Help! Wirelss signal OK and sees network but can't connect to Internet

Hi All,
Hopefully someone can help me. I have been searching all day in the
groups and can't find a post that gets me close to a solution.

I have the following config:
Computer 1:
Netgear USB Wireless Adapter MA111 802.1b
W2K OS

Computer 2:
Gateway centrino so I have no idea about the wireless hardware specs
W2K OS

Both are connected (WEP) to a Netgear M8114 wirless router.

I have had both computers up and running for several months now on
this network, no problem.

Last night everything was working fine. And I did not shut down my
computers, I simply let them slip into hibernate as usual.

This AM I wake up and go to get on the net. NOTHING.
I play around a little and realize the connection is not present on
the laptop either.

I checked out the router and it was not on. Even though it was still
plugged into the wall. I unplugged it and replugged it, and it still
did not turn on.
I plugged it into a different socket, and bingo, back on.

I went to check my computers, and computer 2 was back up and running,
no problem.

However computer 1 cannot connect.
It is properly configured with WEP.
And I have the little computer icon "green" and it senses the
connection (and others that are unsecure around me). The status shows
that it is transmitting data, but 0 Data received. (HMMMMMMMM.....)

Also, every once in a while when I finish looking at the stauts, a
little pop up (for 1 second) comes up and says local network cable
unplugged. But when I look a the properties, it states network cable
enabled.

Anyway, I tried seeing if I could connect to any of the unsecure
wireless connections floating about (just to diagnose the problem) and
couldn't.

I can't even bring up the gateway to my router.

Oh, and here's the twist, computer 1 "remebers" the username/password"
for the router and I can't get into it from the laptop even though I
have used every user/pass combination I have ever created.UUUGGGHHHHH

I have removed the software on Computer 1 for the netgear wirless
adapter and re-installed. Did not help.

Anyone got any ideas? I am going crazy!!!!!

Please please please, any hunches, anything would greatly be
appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
Janice

Janice wrote:
> Hi All,
> Hopefully someone can help me. I have been searching all day in the
> groups and can't find a post that gets me close to a solution.
>
> I have the following config:
> Computer 1:
> Netgear USB Wireless Adapter MA111 802.1b
> W2K OS
>
> Computer 2:
> Gateway centrino so I have no idea about the wireless hardware specs
> W2K OS
>
> Both are connected (WEP) to a Netgear M8114 wirless router.
>
> I have had both computers up and running for several months now on
> this network, no problem.
>
> Last night everything was working fine. And I did not shut down my
> computers, I simply let them slip into hibernate as usual.
>
> This AM I wake up and go to get on the net. NOTHING.
> I play around a little and realize the connection is not present on
> the laptop either.
>
> I checked out the router and it was not on. Even though it was still
> plugged into the wall. I unplugged it and replugged it, and it still
> did not turn on.
> I plugged it into a different socket, and bingo, back on.
>
> I went to check my computers, and computer 2 was back up and running,
> no problem.
>
> However computer 1 cannot connect.
> It is properly configured with WEP.
> And I have the little computer icon "green" and it senses the
> connection (and others that are unsecure around me). The status shows
> that it is transmitting data, but 0 Data received. (HMMMMMMMM.....)
>
> Also, every once in a while when I finish looking at the stauts, a
> little pop up (for 1 second) comes up and says local network cable
> unplugged. But when I look a the properties, it states network cable
> enabled.
>
> Anyway, I tried seeing if I could connect to any of the unsecure
> wireless connections floating about (just to diagnose the problem) and
> couldn't.
>
> I can't even bring up the gateway to my router.
>
> Oh, and here's the twist, computer 1 "remebers" the username/password"
> for the router and I can't get into it from the laptop even though I
> have used every user/pass combination I have ever created.UUUGGGHHHHH
>
> I have removed the software on Computer 1 for the netgear wirless
> adapter and re-installed. Did not help.
>
> Anyone got any ideas? I am going crazy!!!!!
>
> Please please please, any hunches, anything would greatly be
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Janice

Reboot.

Q

I have a similar set up, but I have a desktop that is wired to my Netgear
router and a notebook that is wireless. If your router is unplugged long
enough it will reset to the default settings and if you changed the default
password or set up WEP in the router it will reset to default settings. My
solution would be to wire one of your computers to the router and get into
the router menu from there, have to logon using default password. You
should be able to set up the WEP again or load in the saved settings for the
router, if you have saved it recently. Hope this is some kind of help....

