Help! Can connect to wlan but not internet

Please help me. I am very confused about Wireless Networks and my WLAN
which has worked fine for a year suddenly went bad on one of my PCs.

The is a 3 PC home wireless LAN connected through a router to a Cable modem.
Two of the PCs are XP Home SP2 and one is Windows 98SE. All three _still_
connect fine to each other through the wireless LAN and still can retrieve
files
from each other. Suddenly, for no reason I can figure out one of the XP PCs
(while still able to connect to the wireless network and retrieve files)
can no longer connect to the internet through the wireless LAN. It keeps
reverting to trying to connect through my old phone dialup connection.

1. The wlan is working fine because this problem XP PC can connect to the
other computers just fine.
2. I have not changed any of my internet account settings. I just looked at
them again and they all say to connect through the lan. No change there.
3. I can connect to the internet if I use my old dialup - which I had not
used for years.
4. My wlan access is WPA protected. I have rebooted all PCs several times
with no benefit. The wireless network icon on the problem laptop shows that
it is connected with a good signal. I even disconnected and reconnected
several times (with re-entering the WPA) with no improvement. The W98 PC
still connects to the internet through the LAN with no problems so I think
it must be a problem within the problem XP laptop itself. But I do not know
where to look for it. Problem with its Internet
sharing?
5. I've turned off the WPA protection with no difference in the ability of
the problem laptop to connect to the internet.
6. None of my browsers are set to be "off-line" on this PC.
7. I have relatively recent backups of my system and other partitions that I
could use to restore from but do not know which files to restore to return
things to the way they were when the connection worked.

Please help. Despite a lot of reading I remain hopelessly confused when it
comes to wireless lans and I need simple help.

Jeff

Any help appreciated!!!

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Jeff wrote:
> Please help me. I am very confused about Wireless Networks and my
> WLAN which has worked fine for a year suddenly went bad on one of my
> PCs.
> The is a 3 PC home wireless LAN connected through a router to a Cable
> modem. Two of the PCs are XP Home SP2 and one is Windows 98SE. All
> three _still_ connect fine to each other through the wireless LAN and
> still can retrieve files
> from each other. Suddenly, for no reason I can figure out one of the
> XP PCs (while still able to connect to the wireless network and
> retrieve files) can no longer connect to the internet through the
> wireless LAN. It keeps reverting to trying to connect through my old
> phone dialup connection.
> 1. The wlan is working fine because this problem XP PC can connect to
> the other computers just fine.
> 2. I have not changed any of my internet account settings. I just
> looked at them again and they all say to connect through the lan. No
> change there. 3. I can connect to the internet if I use my old dialup -
> which I had
> not used for years.
> 4. My wlan access is WPA protected. I have rebooted all PCs several
> times with no benefit. The wireless network icon on the problem
> laptop shows that it is connected with a good signal. I even
> disconnected and reconnected several times (with re-entering the WPA)
> with no improvement. The W98 PC still connects to the internet
> through the LAN with no problems so I think it must be a problem
> within the problem XP laptop itself. But I do not know where to look
> for it. Problem with its Internet sharing?
> 5. I've turned off the WPA protection with no difference in the
> ability of the problem laptop to connect to the internet.
> 6. None of my browsers are set to be "off-line" on this PC.
> 7. I have relatively recent backups of my system and other partitions
> that I could use to restore from but do not know which files to
> restore to return things to the way they were when the connection
> worked.
> Please help. Despite a lot of reading I remain hopelessly confused
> when it comes to wireless lans and I need simple help.
>
> Jeff

Not to worry. Solved itself as mysteriously as it appeared.

Jeff

Jeff wrote:
> Please help me. I am very confused about Wireless Networks and my
> WLAN which has worked fine for a year suddenly went bad on one of my
> PCs.
> The is a 3 PC home wireless LAN connected through a router to a Cable
> modem. Two of the PCs are XP Home SP2 and one is Windows 98SE. All
> three _still_ connect fine to each other through the wireless LAN and
> still can retrieve files
> from each other. Suddenly, for no reason I can figure out one of the
> XP PCs (while still able to connect to the wireless network and
> retrieve files) can no longer connect to the internet through the
> wireless LAN. It keeps reverting to trying to connect through my old
> phone dialup connection.
> 1. The wlan is working fine because this problem XP PC can connect to
> the other computers just fine.
> 2. I have not changed any of my internet account settings. I just
> looked at them again and they all say to connect through the lan. No
> change there. 3. I can connect to the internet if I use my old dialup -
> which I had
> not used for years.
> 4. My wlan access is WPA protected. I have rebooted all PCs several
> times with no benefit. The wireless network icon on the problem
> laptop shows that it is connected with a good signal. I even
> disconnected and reconnected several times (with re-entering the WPA)
> with no improvement. The W98 PC still connects to the internet
> through the LAN with no problems so I think it must be a problem
> within the problem XP laptop itself. But I do not know where to look
> for it. Problem with its Internet sharing?
> 5. I've turned off the WPA protection with no difference in the
> ability of the problem laptop to connect to the internet.
> 6. None of my browsers are set to be "off-line" on this PC.
> 7. I have relatively recent backups of my system and other partitions
> that I could use to restore from but do not know which files to
> restore to return things to the way they were when the connection
> worked.
> Please help. Despite a lot of reading I remain hopelessly confused
> when it comes to wireless lans and I need simple help.
>
> Jeff

try to set your IP adresses MANUALLY and make sure you enter the gateway's
IP (your cable modem IP) in the gateway field.

I never use DHCP, it's a pain to set everything the first time but then it
NEVER moves...



> Any help appreciated!!!
>



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Txl wrote:
> try to set your IP adresses MANUALLY and make sure you enter the
> gateway's IP (your cable modem IP) in the gateway field.
>
> I never use DHCP, it's a pain to set everything the first time but
> then it NEVER moves...
>
>
>
>> Any help appreciated!!!

Thank you.

Jeff