notebook won't connect to internet

I'm using a linksys wireless card g card and it tells me there is a
strong signal but won't connect to the internet.

I use several LinkSys cards and units and one common
trait is that although "connected" and "connected to the internet,"
they will display "unable to connect " or "unable to connect
to internet." One remedy is to connect via "site survey" a
second time and it displays connected to internet." Don't know
if that's your case. Lucki

I have the same problem. I have the same card LinkSys WPC54G which I use in
my notebook running Windows ME. I have tried every work around with setting
up the network wizard and the wireless network wizard without any success.
I also have a windows XP pro Sp2 notebook with which I have no problems
connecting and surfing the web. I have DSL thru Verizon with a Westell
Versalink Gateway which I have configured and able to connect and surf with
my XP notebook. Again, my problem is that I have not been able to configure
my ME notebook; it is able to connect but can't do any internet surfing with
it. I'd appreciate any help in this regard


"Jose Cuervo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:43be8837$(E-Mail Removed)...
>I use several LinkSys cards and units and one common
> trait is that although "connected" and "connected to the internet,"
> they will display "unable to connect " or "unable to connect
> to internet." One remedy is to connect via "site survey" a
> second time and it displays connected to internet." Don't know
> if that's your case. Lucki
>

Eureka wrote:
> I have the same problem. I have the same card LinkSys WPC54G which I
> use in my notebook running Windows ME. I have tried every work
> around with setting up the network wizard and the wireless network
> wizard without any success. I also have a windows XP pro Sp2 notebook
> with which I have no problems connecting and surfing the web. I have
> DSL thru Verizon with a Westell Versalink Gateway which I have
> configured and able to connect and surf with my XP notebook. Again,
> my problem is that I have not been able to configure my ME notebook;
> it is able to connect but can't do any internet surfing with it. I'd
> appreciate any help in this regard
>
> "Jose Cuervo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:43be8837$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> I use several LinkSys cards and units and one common
>> trait is that although "connected" and "connected to the internet,"
>> they will display "unable to connect " or "unable to connect
>> to internet." One remedy is to connect via "site survey" a
>> second time and it displays connected to internet." Don't know
>> if that's your case. Lucki

What IP address does the ME have? Post the result of ipconfig /all run
from a command prompt.

Q

Eureka wrote:

> I have the same problem. I have the same card LinkSys WPC54G which I use in
> my notebook running Windows ME. I have tried every work around with setting
> up the network wizard and the wireless network wizard without any success.
> I also have a windows XP pro Sp2 notebook with which I have no problems
> connecting and surfing the web. I have DSL thru Verizon with a Westell
> Versalink Gateway which I have configured and able to connect and surf with
> my XP notebook. Again, my problem is that I have not been able to configure
> my ME notebook; it is able to connect but can't do any internet surfing with
> it. I'd appreciate any help in this regard
>
>
> "Jose Cuervo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:43be8837$(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>>I use several LinkSys cards and units and one common
>>trait is that although "connected" and "connected to the internet,"
>>they will display "unable to connect " or "unable to connect
>>to internet." One remedy is to connect via "site survey" a
>>second time and it displays connected to internet." Don't know
>>if that's your case. Lucki

Do either of you guys use ZoneAlarm?

I found that ZoneAlarm has a TrueVector component that was blocking my
internet access: neither Linksys or Netgear wifi cards could connect to
the internet but they could both see the router.

This was happening even though ZoneAlarm was never started on the
computer! Uninstalling ZA fixed the problem!

Good Luck,
Mike

mscir wrote:
>
> Do either of you guys use ZoneAlarm?
>
> I found that ZoneAlarm has a TrueVector component that was blocking my
> internet access: neither Linksys or Netgear wifi cards could connect to
> the internet but they could both see the router.
>
> This was happening even though ZoneAlarm was never started on the
> computer! Uninstalling ZA fixed the problem!

In fact it _was_ started. The TrueVector program is put into the system
startup configuration just by installing ZoneAlarm. Turning off ZA is easy
enough, and configuring it correctly is a good thing :-) Personally, I
like to run a firewall on every system, besides the firewall between my LAN
and the Internet. ZA does a reasonable job on my wife's Win98SE system.
--
derek

Now I'm getting a status connected with signal strenght excellent but
when I go to the internet explorer I get "cannot find server" I tried
pinging out and can't get anything there either.

I'm using xp pro as an op system with a linksys wpc54g v.2

It worked fine 2 weeks ago, went on vacation and used it at several
locations and when I got back home I couldn't connect to my home
wireless system. My desktop works fine no probelm there.

Tom

On Fri, 06 Jan 2006 07:45:59 -0600, tom <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>I'm using a linksys wireless card g card and it tells me there is a
>strong signal but won't connect to the internet.

tom <(E-Mail Removed)> hath wroth:

>Now I'm getting a status connected with signal strenght excellent but
>when I go to the internet explorer I get "cannot find server" I tried
>pinging out and can't get anything there either.
>
>I'm using xp pro as an op system with a linksys wpc54g v.2
>
>It worked fine 2 weeks ago, went on vacation and used it at several
>locations and when I got back home I couldn't connect to my home
>wireless system. My desktop works fine no probelm there.

It thinks you're still on vacation and has the IP address that you
used on vacation. Try:
Start -> Run -> cmd <enter>
IPCONFIG /RELEASE
(wait about 10 seconds)
IPCONFIG /RENEW
IPCONFIG
It should show that you have a useable IP address (not
169.254.xxx.xxx).

If that doesn't work, check if you have any "profiles" selected or set
that might point to something automagically created while you were on
vacation. Every time I change locations, my Netgear WG511 software
insists that I manually select the correct "profile".

--
Jeff Liebermann (E-Mail Removed)
150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com
Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558

Derek Broughton wrote:
> mscir wrote:
>
>>Do either of you guys use ZoneAlarm?
>>
>>I found that ZoneAlarm has a TrueVector component that was blocking my
>>internet access: neither Linksys or Netgear wifi cards could connect to
>>the internet but they could both see the router.
>>
>>This was happening even though ZoneAlarm was never started on the
>>computer! Uninstalling ZA fixed the problem!
>
> In fact it _was_ started. The TrueVector program is put into the system
> startup configuration just by installing ZoneAlarm. Turning off ZA is easy
> enough, and configuring it correctly is a good thing :-) Personally, I
> like to run a firewall on every system, besides the firewall between my LAN
> and the Internet. ZA does a reasonable job on my wife's Win98SE system.

I always use a Firewall, but I don't know how to get TrueVector to let
my adapter connect to the internet. Do you have any suggested reading?.
I'm using a different free firewall (can't recall the name right now)
but I don't like it as much as ZA.

Thanks,
Mike

mscir wrote:

> Derek Broughton wrote:
>>
>> In fact it _was_ started. The TrueVector program is put into the system
>> startup configuration just by installing ZoneAlarm. Turning off ZA is
>> easy
>> enough, and configuring it correctly is a good thing :-) Personally, I
>> like to run a firewall on every system, besides the firewall between my
>> LAN
>> and the Internet. ZA does a reasonable job on my wife's Win98SE system.
>
> I always use a Firewall, but I don't know how to get TrueVector to let
> my adapter connect to the internet. Do you have any suggested reading?.
> I'm using a different free firewall (can't recall the name right now)
> but I don't like it as much as ZA.

It's a long time since I've done anything with it, but it always seemed
pretty obvious to me. Start Zone Alarm, and look for configuration options
that (a) allow it to connect to the Internet and (b) prompt you for each
program that tries to access the net.
--
derek