XP Home and Wireless Broadband sharing

I just purchased a Sony Vaio 2.8GHz notebook computer for my wife. It came
with Windows XP Home. Unlike my Windows 2000 system and the Win98 system the
Sony is replacing, I can't for the life of me figure out how to get this
thing connected to share my Road Runner service. It came with a built in
802.11b/g wireless card (LAN-Express AS IEEE 802.11g miniPCI) which "sees"
the network/router (with a strong signal) but when I try to access the net
with MSIE I receive the error: Cannot Find Server. With my Win2k and Win98
systems it was pretty much plug it in, turn it on and it worked.

My wireless router is a Siemens SpeedStream 2623. While not the best in the
world, it has served us quite well for over a year now.

When I look at the wireless card in My Network Places > View Network
Connections and click on Repair this connection, I receive the error: TCP/IP
is not enabled for this connection. Cannot Proceed.

I feel the lack of TCP/IP may be my problem but after many hours of
frustration I can't decipher how to enable TCP/IP for the wireless network
card. I've clicked and right clicked every button and tab I can find without
success. If it were Windows 2000 or 98 I'd know just what to do but with XP
Home I'm lost. It just doesn't seem very intuitive to me.

The Vaio didn't come with an installation CD/DVD or any documentation.

Can anyone offer any insight before I bodyslam this $%^@ thing? (as a side
note I did get it to connect one time last night and thought I had the
problem solved, but today when I tried again I experienced the same problem.
All network/wireless settings are default.)

If any further information is required to help figure this thing out, let me
know and I'll try to provide it. I am NOT trying to network with my Win2k
box, just share my broadband internet access.

Thanks!!!

Have you tried asking Road Runner tech support for their help yet? Contact
them first to find out if your IP is static and if so what should that address
be. They also might have a dynamic IP address. Your Siemens router should
have an Auto DHCP setting to detect a dynamic IP setting. I have AOL Broadband
Cable which get its signal feed from the local Time Warner Road Runner service.
Locally here in Columbus, OH, Road Runner feeds signals for Earthlink and AOL
and of course its own service. My IP address is dynamic so yours might be too.

If RR can't help then your next step would be to contact Siemens and ask their
tech support if your product supports Road Runner service. They should no and
tell you how to configure your router. Good luck.

>I just purchased a Sony Vaio 2.8GHz notebook computer for my wife. It came
>with Windows XP Home. Unlike my Windows 2000 system and the Win98 system the
>Sony is replacing, I can't for the life of me figure out how to get this
>thing connected to share my Road Runner service. It came with a built in
>802.11b/g wireless card (LAN-Express AS IEEE 802.11g miniPCI) which "sees"
>the network/router (with a strong signal) but when I try to access the net
>with MSIE I receive the error: Cannot Find Server. With my Win2k and Win98
>systems it was pretty much plug it in, turn it on and it worked.
>
>My wireless router is a Siemens SpeedStream 2623. While not the best in the
>world, it has served us quite well for over a year now.
>
>When I look at the wireless card in My Network Places > View Network
>Connections and click on Repair this connection, I receive the error: TCP/IP
>is not enabled for this connection. Cannot Proceed.
>
>I feel the lack of TCP/IP may be my problem but after many hours of
>frustration I can't decipher how to enable TCP/IP for the wireless network
>card. I've clicked and right clicked every button and tab I can find without
>success. If it were Windows 2000 or 98 I'd know just what to do but with XP
>Home I'm lost. It just doesn't seem very intuitive to me.
>
>The Vaio didn't come with an installation CD/DVD or any documentation.
>
>Can anyone offer any insight before I bodyslam this $%^@ thing? (as a side
>note I did get it to connect one time last night and thought I had the
>problem solved, but today when I tried again I experienced the same problem.
>All network/wireless settings are default.)
>
>If any further information is required to help figure this thing out, let me
>know and I'll try to provide it. I am NOT trying to network with my Win2k
>box, just share my broadband internet access.
>
>Thanks!!!
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

"Nivek" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
news:z%itb.51943$(E-Mail Removed):

