Wierd Problem with Linksys WRT54GX router

I have 3 desktop computers and one wifi laptop connected to this
router. All machines are running XP. I can share files with any of
the computers on my local network, and I can access the internet with
all. However, when using the wireless connection on the laptop I
cannot connect to msn home page, I can connect to yahoo home page but
I cannot connect to any other pages from the links on that page (ie:
mail), or I cannot send some email out from Outlook. If i connect the
laptop via RJ45 I have no problem. I called Linksys support and
talked with some gal with a bad accent that I had problems
understanding and after I gave her my life history the only suggestion
she had was call Microsoft. I find it hard to believe that the
problem is with Microsoft when the laptop works fine when it is hard
wired.

It acts like some web pages are using something that the wifi
connection cannot access.

Any suggestion would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance

Bruce

<the_pup@home.> wrote in message
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>I have 3 desktop computers and one wifi laptop connected to this
> router. All machines are running XP. I can share files with any of
> the computers on my local network, and I can access the internet with
> all. However, when using the wireless connection on the laptop I
> cannot connect to msn home page, I can connect to yahoo home page but
> I cannot connect to any other pages from the links on that page (ie:
> mail), or I cannot send some email out from Outlook. If i connect the
> laptop via RJ45 I have no problem. I called Linksys support and
> talked with some gal with a bad accent that I had problems
> understanding and after I gave her my life history the only suggestion
> she had was call Microsoft. I find it hard to believe that the
> problem is with Microsoft when the laptop works fine when it is hard
> wired.
>
> It acts like some web pages are using something that the wifi
> connection cannot access.
>
> Any suggestion would be appreciated.

The usual fix for this is flash the router with the latest version of the
firmware. That usually fixes access problems with sites with a machine
behind the router while other machines don't have a problem with accessing
the same site.

Duane
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Bruce

I will go online this PM and get a copy of the latest firmware and see
if that fixes the problem. Even this laptop has no problem when it is
using ethernet only when it is wireless.

thanks, I will let you know

Bruce

On Tue, 03 Jan 2006 06:13:09 GMT, "Duane Arnold" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
><the_pup@home.> wrote in message
>news:(E-Mail Removed).. .
>>I have 3 desktop computers and one wifi laptop connected to this
>> router. All machines are running XP. I can share files with any of
>> the computers on my local network, and I can access the internet with
>> all. However, when using the wireless connection on the laptop I
>> cannot connect to msn home page, I can connect to yahoo home page but
>> I cannot connect to any other pages from the links on that page (ie:
>> mail), or I cannot send some email out from Outlook. If i connect the
>> laptop via RJ45 I have no problem. I called Linksys support and
>> talked with some gal with a bad accent that I had problems
>> understanding and after I gave her my life history the only suggestion
>> she had was call Microsoft. I find it hard to believe that the
>> problem is with Microsoft when the laptop works fine when it is hard
>> wired.
>>
>> It acts like some web pages are using something that the wifi
>> connection cannot access.
>>
>> Any suggestion would be appreciated.
>
>The usual fix for this is flash the router with the latest version of the
>firmware. That usually fixes access problems with sites with a machine
>behind the router while other machines don't have a problem with accessing
>the same site.
>
>Duane
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>
>> Bruce
>

Okay, I upgraded the firmware and still the same problem. I cannot
connect to msn home page or get mail from yahoo. 404 page not
found... :-(

Let me give eleminate some more things. I have gone through all of
the settings in the Linksys setup, disabled the firewall, disabled
firewall in laptop, removed the wireless adapter in device manager and
let it reinstall, checked all setting in ie, tried lowering security
setting in ie.

<the_pup@home.> wrote in message
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> Okay, I upgraded the firmware and still the same problem. I cannot
> connect to msn home page or get mail from yahoo. 404 page not
> found... :-(

And the machine works when it has a wired connection, other machines wired
or wireless have no problems at the site and this same wireless machine has
no problems with wireless when accessing other sites?

Duane

All of the other machines are Desktops that are hard wired via
ethernet. The laptop is the only machine that I have that is wireless
at this time. Am planning to set up another desktop on wireless for
one of my daughters in the next week or so, but would like to get this
problem fixed first.

Bruce

On Tue, 03 Jan 2006 14:54:57 GMT, "Duane Arnold" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
><the_pup@home.> wrote in message
>news:(E-Mail Removed).. .
>> Okay, I upgraded the firmware and still the same problem. I cannot
>> connect to msn home page or get mail from yahoo. 404 page not
>> found... :-(
>
>And the machine works when it has a wired connection, other machines wired
>or wireless have no problems at the site and this same wireless machine has
>no problems with wireless when accessing other sites?
>
>Duane
>

<the_pup@home.> wrote in message
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> All of the other machines are Desktops that are hard wired via
> ethernet. The laptop is the only machine that I have that is wireless
> at this time. Am planning to set up another desktop on wireless for
> one of my daughters in the next week or so, but would like to get this
> problem fixed first.
>

My suggestion here is to go get that wireless card for one of the desktops
and see what happens. If that desktop machine is not experiencing the same
problems as the laptop, then you can focus in on that laptop. Have you
reloaded the wireless driver of the laptop card?

Duane

Yes I have reloded the wireless driver on the laptop. I just received
a wireless PCI adapter today for a desktop so will try it and see what
happens.

Bruce

On Tue, 03 Jan 2006 20:34:35 GMT, "Duane Arnold" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
><the_pup@home.> wrote in message
>news:(E-Mail Removed).. .
>> All of the other machines are Desktops that are hard wired via
>> ethernet. The laptop is the only machine that I have that is wireless
>> at this time. Am planning to set up another desktop on wireless for
>> one of my daughters in the next week or so, but would like to get this
>> problem fixed first.
>>
>
>My suggestion here is to go get that wireless card for one of the desktops
>and see what happens. If that desktop machine is not experiencing the same
>problems as the laptop, then you can focus in on that laptop. Have you
>reloaded the wireless driver of the laptop card?
>
>Duane
>

the_pup@home. wrote:
> Let me give eleminate some more things. I have gone through all of
> the settings in the Linksys setup, disabled the firewall, disabled
> firewall in laptop, removed the wireless adapter in device manager and
> let it reinstall, checked all setting in ie, tried lowering security
> setting in ie.

Google for winsockxpfix.exe to correct corruption in the TCP/IP stack.