Connecting wirelessly but not wired!

I have a home network with a cable modem connected to a link sys
router. I have a desktop running windows xp connected to the router
through a cat-5 cable, and two laptops running windows xp connecting
wirelessly. The laptops still connect, through my router, to the
internet with no difficulty. Suddenly my desktop, however, stopped
connecting. My network settings all seem appropriate, my ethernet
card is functional, I can use ipconfig/release and ipconfig /renew. I
can ping localhost and ping my router. I just can't ping an internet
site or get IE, firefox, AIM, etc to connect to the internet on my
desktop.

Any ideas?
Thanks,
howard

On 5 Mar 2007 18:45:20 -0800, "howard" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
<(E-Mail Removed) .com>:

>I have a home network with a cable modem connected to a link sys
>router. I have a desktop running windows xp connected to the router
>through a cat-5 cable, and two laptops running windows xp connecting
>wirelessly. The laptops still connect, through my router, to the
>internet with no difficulty. Suddenly my desktop, however, stopped
>connecting. My network settings all seem appropriate, my ethernet
>card is functional, I can use ipconfig/release and ipconfig /renew. I
>can ping localhost and ping my router. I just can't ping an internet
>site or get IE, firefox, AIM, etc to connect to the internet on my
>desktop.
>
>Any ideas?

1. Have you tried all the LAN ports on the router?
2. Have you tried a different CAT5 cable?
3. Have you tried connecting a laptop with the same cable and no
wireless?
4. Have you turned off all filtering and security on the router?
5. Have you power cycled the router?
Otherwise:
Run IPCONFIG /ALL on the desktop, and post the exact output here.
It might also be helpful to have the same output from a laptop, both
wireless and wired.

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I had tried different ports, i've now tried a different cable, and
i've tried power cycling the desktop, router, and modem, but with no
luck.

IPCONFIG /ALL
on the desktop:

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : MainCPU
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : satx.rr.com

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : satx.rr.com
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE
Network Connecti
on
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-13-72-CE-D6-A0
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.101
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 24.28.131.113
24.28.131.245
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, March 05, 2007
10:24:30 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, March 06, 2007
10:24:30 PM
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

on the working laptop:

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : MainCPU
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : satx.rr.com

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : satx.rr.com
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE
Network Connecti
on
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-13-72-CE-D6-A0
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.101
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 24.28.131.113
24.28.131.245
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, March 05, 2007
10:24:30 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, March 06, 2007
10:24:30 PM

sorry, the working laptop is:

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Howard>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : howardslap
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : satx.rr.com

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : satx.rr.com
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless
2200BG Network
Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-12-F0-7F-88-F7
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.104
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 24.93.41.125
24.93.41.126
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, March 05, 2007
7:54:56 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, March 06, 2007
7:54:56 PM

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 440x 10/100
Integrated Cont
roller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-12-3F-D6-C0-7A

C:\Documents and Settings\Howard>

And can also connect to the router via firefox and from the routers
setup page can ping www.google.com, etc, but i just can't seem to
connect directly through with anything.

On 5 Mar 2007 20:31:52 -0800, "howard" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
<(E-Mail Removed). com>:

>I had tried different ports, i've now tried a different cable, and
>i've tried power cycling the desktop, router, and modem, but with no
>luck.

It would help if you answered each of my questions in turn -- you
skipped over some of the things I asked you to try.

>on the desktop:
>Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
>
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : satx.rr.com
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE
>Network Connecti
>on
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-13-72-CE-D6-A0
> Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.101
> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
> DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 24.28.131.113
> 24.28.131.245
> Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, March 05, 2007
>10:24:30 PM
> Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, March 06, 2007
>10:24:30 PM

OK, DHCP is working.

>on the working laptop:
>Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
>
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : satx.rr.com
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE
>Network Connecti
>on
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-13-72-CE-D6-A0
> Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.101
> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
> DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 24.28.131.113
> 24.28.131.245
> Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, March 05, 2007
>10:24:30 PM
> Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, March 06, 2007
>10:24:30 PM

Same physical and IP address. Looks like the desktop again, not the
laptop!

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On 5 Mar 2007 20:34:51 -0800, "howard" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
<(E-Mail Removed) .com>:

>sorry, the working laptop is:
>Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:
>
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : satx.rr.com
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless
>2200BG Network
> Connection
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-12-F0-7F-88-F7
> Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.104
> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
> DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 24.93.41.125
> 24.93.41.126
> Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, March 05, 2007
>7:54:56 PM
> Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, March 06, 2007
>7:54:56 PM

Now back to:

>on the desktop:
>Windows IP Configuration
>
> Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : MainCPU
> Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
> Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
> IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
> WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
> DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : satx.rr.com
>
>Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
>
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : satx.rr.com
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE
>Network Connecti
>on
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-13-72-CE-D6-A0
> Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.101
> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
> DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 24.28.131.113
> 24.28.131.245
> Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, March 05, 2007
>10:24:30 PM
> Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, March 06, 2007
>10:24:30 PM

The DNS servers are different! Did you reboot the router? Do you have
two DHCP servers on your network?

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THANK YOU!!!

So at one point I had set the desktop to use a fixed IP address to aid
some home networking and had to enter the DNS addresses, and when my
desktop stopped working I changed it back to obtain IP address
automatically and hadn't seen that I also needed to check back to
obtain DNS server address automatically. I guess my server changed
and that's why my auto-obtaining wireless computers still worked but
my desktop didn't.

You've been a great help! You rule!
-howard

On 6 Mar 2007 20:14:36 -0800, "howard" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
<(E-Mail Removed) .com>:

>THANK YOU!!!
>
>So at one point I had set the desktop to use a fixed IP address to aid
>some home networking and had to enter the DNS addresses, and when my
>desktop stopped working I changed it back to obtain IP address
>automatically and hadn't seen that I also needed to check back to
>obtain DNS server address automatically. I guess my server changed
>and that's why my auto-obtaining wireless computers still worked but
>my desktop didn't.
>
>You've been a great help! You rule!
>-howard

You're very welcome. The moral of this story is how important it is to
provide detailed data when asking for help.

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