> I just purchased a Sony Vaio 2.8GHz notebook computer for my wife. It
> came with Windows XP Home. Unlike my Windows 2000 system and the Win98
> system the Sony is replacing, I can't for the life of me figure out
> how to get this thing connected to share my Road Runner service. It
> came with a built in 802.11b/g wireless card (LAN-Express AS IEEE
> 802.11g miniPCI) which "sees" the network/router (with a strong
> signal) but when I try to access the net with MSIE I receive the
> error: Cannot Find Server. With my Win2k and Win98 systems it was
> pretty much plug it in, turn it on and it worked.
>
> My wireless router is a Siemens SpeedStream 2623. While not the best
> in the world, it has served us quite well for over a year now.
>
> When I look at the wireless card in My Network Places > View Network
> Connections and click on Repair this connection, I receive the error:
> TCP/IP is not enabled for this connection. Cannot Proceed.
>
> I feel the lack of TCP/IP may be my problem but after many hours of
> frustration I can't decipher how to enable TCP/IP for the wireless
> network card. I've clicked and right clicked every button and tab I
> can find without success. If it were Windows 2000 or 98 I'd know just
> what to do but with XP Home I'm lost. It just doesn't seem very
> intuitive to me.
>
> The Vaio didn't come with an installation CD/DVD or any documentation.
>
> Can anyone offer any insight before I bodyslam this $%^@ thing? (as a
> side note I did get it to connect one time last night and thought I
> had the problem solved, but today when I tried again I experienced the
> same problem. All network/wireless settings are default.)
>
> If any further information is required to help figure this thing out,
> let me know and I'll try to provide it. I am NOT trying to network
> with my Win2k box, just share my broadband internet access.
>
> Thanks!!!
>
>

You should delete everything out of the NIC's Property Box and then issue
the command in the link below. Then you reboot the machine and install
everything back in the NIC's Property Box.

http://www.petri.co.il/reinstall_tcp_ip_xp.htm

Hopefully, that will rebuild TCP/IP on the machine. But if you still get
the TCP/IP is not there message, then it's down to you may have to rebuild
the machine. You could try doing an *upgrade* over the top of the existing
O/S to see if TCP/IP will come back. If it works, you will need to
reinstall all SP(s) and Security Hot fixes.

If you get an 169.xxx the Auto Default IP, that means that the O/S could
not get a valid IP and you'll have to do the procedure above to clear it.

The other thing you should do is NOT use that Network Wizard CRAP it is
nothing but trouble and will get you in trouble quick. If you have that
Network Bridge Icon there with the Icons for the NIC's in the Local Area
Connections screen then delete it. Hell, that may even clear all the
problems you're having.

You should go to Control Panel and put it into Classic View and go to
Services and disable the Wireless Zero Configuration service another source
of trouble I have found it to be.

You should go to the Website for the wireless card and download the driver
for it.

Then on the Start button, right-click the MY Computer line and go to
Properties.

You can install the driver for the wireless card using Device Manager and
you can configure the card properly there too.

http://www.uksecurityonline.com/husdg/windowsxp.php

HTH

Duane

If TCP/IP is not enabled, just click on the wirless connection in your
system tray (the double-monitor icon). Select the Properties button, and the
General tab. You should see a list of stack elements - on my XP, I see
"Client for Microsoft Networks", "File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft
Networks", "QoS Packet Scheduler", and "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)". This
last one should have a checkmark next to it.

I generally omit the others on my notebook. For example, I do not want file
sharing if I run it at a hotspot. I don't need the packet scheduler either.

