I'm having real difficulty setting a wireless network

I'm running XP and have set up a wireless network, the wireless adapter
can detect the wireless router and says it's connected but I cant ping
the rotuer nor connect to the internet!

Could it be a firewall setting or do I need to set up home network ?

I've already spent 6 hours stressing over this so any ideas are welcome

Note I can connect the ethernt cable to the rotuer and connect out so I
know the router works!

HD

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On 6 Mar 2006 13:02:51 -0800, in alt.internet.wireless ,
"HunkyDoreyMan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I'm running XP and have set up a wireless network, the wireless adapter
>can detect the wireless router and says it's connected but I cant ping
>the rotuer nor connect to the internet!

You configured the wireless network connection to use DHCP?

>Could it be a firewall setting or do I need to set up home network ?

I'm assuming you're a complete beginner. If so, you should at least
run the Microsoft wizard.

Mark McIntyre
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HunkyDoreyMan wrote:
> I'm running XP and have set up a wireless network, the wireless adapter
> can detect the wireless router and says it's connected but I cant ping
> the rotuer nor connect to the internet!
>
> Could it be a firewall setting or do I need to set up home network ?
>
> I've already spent 6 hours stressing over this so any ideas are welcome

The machine is not getting an IP from the router that's going to allow
it access the Internet and it's most likely due to some kind of
mis-configuration between the wireless router and the NIC.

You can do IPconfig /all at the DOS Command prompt and it will tell you
the IP the machine has assigned to it. If the IP starts with 169, that's
a timeout and the O/S assigned it or the IP is zero. In either case, the
machine is not using an IP from the router that's going to allow it to
access the Internet.
>
> Note I can connect the ethernt cable to the rotuer and connect out so I
> know the router works!

That also means the machine has an IP from the router that's going to
allow it to access the Internet.

You may want to call Tech Support for your equipment and let them get
you over the hump.

Duane