"Quaoar" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<(E-Mail Removed)>...
> Janice wrote:
> > Hi All,
> > Hopefully someone can help me. I have been searching all day in the
> >
>>SNIP<<
> > Anyone got any ideas? I am going crazy!!!!!

> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Janice
>
> Reboot.
>
> Q

I forgot to mention that, I have rebooted several times.
Including uninstall/re-install of the adapter software
and Reboot of the router as well.

This one is killing me.

"Joe Eiffler" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<II0dc.209321$1p.2387145@attbi_s54>...
> I have a similar set up, but I have a desktop that is wired to my Netgear
> router and a notebook that is wireless. If your router is unplugged long
> enough it will reset to the default settings and if you changed the default
> password or set up WEP in the router it will reset to default settings. My
> solution would be to wire one of your computers to the router and get into
> the router menu from there, have to logon using default password. You
> should be able to set up the WEP again or load in the saved settings for the
> router, if you have saved it recently. Hope this is some kind of help....


Thanks Joe.
That helped, indeed the router had been reset and that's why I
couldn't remember my password! I have gotten back in and set
everything up.
Still no luck on computer #1.
It is connected to my signal, says strong and shows the green light,
but I get nothing when trying to connect to the Internet. It can also
see other networks (I live in a condo) and I can't use any of the
unsecure networks either. It will "connect" show green and then
nothing. This leaves me to believe that its not the router, but
perhaps a corrupted file somewhere???

Thanks!
Jan

On 8 Apr 2004 04:40:30 -0700, (E-Mail Removed) (Janice) wrote:

>"Joe Eiffler" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<II0dc.209321$1p.2387145@attbi_s54>...
>> I have a similar set up, but I have a desktop that is wired to my Netgear
>> router and a notebook that is wireless. If your router is unplugged long
>> enough it will reset to the default settings and if you changed the default
>> password or set up WEP in the router it will reset to default settings. My
>> solution would be to wire one of your computers to the router and get into
>> the router menu from there, have to logon using default password. You
>> should be able to set up the WEP again or load in the saved settings for the
>> router, if you have saved it recently. Hope this is some kind of help....
>
>
>Thanks Joe.
>That helped, indeed the router had been reset and that's why I
>couldn't remember my password! I have gotten back in and set
>everything up.
>Still no luck on computer #1.
>It is connected to my signal, says strong and shows the green light,
>but I get nothing when trying to connect to the Internet. It can also
>see other networks (I live in a condo) and I can't use any of the
>unsecure networks either. It will "connect" show green and then
>nothing. This leaves me to believe that its not the router, but
>perhaps a corrupted file somewhere???

If you, by some chance, have a software firewall running (Zonealarm,
Norton, Kerio, etc.) try shutting it off or disabling it. That was
what helped me when I had a similar problem. My computer saw the
router and reported a strong signal, but could not access the internet
through that router. Turned of the firewall (after a couple of days
of pulling my hair out) and it worked. Reenabled the firewall, and it
continued to work.

Janice wrote:
> "Joe Eiffler" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:<II0dc.209321$1p.2387145@attbi_s54>...
>> I have a similar set up, but I have a desktop that is wired to my
>> Netgear router and a notebook that is wireless. If your router is
>> unplugged long enough it will reset to the default settings and if
>> you changed the default password or set up WEP in the router it will
>> reset to default settings. My solution would be to wire one of your
>> computers to the router and get into the router menu from there,
>> have to logon using default password. You should be able to set up
>> the WEP again or load in the saved settings for the router, if you
>> have saved it recently. Hope this is some kind of help....
>
>
> Thanks Joe.
> That helped, indeed the router had been reset and that's why I
> couldn't remember my password! I have gotten back in and set
> everything up.
> Still no luck on computer #1.
> It is connected to my signal, says strong and shows the green light,
> but I get nothing when trying to connect to the Internet. It can also
> see other networks (I live in a condo) and I can't use any of the
> unsecure networks either. It will "connect" show green and then
> nothing. This leaves me to believe that its not the router, but
> perhaps a corrupted file somewhere???
>
> Thanks!
> Jan

Go to the taskbar icon, right click, select status, support tab, copy
down all of the TCP/IP info and post back here. Alternatively, from a
command prompt type: ipconfig[space]/all[space]>c:\iplog.txt[enter].
Ipconfig will send the entire report to c:\iplog.txt. Open that file
with notepad, copy all, and post back here.

