Desktop and Laptop see each other fine but laptop can't access DSL

The 2 machines can see each other fine, but for one
reason or another the laptop can't access the web. Also,
I've noticed that the laptop seems to get disconnected
every 5 minutes or so from the network and I have to go
back in and issue the reconnect command and this can
happen while I'm browsing my desktop. Any ideas what
could be causing these issues?

Desktop is running Win XP Home and is connected via
ethernet to the wireless router. Web access is fine and
dandy as it's always been.

Laptop is running Win XP Pro (5.1 Build 2600) and is
connected via a wireless internal Broadcom 54g
MaxPerformance 802.11g card.

Wireless router is MN-700

One final comment/question. I also have a Playstation 2
and an old win 98 machine's ethernet cables plugged into
the wireless router. They've not been turned on since
installation simply due to lack of time. I believe I
read somewhere that if I'm using the Wireless Router as a
WAP that it can't be used as a router. Although the
other two cables arn't feeding data into it, could they
be causing my difficulties?

After reading over the boards I went ahead and disabled
the 802.1x authentication and the laptop stays connected
now. But I still can't access the web from the lap top
which is the whole reason I would like to go wireless in
the first place. Any suggestions?
>-----Original Message-----
>The 2 machines can see each other fine, but for one
>reason or another the laptop can't access the web.
Also,
>I've noticed that the laptop seems to get disconnected
>every 5 minutes or so from the network and I have to go
>back in and issue the reconnect command and this can
>happen while I'm browsing my desktop. Any ideas what
>could be causing these issues?
>
>Desktop is running Win XP Home and is connected via
>ethernet to the wireless router. Web access is fine and
>dandy as it's always been.
>
>Laptop is running Win XP Pro (5.1 Build 2600) and is
>connected via a wireless internal Broadcom 54g
>MaxPerformance 802.11g card.
>
>Wireless router is MN-700
>
>One final comment/question. I also have a Playstation 2
>and an old win 98 machine's ethernet cables plugged into
>the wireless router. They've not been turned on since
>installation simply due to lack of time. I believe I
>read somewhere that if I'm using the Wireless Router as
a
>WAP that it can't be used as a router. Although the
>other two cables arn't feeding data into it, could they
>be causing my difficulties?
>.
>

If the laptop is a built-in wireless card, then you probably need to check
in Network Connections and make sure that networking device is not bridged
with another device (built-in NIC, for instance). That would block your
connection. Also, make sure you've got the proper IP address on the laptop.
If you were previously failing on the connection, the machine may have given
itself an IP outside the range of the MN-700's LAN IPs (default is
192.168.2.2-40). You can go to the Command Prompt (NOT Start/Run) and type
in "ipconfig" without the quotes. If it give you an error or IP not within
the normal range, you can follow that with "ipconfig /release" (without
quotes) and then "ipconfig /renew" (no quotes again).
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone

"Joe" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:fe8b01c3f390$78d23c70$(E-Mail Removed)...
> After reading over the boards I went ahead and disabled
> the 802.1x authentication and the laptop stays connected
> now. But I still can't access the web from the lap top
> which is the whole reason I would like to go wireless in
> the first place. Any suggestions?
> >-----Original Message-----
> >The 2 machines can see each other fine, but for one
> >reason or another the laptop can't access the web.
> Also,
> >I've noticed that the laptop seems to get disconnected
> >every 5 minutes or so from the network and I have to go
> >back in and issue the reconnect command and this can
> >happen while I'm browsing my desktop. Any ideas what
> >could be causing these issues?
> >
> >Desktop is running Win XP Home and is connected via
> >ethernet to the wireless router. Web access is fine and
> >dandy as it's always been.
> >
> >Laptop is running Win XP Pro (5.1 Build 2600) and is
> >connected via a wireless internal Broadcom 54g
> >MaxPerformance 802.11g card.
> >
> >Wireless router is MN-700
> >
> >One final comment/question. I also have a Playstation 2
> >and an old win 98 machine's ethernet cables plugged into
> >the wireless router. They've not been turned on since
> >installation simply due to lack of time. I believe I
> >read somewhere that if I'm using the Wireless Router as
> a
> >WAP that it can't be used as a router. Although the
> >other two cables arn't feeding data into it, could they
> >be causing my difficulties?
> >.
> >

