problem with wireless router

Hope somebody can help me here. Seems to be a proxy/firewall/dns problem, or
could be something else.

I set up a new wireless network today, with a Safecom SWAMR-54108 ADSL Modem
and Router.

Everything seems to work fine, and my Desktop PC and Laptop can both access
the internet through this connection, and share files etc.

However, some applications do not access the internet from the Desktop
Machine - specifically Internet Explorer 6 SP2, Mozilla Firefox 1.04,
Windows Messenger 5.1.

These applications all get through the gateway correctly on the laptop, and
other software works on the desktop machine (Outlook Express, Opera 7 and
various other stuff).

I've tried disabling Windows firewall and zonealarm, and it makes no
difference.

When I try to go to a website in IE, it looks for an IP address of 1.0.0.0
which is a bit stupid. I've tinkered with the connection settings to make
them the same as on the laptop (where IE auto detects the correct proxy
settings with no problem) but that didn't work.

Really hope someone has a solution. TIA.

BTN

On Sat, 4 Jun 2005 20:28:20 +0100, in alt.internet.wireless , "Sir
Benjamin Nunn" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>When I try to go to a website in IE, it looks for an IP address of 1.0.0.0
>which is a bit stupid. I've tinkered with the connection settings to make
>them the same as on the laptop (where IE auto detects the correct proxy
>settings with no problem) but that didn't work.

Unless you're actually using proxy software somewhere, the settings
should be "direct conection to the internet", not "automatically
detect proxy". Routers are not proxy servers.

--
Mark McIntyre
CLC FAQ <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/top.html>
CLC readme: <http://www.ungerhu.com/jxh/clc.welcome.txt>

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Hi,

Perhaps you could try the following two techniques:

Check the host file (host. ) in the directory:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc. I have nothing but comments in there and I
can still access the internet without a problem. You can clear anything
without a # in front of it.

Check your MTU size in your router. You can try a setting of 900 to
experiment to see if it changes the situation. There is a way to find the
optimum MTU size. Just get to a DOS prompt and try multiple MTU sizes until
you obtain the highest ping rate. Eg: ping -f -l 900 www.dslreports.com
(where 900 is the MTU size you are experimenting with). Increment by 10
until you reach the best setting.

Let us know if this works. :-)

Cheers
Unicorn




"Sir Benjamin Nunn" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hope somebody can help me here. Seems to be a proxy/firewall/dns problem,
> or could be something else.
>
> I set up a new wireless network today, with a Safecom SWAMR-54108 ADSL
> Modem and Router.
>
> Everything seems to work fine, and my Desktop PC and Laptop can both
> access the internet through this connection, and share files etc.
>
> However, some applications do not access the internet from the Desktop
> Machine - specifically Internet Explorer 6 SP2, Mozilla Firefox 1.04,
> Windows Messenger 5.1.
>
> These applications all get through the gateway correctly on the laptop,
> and other software works on the desktop machine (Outlook Express, Opera 7
> and various other stuff).
>
> I've tried disabling Windows firewall and zonealarm, and it makes no
> difference.
>
> When I try to go to a website in IE, it looks for an IP address of 1.0.0.0
> which is a bit stupid. I've tinkered with the connection settings to make
> them the same as on the laptop (where IE auto detects the correct proxy
> settings with no problem) but that didn't work.
>
> Really hope someone has a solution. TIA.
>
> BTN
>