Q

Q

"Quaoar" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<LZGdnUFU-ff3CejdRVn-(E-Mail Removed)>...

>>>>>>>>>>>SNIP<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< <<<<<
>
> Go to the taskbar icon, right click, select status, support tab, copy
> down all of the TCP/IP info and post back here. Alternatively, from a
> command prompt type: ipconfig[space]/all[space]>c:\iplog.txt[enter].
> Ipconfig will send the entire report to c:\iplog.txt. Open that file
> with notepad, copy all, and post back here.
>
> Q
>
> Q

Windows 2000 IP Configuration
Host Name: WHOPR
Primary DNS Suffix : JM
Node Type: Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled:Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled:No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 6:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix:
Description: Netgear MA111 802.11b wireless USB Apapter #4
Phsyical Address: 00-999-5B-b2-65-01
DHCP:Enabled: Yes
Autocinfiguration Enabled:Yes
Autoconfiguarion IP Address: XXX.XXX.XX.X (I am using variables on purpose here)
Subnet Mask: 255.255.0.0
default Gateway:
DNS Servers:

ejmfufhgds <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<(E-Mail Removed)>. ..
> On 8 Apr 2004 04:40:30 -0700, (E-Mail Removed) (Janice) wrote:
>
> >"Joe Eiffler" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<II0dc.209321$1p.2387145@attbi_s54>...
> >> I have a similar set up, but I have a desktop that is wired to my Netgear
> >> router and a notebook that is wireless. If your router is unplugged long
> >> enough it will reset to the default settings and if you changed the default
> >> password or set up WEP in the router it will reset to default settings. My
> >> solution would be to wire one of your computers to the router and get into
> >> the router menu from there, have to logon using default password. You
> >> should be able to set up the WEP again or load in the saved settings for the
> >> router, if you have saved it recently. Hope this is some kind of help....
> >
> >
>>>SNIP<<<<
>
> If you, by some chance, have a software firewall running (Zonealarm,
> Norton, Kerio, etc.) try shutting it off or disabling it. That was
> what helped me when I had a similar problem. My computer saw the
> router and reported a strong signal, but could not access the internet
> through that router. Turned of the firewall (after a couple of days
> of pulling my hair out) and it worked. Reenabled the firewall, and it
> continued to work.


Tried, no luck
Thanks though.

Janice

Janice wrote:
> "Quaoar" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:<LZGdnUFU-ff3CejdRVn-(E-Mail Removed)>...
>
>>>>>>>>>>>> SNIP<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>>
>> Go to the taskbar icon, right click, select status, support tab, copy
>> down all of the TCP/IP info and post back here. Alternatively, from
>> a command prompt type:
>> ipconfig[space]/all[space]>c:\iplog.txt[enter]. Ipconfig will send
>> the entire report to c:\iplog.txt. Open that file with notepad,
>> copy all, and post back here.
>>
>> Q
>>
>> Q
>
> Windows 2000 IP Configuration
> Host Name: WHOPR
> Primary DNS Suffix : JM
> Node Type: Broadcast
> IP Routing Enabled:Yes
> WINS Proxy Enabled:No
>
> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 6:
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix:
> Description: Netgear MA111 802.11b wireless USB Apapter #4
> Phsyical Address: 00-999-5B-b2-65-01
> DHCP:Enabled: Yes
> Autocinfiguration Enabled:Yes
> Autoconfiguarion IP Address: XXX.XXX.XX.X (I am using variables on
> purpose here)
> Subnet Mask: 255.255.0.0
> default Gateway:
> DNS Servers:

I would try one time to reset the router according to manufacturer's
instructions. This will require you to set up everything fresh on the
router. If you cannot get into the router after a reset, I'm going with
failed router, or failed power adapter, which is the same thing unless
you have an adapter laying around that will work. I have never had to
deal with a failed wireless access point, but these squirrely connection
issues are common on failed wired routers or failed ports. The
power-off condition you first had to correct, coupled with the other
issues points to this in my mind.

Q