c drive on another machine) to the desktop, or
use a printer on another machine (that doesn't show), they work just fine
and I can see whats on the machines using the link, that don't show in
regular windows progs.
Since it still works, but doesn't show, only happens with sp2, and two
different programs (both search and explorer (explorer.exe in the windows
directory, not used anymore cus people confuse it with Windows Explorer)
show it as not there, but in fact it is when I try and use them in other
ways. It does disappear after a while of being on, but immediately shows
again when I reboot. The other thing is I use a PDA (iPAQ built in wireless)
and it see the machines on the router, even if the search/explorer progs
don't show em.

Sort of goes back to what I learned many years ago (on mainframes).. Don't
justify, don't assume, turn the power off on absolutely everything. (yes, I
used to power off mainframes too). Solves about 90% of the problems. Think
about it.. If there is a power failure, absolutely everything should restart
correctly. If it doesn't restart correctly, you have a way different
problem.


D wrote:
> Well, it's been idle (the other PC) for a few hours now, and it's
> still connected. So, rebooting the router seemed to work thus far.
>
> To answer your questions- I have a direct cable connection to my cable
> modem, then to the wireless router, then to the PC. Nothing fancy
> other than that. Any reason as to why it was either not giving me
> internet even tho it was connected to the SSID, or, would disconnect
> if the PC sat idle for a little while?
> Thanks
> D
>
>
>
> "Peter Pan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> D wrote:
>>> ok- I am soo frustrated with this wireless crap! I honestly am not
>>> impressed soo far. I am seriously thinking about switching back to a
>>> hard line..
>>> Basically, I have a D-Link GWL-520 card connecting to a Linksys
>>> Router on XP Home. It's installed fine- and I have all security
>>> turned off/disabled both on the router admin AND the PC's connection
>>> configuration. Basically, using D-Links control panel, I go it, and
>>> it finds my SSID network. Says it's connected, Signal strength is
>>> Very Good. Cool. I hit up internet, and nothing. Page cannot be
>>> found. Nothing can be pinged. There's no internet. So I triple check
>>> the connection, reconnect it, change the channels both on the PC end
>>> AND the Router admin- triple check all security is turned off on
>>> both ends- and still NOTHING. I've rebooted, reset the router,
>>> everything and I still get nothing. I don't understand why it's finding
>>> my SSID
>>> and connecting to the network, yet, isn't connecting to anything.
>>> Can someone help me? I am really stressing over this since this is
>>> the 5th day in a row my employee has not been able to work. Any
>>> ideas? Thanks D
>>
>> Depends on what type of internet connection you have. (your post
>> doesn't specify).
>>
>> While I have a linksys wap/router, xp home on the 3 laptops, and a
>> PDA, when at work (Northern Idaho) I had a shared DSL and/or Cable
>> connection, that went direct to the wap/router, but now am south for
>> the winter (Las Vegas.. Woo Hoo! New Years eve was a blast!) and use
>> dial-up/cellphone/WiFi/and sattelite in my winter apartment (all of
>> which run on nodes on the network and require ICS to share the
>> connection.(I have a free Hotspot here, ssid PPinLV on Boulder hiway
>> across from Samstown).
>>
>> Point being that all sorts of people connect to my wap/router with
>> various types of cards/built-ins etc. A Hotspot basically doen't
>> care what connects, the biggie is whether the internet connection
>> goes direct to the wap/router or is something else that runs on one
>> of the network nodes (and is shared).
>>
>> On vacation/off for the next few months, and don't have a whole lot
>> to do. Feel free to ask q's.

D,

If you were running this wireless connection in an office environment, I
would strongly suggest turning those security settings ON. Devices like
your Linksys router can be "reached" by other people in your area; maybe
people who are trustworthy, and maybe people who aren't. At least turn
on WEP settings, first on the Linksys and then in the D-link software.
If you've never done this before there are some step-by-step tutorials
that may be of use to you.