I followed the steps you recommended and discovered the
ip address was out of the range. It was 192.168.2.47, I
made it 192.168.2.12 and still can't seem to get on the
web. I can ping just fine.
>-----Original Message-----
>If the laptop is a built-in wireless card, then you
probably need to check
>in Network Connections and make sure that networking
device is not bridged
>with another device (built-in NIC, for instance). That
would block your
>connection. Also, make sure you've got the proper IP
address on the laptop.
>If you were previously failing on the connection, the
machine may have given
>itself an IP outside the range of the MN-700's LAN IPs
(default is
>192.168.2.2-40). You can go to the Command Prompt (NOT
Start/Run) and type
>in "ipconfig" without the quotes. If it give you an
error or IP not within
>the normal range, you can follow that
with "ipconfig /release" (without
>quotes) and then "ipconfig /renew" (no quotes again).
>--
>Chris H.
>Microsoft Windows MVP
>Associate Expert
>Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>
>"Joe" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:fe8b01c3f390$78d23c70$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> After reading over the boards I went ahead and disabled
>> the 802.1x authentication and the laptop stays
connected
>> now. But I still can't access the web from the lap
top
>> which is the whole reason I would like to go wireless
in
>> the first place. Any suggestions?
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >The 2 machines can see each other fine, but for one
>> >reason or another the laptop can't access the web.
>> Also,
>> >I've noticed that the laptop seems to get disconnected
>> >every 5 minutes or so from the network and I have to
go
>> >back in and issue the reconnect command and this can
>> >happen while I'm browsing my desktop. Any ideas what
>> >could be causing these issues?
>> >
>> >Desktop is running Win XP Home and is connected via
>> >ethernet to the wireless router. Web access is fine
and
>> >dandy as it's always been.
>> >
>> >Laptop is running Win XP Pro (5.1 Build 2600) and is
>> >connected via a wireless internal Broadcom 54g
>> >MaxPerformance 802.11g card.
>> >
>> >Wireless router is MN-700
>> >
>> >One final comment/question. I also have a
Playstation 2
>> >and an old win 98 machine's ethernet cables plugged
into
>> >the wireless router. They've not been turned on since
>> >installation simply due to lack of time. I believe I
>> >read somewhere that if I'm using the Wireless Router
as
>> a
>> >WAP that it can't be used as a router. Although the
>> >other two cables arn't feeding data into it, could
they
>> >be causing my difficulties?
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
>

A couple Microsoft Knowledge Base articles may apply here:
-
http://support.microsoft.com/default...&Product=MSbbn
- If you are using a third-party firewall on your main system:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...&Product=MSbbn
- Since you're on SBC, you may also want to check this:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...&Product=MSbbn
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone

"Joe" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:10e5701c3f3ee$ef07d5e0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I followed the steps you recommended and discovered the
> ip address was out of the range. It was 192.168.2.47, I
> made it 192.168.2.12 and still can't seem to get on the
> web. I can ping just fine.
> >-----Original Message-----
> >If the laptop is a built-in wireless card, then you
> probably need to check
> >in Network Connections and make sure that networking
> device is not bridged
> >with another device (built-in NIC, for instance). That
> would block your
> >connection. Also, make sure you've got the proper IP
> address on the laptop.
> >If you were previously failing on the connection, the
> machine may have given
> >itself an IP outside the range of the MN-700's LAN IPs
> (default is
> >192.168.2.2-40). You can go to the Command Prompt (NOT
> Start/Run) and type
> >in "ipconfig" without the quotes. If it give you an
> error or IP not within
> >the normal range, you can follow that
> with "ipconfig /release" (without
> >quotes) and then "ipconfig /renew" (no quotes again).
> >--
> >Chris H.
> >Microsoft Windows MVP
> >Associate Expert
> >Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> >
> >"Joe" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >news:fe8b01c3f390$78d23c70$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> After reading over the boards I went ahead and disabled
> >> the 802.1x authentication and the laptop stays
> connected
> >> now. But I still can't access the web from the lap
> top
> >> which is the whole reason I would like to go wireless
> in
> >> the first place. Any suggestions?
> >> >-----Original Message-----
> >> >The 2 machines can see each other fine, but for one
> >> >reason or another the laptop can't access the web.
> >> Also,
> >> >I've noticed that the laptop seems to get disconnected
> >> >every 5 minutes or so from the network and I have to
> go
> >> >back in and issue the reconnect command and this can
> >> >happen while I'm browsing my desktop. Any ideas what
> >> >could be causing these issues?
> >> >
> >> >Desktop is running Win XP Home and is connected via
> >> >ethernet to the wireless router. Web access is fine
> and
> >> >dandy as it's always been.
> >> >
> >> >Laptop is running Win XP Pro (5.1 Build 2600) and is
> >> >connected via a wireless internal Broadcom 54g
> >> >MaxPerformance 802.11g card.
> >> >
> >> >Wireless router is MN-700
> >> >
> >> >One final comment/question. I also have a
> Playstation 2
> >> >and an old win 98 machine's ethernet cables plugged
> into
> >> >the wireless router. They've not been turned on since
> >> >installation simply due to lack of time. I believe I
> >> >read somewhere that if I'm using the Wireless Router
> as
> >> a
> >> >WAP that it can't be used as a router. Although the
> >> >other two cables arn't feeding data into it, could
> they
> >> >be causing my difficulties?
> >> >.
> >> >
> >
> >
> >.
> >

Problem discovered! First of all I had 2 DNS server
addresses that I was telling it to use. I removed those
from the list and that seemed to of fixed it. Thanks to
all those that helped, it was greatly appreciated.
>-----Original Message-----
>I followed the steps you recommended and discovered the
>ip address was out of the range. It was 192.168.2.47, I
>made it 192.168.2.12 and still can't seem to get on the
>web. I can ping just fine.
>>-----Original Message-----
>>If the laptop is a built-in wireless card, then you
>probably need to check
>>in Network Connections and make sure that networking
>device is not bridged
>>with another device (built-in NIC, for instance). That
>would block your
>>connection. Also, make sure you've got the proper IP
>address on the laptop.
>>If you were previously failing on the connection, the
>machine may have given
>>itself an IP outside the range of the MN-700's LAN IPs
>(default is
>>192.168.2.2-40). You can go to the Command Prompt (NOT
>Start/Run) and type
>>in "ipconfig" without the quotes. If it give you an
>error or IP not within
>>the normal range, you can follow that
>with "ipconfig /release" (without
>>quotes) and then "ipconfig /renew" (no quotes again).
>>--
>>Chris H.
>>Microsoft Windows MVP
>>Associate Expert
>>Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>>
>>"Joe" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>news:fe8b01c3f390$78d23c70$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> After reading over the boards I went ahead and
disabled
>>> the 802.1x authentication and the laptop stays
>connected
>>> now. But I still can't access the web from the lap
>top
>>> which is the whole reason I would like to go wireless
>in
>>> the first place. Any suggestions?
>>> >-----Original Message-----
>>> >The 2 machines can see each other fine, but for one
>>> >reason or another the laptop can't access the web.
>>> Also,
>>> >I've noticed that the laptop seems to get
disconnected
>>> >every 5 minutes or so from the network and I have to
>go
>>> >back in and issue the reconnect command and this can
>>> >happen while I'm browsing my desktop. Any ideas what
>>> >could be causing these issues?
>>> >
>>> >Desktop is running Win XP Home and is connected via
>>> >ethernet to the wireless router. Web access is fine
>and
>>> >dandy as it's always been.
>>> >
>>> >Laptop is running Win XP Pro (5.1 Build 2600) and is
>>> >connected via a wireless internal Broadcom 54g
>>> >MaxPerformance 802.11g card.
>>> >
>>> >Wireless router is MN-700
>>> >
>>> >One final comment/question. I also have a
>Playstation 2
>>> >and an old win 98 machine's ethernet cables plugged
>into
>>> >the wireless router. They've not been turned on
since
>>> >installation simply due to lack of time. I believe I
>>> >read somewhere that if I'm using the Wireless Router
>as
>>> a
>>> >WAP that it can't be used as a router. Although the
>>> >other two cables arn't feeding data into it, could
>they
>>> >be causing my difficulties?
>>> >.
>>> >
>>
>>
>>.
>>
>.
>

