Wireless using XP Home

I assume that this actually works, even though I haven't been able to
get it to work for me. I've used 5 different laptops (2 Toshiba, 2 Dell,
1 Averatec), with a mix of built-in wireless capability and wireless
PCMCIA cards. Three of the machines work fine, two do not. The only
consistent factor is that the two machines running XP Home do not work,
whereas the three running XP Pro do.

Particularly frustrating is the XP Home machine that has excellent
signal strength, has a valid IP address from DHCP, but still cannot
access the Internet or LAN resources. Plug in an Ethernet cable and all
is fine.

I've tried turning off the firewall and anti-virus software but I got
the same result - good connection, valid IP, but no access. I'm using
128-bit WEP.

Any ideas? TIA

==steven

Steven Liburd wrote:
> I assume that this actually works, even though I haven't been able to
> get it to work for me. I've used 5 different laptops (2 Toshiba, 2 Dell,
> 1 Averatec), with a mix of built-in wireless capability and wireless
> PCMCIA cards. Three of the machines work fine, two do not. The only
> consistent factor is that the two machines running XP Home do not work,
> whereas the three running XP Pro do.
>
> Particularly frustrating is the XP Home machine that has excellent
> signal strength, has a valid IP address from DHCP, but still cannot
> access the Internet or LAN resources. Plug in an Ethernet cable and all
> is fine.
>
> I've tried turning off the firewall and anti-virus software but I got
> the same result - good connection, valid IP, but no access. I'm using
> 128-bit WEP.
>

What's the full list of IP(s) the machine is using with the bad
connection as opposed to a machine with a good connection?

You can do ipconfig /all >file.txt at the Command Prompt I think and
post the text in your reply.

Duane

On Thu, 13 Jul 2006 12:14:23 GMT, in alt.internet.wireless , Steven
Liburd <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I assume that this actually works, even though I haven't been able to
>get it to work for me. I've used 5 different laptops (2 Toshiba, 2 Dell,
>1 Averatec), with a mix of built-in wireless capability and wireless
>PCMCIA cards. Three of the machines work fine, two do not. The only
>consistent factor is that the two machines running XP Home do not work,

Works for me - Toshiba laptop, Edimax 54G wireless on PC-Card.

>Particularly frustrating is the XP Home machine that has excellent
>signal strength, has a valid IP address from DHCP, but still cannot
>access the Internet or LAN resources.

You have MAC address blocking enabled on your router, and you forgot
to add your wireless cards into the table.

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Mark McIntyre

On Thu, 13 Jul 2006 21:58:02 +0100, Mark McIntyre
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
<(E-Mail Removed)>:

>On Thu, 13 Jul 2006 12:14:23 GMT, in alt.internet.wireless , Steven
>Liburd <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>>Particularly frustrating is the XP Home machine that has excellent
>>signal strength, has a valid IP address from DHCP, but still cannot
>>access the Internet or LAN resources.
>
>You have MAC address blocking enabled on your router, and you forgot
>to add your wireless cards into the table.

Not with a valid DHCP address.

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