Regards,
Justin

Unless you're in a rural or uninhabited area, even a

D wrote:
> Well, it's been idle (the other PC) for a few hours now, and it's still
> connected. So, rebooting the router seemed to work thus far.
>
> To answer your questions- I have a direct cable connection to my cable
> modem, then to the wireless router, then to the PC. Nothing fancy other than
> that. Any reason as to why it was either not giving me internet even tho it
> was connected to the SSID, or, would disconnect if the PC sat idle for a
> little while?
> Thanks
> D
>
>
>
> "Peter Pan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>>D wrote:
>>
>>>ok- I am soo frustrated with this wireless crap! I honestly am not
>>>impressed soo far. I am seriously thinking about switching back to a
>>>hard line..
>>>Basically, I have a D-Link GWL-520 card connecting to a Linksys
>>>Router on XP Home. It's installed fine- and I have all security
>>>turned off/disabled both on the router admin AND the PC's connection
>>>configuration. Basically, using D-Links control panel, I go it, and
>>>it finds my SSID network. Says it's connected, Signal strength is
>>>Very Good. Cool. I hit up internet, and nothing. Page cannot be
>>>found. Nothing can be pinged. There's no internet. So I triple check
>>>the connection, reconnect it, change the channels both on the PC end
>>>AND the Router admin- triple check all security is turned off on both
>>>ends- and still NOTHING. I've rebooted, reset the router, everything
>>>and I still get nothing. I don't understand why it's finding my SSID
>>>and connecting to the network, yet, isn't connecting to anything. Can
>>>someone help me? I am really stressing over this since this is the
>>>5th day in a row my employee has not been able to work. Any ideas? Thanks
>>>D
>>
>>Depends on what type of internet connection you have. (your post doesn't
>>specify).
>>
>>While I have a linksys wap/router, xp home on the 3 laptops, and a PDA,
>>when at work (Northern Idaho) I had a shared DSL and/or Cable connection,
>>that went direct to the wap/router, but now am south for the winter (Las
>>Vegas.. Woo Hoo! New Years eve was a blast!) and use
>>dial-up/cellphone/WiFi/and sattelite in my winter apartment (all of which
>>run on nodes on the network and require ICS to share the connection.(I
>>have a free Hotspot here, ssid PPinLV on Boulder hiway across from
>>Samstown).
>>
>>Point being that all sorts of people connect to my wap/router with various
>>types of cards/built-ins etc. A Hotspot basically doen't care what
>>connects, the biggie is whether the internet connection goes direct to the
>>wap/router or is something else that runs on one of the network nodes (and
>>is shared).
>>
>>On vacation/off for the next few months, and don't have a whole lot to do.
>>Feel free to ask q's.

Justin-
I used to have all those settings turned on- I think I turned them all off
when trying to install my laptop. Can you give a little refresher as to the
best settings? WEP or WPA? 68 or 128bit (I assume 128 on that one)- etc...
Thanks!
D


"justin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:fI6dnXiFde42PUrcRVn-(E-Mail Removed)...
> D,
>
> If you were running this wireless connection in an office environment, I
> would strongly suggest turning those security settings ON. Devices like
> your Linksys router can be "reached" by other people in your area; maybe
> people who are trustworthy, and maybe people who aren't. At least turn on
> WEP settings, first on the Linksys and then in the D-link software. If
> you've never done this before there are some step-by-step tutorials that
> may be of use to you.
>
> Regards,
> Justin
>
> Unless you're in a rural or uninhabited area, even a
>
> D wrote:
>> Well, it's been idle (the other PC) for a few hours now, and it's still
>> connected. So, rebooting the router seemed to work thus far.
>>
>> To answer your questions- I have a direct cable connection to my cable
>> modem, then to the wireless router, then to the PC. Nothing fancy other
>> than that. Any reason as to why it was either not giving me internet
>> even tho it was connected to the SSID, or, would disconnect if the PC sat
>> idle for a little while?
>> Thanks
>> D
>>
>>
>>
>> "Peter Pan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>>>D wrote:
>>>
>>>>ok- I am soo frustrated with this wireless crap! I honestly am not
>>>>impressed soo far. I am seriously thinking about switching back to a
>>>>hard line..
>>>>Basically, I have a D-Link GWL-520 card connecting to a Linksys
>>>>Router on XP Home. It's installed fine- and I have all security
>>>>turned off/disabled both on the router admin AND the PC's connection
>>>>configuration. Basically, using D-Links control panel, I go it, and
>>>>it finds my SSID network. Says it's connected, Signal strength is
>>>>Very Good. Cool. I hit up internet, and nothing. Page cannot be
>>>>found. Nothing can be pinged. There's no internet. So I triple check
>>>>the connection, reconnect it, change the channels both on the PC end
>>>>AND the Router admin- triple check all security is turned off on both
>>>>ends- and still NOTHING. I've rebooted, reset the router, everything
>>>>and I still get nothing. I don't understand why it's finding my SSID
>>>>and connecting to the network, yet, isn't connecting to anything. Can
>>>>someone help me? I am really stressing over this since this is the
>>>>5th day in a row my employee has not been able to work. Any ideas?
>>>>Thanks
>>>>D
>>>
>>>Depends on what type of internet connection you have. (your post doesn't
>>>specify).
>>>
>>>While I have a linksys wap/router, xp home on the 3 laptops, and a PDA,
>>>when at work (Northern Idaho) I had a shared DSL and/or Cable connection,
>>>that went direct to the wap/router, but now am south for the winter (Las
>>>Vegas.. Woo Hoo! New Years eve was a blast!) and use
>>>dial-up/cellphone/WiFi/and sattelite in my winter apartment (all of which
>>>run on nodes on the network and require ICS to share the connection.(I
>>>have a free Hotspot here, ssid PPinLV on Boulder hiway across from
>>>Samstown).
>>>
>>>Point being that all sorts of people connect to my wap/router with
>>>various types of cards/built-ins etc. A Hotspot basically doen't care
>>>what connects, the biggie is whether the internet connection goes direct
>>>to the wap/router or is something else that runs on one of the network
>>>nodes (and is shared).
>>>
>>>On vacation/off for the next few months, and don't have a whole lot to
>>>do. Feel free to ask q's.