Good for you! Glad that's settled. 8-) Enjoy the wireless.
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone

<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:1087601c3f3f2$f095a500$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Problem discovered! First of all I had 2 DNS server
> addresses that I was telling it to use. I removed those
> from the list and that seemed to of fixed it. Thanks to
> all those that helped, it was greatly appreciated.
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I followed the steps you recommended and discovered the
> >ip address was out of the range. It was 192.168.2.47, I
> >made it 192.168.2.12 and still can't seem to get on the
> >web. I can ping just fine.
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>If the laptop is a built-in wireless card, then you
> >probably need to check
> >>in Network Connections and make sure that networking
> >device is not bridged
> >>with another device (built-in NIC, for instance). That
> >would block your
> >>connection. Also, make sure you've got the proper IP
> >address on the laptop.
> >>If you were previously failing on the connection, the
> >machine may have given
> >>itself an IP outside the range of the MN-700's LAN IPs
> >(default is
> >>192.168.2.2-40). You can go to the Command Prompt (NOT
> >Start/Run) and type
> >>in "ipconfig" without the quotes. If it give you an
> >error or IP not within
> >>the normal range, you can follow that
> >with "ipconfig /release" (without
> >>quotes) and then "ipconfig /renew" (no quotes again).
> >>--
> >>Chris H.
> >>Microsoft Windows MVP
> >>Associate Expert
> >>Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> >>
> >>"Joe" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >>news:fe8b01c3f390$78d23c70$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >>> After reading over the boards I went ahead and
> disabled
> >>> the 802.1x authentication and the laptop stays
> >connected
> >>> now. But I still can't access the web from the lap
> >top
> >>> which is the whole reason I would like to go wireless
> >in
> >>> the first place. Any suggestions?
> >>> >-----Original Message-----
> >>> >The 2 machines can see each other fine, but for one
> >>> >reason or another the laptop can't access the web.
> >>> Also,
> >>> >I've noticed that the laptop seems to get
> disconnected
> >>> >every 5 minutes or so from the network and I have to
> >go
> >>> >back in and issue the reconnect command and this can
> >>> >happen while I'm browsing my desktop. Any ideas what
> >>> >could be causing these issues?
> >>> >
> >>> >Desktop is running Win XP Home and is connected via
> >>> >ethernet to the wireless router. Web access is fine
> >and
> >>> >dandy as it's always been.
> >>> >
> >>> >Laptop is running Win XP Pro (5.1 Build 2600) and is
> >>> >connected via a wireless internal Broadcom 54g
> >>> >MaxPerformance 802.11g card.
> >>> >
> >>> >Wireless router is MN-700
> >>> >
> >>> >One final comment/question. I also have a
> >Playstation 2
> >>> >and an old win 98 machine's ethernet cables plugged
> >into
> >>> >the wireless router. They've not been turned on
> since
> >>> >installation simply due to lack of time. I believe I
> >>> >read somewhere that if I'm using the Wireless Router
> >as
> >>> a
> >>> >WAP that it can't be used as a router. Although the
> >>> >other two cables arn't feeding data into it, could
> >they
> >>> >be causing my difficulties?
> >>> >.
> >>> >
> >>
> >>
> >>.
> >>
> >.
> >