Wifi clients "the page cannot be displayed" but good on wired PCs

Greetings all,

A problem emerged on my Windows peer to peer network, (4 computers,
2 win2k, 1 xp and 1 win98) on the 2 wifi machines (win98 G and xp B
clients)
No domain, only a workgroup defined with one (wired) master browser
(all the other PC's browsers disabled in registry).

3COM Officeconnect 3CRWE554G72T 802.11G Router (Also Connected to a
Cable modem
internet with L2TP). DHCP enabled.

Can't browse the internet with IE on the wifi clients, responds with a
quick "dnserror" on the bottom and then a blank page with "page cannot
be displayed".
Outlook express still works though, and so does the router
configuration page.
on the wired machines all is well (both browsing and email).

I have the router configured as DHCP server. The L2TP connection to the
internet
is configured with 2 DNS servers. The ipconfig /all reports:

Ethernet adapter:
Media disconnected

Wireless adapter:

DHCP Enabled: yes
Ip address 192.168.x.x
subnet 255.255.255.0
def. gateway: 212.117.x.x
dns servers 212.117.x.x
dns servers 212.117.x.x

If I enter a static address in the Wifi notebook it seems to solve the
problem, but I think its only temprary until the next lease expires (I
have a temp. lease IP). In any case I'd like the notebook to be without
static IP so it can roam without a novice user having to change
configurations. The 3COM config advises that automatic settings (i.e.
not static) should work.


By the way I have WEP 128 bit encryption and router limits to home
network MAC addresses only.

Its not any spyware (I scanned) nor Norton NIS that I have since I have
it on the wired computers as well.

Thanks for any help..!

Check the proxy settings in your web browser

On 25 Feb 2006 10:57:51 -0800, in alt.internet.wireless ,
(E-Mail Removed) wrote:

>Can't browse the internet with IE on the wifi clients, responds with a
>quick "dnserror" on the bottom and then a blank page with "page cannot
>be displayed".
>Outlook express still works though, and so does the router
>configuration page.
>on the wired machines all is well (both browsing and email).
Mark McIntyre
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Mark McIntyre wrote:
> Check the proxy settings in your web browser
>

Never had any proxies defined. (it was always disabled).


Thanks

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, Mark McIntyre <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>Check the proxy settings in your web browser
>
>On 25 Feb 2006 10:57:51 -0800, in alt.internet.wireless ,
>(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>
>>Can't browse the internet with IE on the wifi clients, responds with a
>>quick "dnserror" on the bottom and then a blank page with "page cannot
>>be displayed".
>>Outlook express still works though, and so does the router
>>configuration page.
>>on the wired machines all is well (both browsing and email).
>Mark McIntyre

Need more info, details about the wireless router, model number firmware
version, hardware version. What OS are the wireless clients running XP sp2,
XP home, Win 98? What kid of wireless nics are in play.
What do you show when you key:
>Ipconfig /all
at a DOS prompt on the wireless machines?

fundamentalism, fundamentally wrong.

3COM Officeconnect 3CRWE554G72T 802.11G Router
Latest firmware, Version v2.01.10


The malfunctioning wifi pc's are a win98se machine and an XP Pro SP2
notebook. Both are exhibiting the same symptoms:
some of the time they work fine, but every day in the evening or so
(could be related to the short lease IP I get from the IP provider)-
when trying to surf, get a "dnserror" on the bottom and then a blank
page with "page cannot be displayed".
Outlook express still works though. At the same time, The fixed line
machines on the same network work with no problem

thanks