"D" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:whUBd.32044$F25.8712@okepread07...
> Justin-
> I used to have all those settings turned on- I think I turned them
all off
> when trying to install my laptop. Can you give a little refresher as
to the
> best settings? WEP or WPA? 68 or 128bit (I assume 128 on that one)-
etc...
> Thanks!

WPA-PSK is the latest and most secure. 128 is more secure than 64 but
takes more system resources to
encode and decode so the throughput may suffers some.

> D
>
>
> "justin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:fI6dnXiFde42PUrcRVn-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > D,
> >
> > If you were running this wireless connection in an office
environment, I
> > would strongly suggest turning those security settings ON. Devices
like
> > your Linksys router can be "reached" by other people in your area;
maybe
> > people who are trustworthy, and maybe people who aren't. At least
turn on
> > WEP settings, first on the Linksys and then in the D-link
software. If
> > you've never done this before there are some step-by-step
tutorials that
> > may be of use to you.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Justin
> >
> > Unless you're in a rural or uninhabited area, even a
> >
> > D wrote:
> >> Well, it's been idle (the other PC) for a few hours now, and it's
still
> >> connected. So, rebooting the router seemed to work thus far.
> >>
> >> To answer your questions- I have a direct cable connection to my
cable
> >> modem, then to the wireless router, then to the PC. Nothing fancy
other
> >> than that. Any reason as to why it was either not giving me
internet
> >> even tho it was connected to the SSID, or, would disconnect if
the PC sat
> >> idle for a little while?
> >> Thanks
> >> D
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> "Peter Pan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> >>
> >>>D wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>ok- I am soo frustrated with this wireless crap! I honestly am
not
> >>>>impressed soo far. I am seriously thinking about switching back
to a
> >>>>hard line..
> >>>>Basically, I have a D-Link GWL-520 card connecting to a Linksys
> >>>>Router on XP Home. It's installed fine- and I have all security
> >>>>turned off/disabled both on the router admin AND the PC's
connection
> >>>>configuration. Basically, using D-Links control panel, I go it,
and
> >>>>it finds my SSID network. Says it's connected, Signal strength
is
> >>>>Very Good. Cool. I hit up internet, and nothing. Page cannot be
> >>>>found. Nothing can be pinged. There's no internet. So I triple
check
> >>>>the connection, reconnect it, change the channels both on the PC
end
> >>>>AND the Router admin- triple check all security is turned off on
both
> >>>>ends- and still NOTHING. I've rebooted, reset the router,
everything
> >>>>and I still get nothing. I don't understand why it's finding my
SSID
> >>>>and connecting to the network, yet, isn't connecting to
anything. Can
> >>>>someone help me? I am really stressing over this since this is
the
> >>>>5th day in a row my employee has not been able to work. Any
ideas?
> >>>>Thanks
> >>>>D
> >>>
> >>>Depends on what type of internet connection you have. (your post
doesn't
> >>>specify).
> >>>
> >>>While I have a linksys wap/router, xp home on the 3 laptops, and
a PDA,
> >>>when at work (Northern Idaho) I had a shared DSL and/or Cable
connection,
> >>>that went direct to the wap/router, but now am south for the
winter (Las
> >>>Vegas.. Woo Hoo! New Years eve was a blast!) and use
> >>>dial-up/cellphone/WiFi/and sattelite in my winter apartment (all
of which
> >>>run on nodes on the network and require ICS to share the
connection.(I
> >>>have a free Hotspot here, ssid PPinLV on Boulder hiway across
from
> >>>Samstown).
> >>>
> >>>Point being that all sorts of people connect to my wap/router
with
> >>>various types of cards/built-ins etc. A Hotspot basically doen't
care
> >>>what connects, the biggie is whether the internet connection goes
direct
> >>>to the wap/router or is something else that runs on one of the
network
> >>>nodes (and is shared).
> >>>
> >>>On vacation/off for the next few months, and don't have a whole
lot to
> >>>do. Feel free to ask q's.
>
>