"Chris S." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Have you tried asking Road Runner tech support for their help yet?
Contact
> them first to find out if your IP is static and if so what should that
address
> be. They also might have a dynamic IP address. Your Siemens router
should
> have an Auto DHCP setting to detect a dynamic IP setting. I have AOL
Broadband
> Cable which get its signal feed from the local Time Warner Road Runner
service.
> Locally here in Columbus, OH, Road Runner feeds signals for Earthlink and
AOL
> and of course its own service. My IP address is dynamic so yours might be
too.
>
> If RR can't help then your next step would be to contact Siemens and ask
their
> tech support if your product supports Road Runner service. They should no
and
> tell you how to configure your router. Good luck.
>
> >I just purchased a Sony Vaio 2.8GHz notebook computer for my wife. It
came
> >with Windows XP Home. Unlike my Windows 2000 system and the Win98 system
the
> >Sony is replacing, I can't for the life of me figure out how to get this
> >thing connected to share my Road Runner service. It came with a built in
> >802.11b/g wireless card (LAN-Express AS IEEE 802.11g miniPCI) which
"sees"
> >the network/router (with a strong signal) but when I try to access the
net
> >with MSIE I receive the error: Cannot Find Server. With my Win2k and
Win98
> >systems it was pretty much plug it in, turn it on and it worked.
> >
> >My wireless router is a Siemens SpeedStream 2623. While not the best in
the
> >world, it has served us quite well for over a year now.
> >
> >When I look at the wireless card in My Network Places > View Network
> >Connections and click on Repair this connection, I receive the error:
TCP/IP
> >is not enabled for this connection. Cannot Proceed.
> >
> >I feel the lack of TCP/IP may be my problem but after many hours of
> >frustration I can't decipher how to enable TCP/IP for the wireless
network
> >card. I've clicked and right clicked every button and tab I can find
without
> >success. If it were Windows 2000 or 98 I'd know just what to do but with
XP
> >Home I'm lost. It just doesn't seem very intuitive to me.
> >
> >The Vaio didn't come with an installation CD/DVD or any documentation.
> >
> >Can anyone offer any insight before I bodyslam this $%^@ thing? (as a
side
> >note I did get it to connect one time last night and thought I had the
> >problem solved, but today when I tried again I experienced the same
problem.
> >All network/wireless settings are default.)
> >
> >If any further information is required to help figure this thing out, let
me
> >know and I'll try to provide it. I am NOT trying to network with my
Win2k
> >box, just share my broadband internet access.
> >
> >Thanks!!!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>

I got frustrated with it today and returned the machine to Fry's. They
played around with it for an hour or so, couldn't get it to work either and
finally decided to give me a refund. I ended up with a different computer -
Toshiba 2.8GHz this time - with XP Pro. When I got it home I simply turned
it on and it worked without making any setting changes at all.

The Toshiba doesn't have all the bells and whistles that the Vaio had but
it's quite a bit lighter and mainly going to be a business/traveling
computer for my wife. She's happy and now that my blood pressure is back to
normal, I'm happy! LOL


"Duane Arnold" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:Xns94348E91D43BEdarnold92insightbbco@216.148. 227.77...
> "Nivek" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> news:z%itb.51943$(E-Mail Removed):
>
> > I just purchased a Sony Vaio 2.8GHz notebook computer for my wife. It
> > came with Windows XP Home. Unlike my Windows 2000 system and the Win98
> > system the Sony is replacing, I can't for the life of me figure out
> > how to get this thing connected to share my Road Runner service. It
> > came with a built in 802.11b/g wireless card (LAN-Express AS IEEE
> > 802.11g miniPCI) which "sees" the network/router (with a strong
> > signal) but when I try to access the net with MSIE I receive the
> > error: Cannot Find Server. With my Win2k and Win98 systems it was
> > pretty much plug it in, turn it on and it worked.
> >
> > My wireless router is a Siemens SpeedStream 2623. While not the best
> > in the world, it has served us quite well for over a year now.
> >
> > When I look at the wireless card in My Network Places > View Network
> > Connections and click on Repair this connection, I receive the error:
> > TCP/IP is not enabled for this connection. Cannot Proceed.
> >
> > I feel the lack of TCP/IP may be my problem but after many hours of
> > frustration I can't decipher how to enable TCP/IP for the wireless
> > network card. I've clicked and right clicked every button and tab I
> > can find without success. If it were Windows 2000 or 98 I'd know just
> > what to do but with XP Home I'm lost. It just doesn't seem very
> > intuitive to me.
> >
> > The Vaio didn't come with an installation CD/DVD or any documentation.
> >
> > Can anyone offer any insight before I bodyslam this $%^@ thing? (as a
> > side note I did get it to connect one time last night and thought I
> > had the problem solved, but today when I tried again I experienced the
> > same problem. All network/wireless settings are default.)
> >
> > If any further information is required to help figure this thing out,
> > let me know and I'll try to provide it. I am NOT trying to network
> > with my Win2k box, just share my broadband internet access.
> >
> > Thanks!!!
> >
> >
>
> You should delete everything out of the NIC's Property Box and then issue
> the command in the link below. Then you reboot the machine and install
> everything back in the NIC's Property Box.
>
> http://www.petri.co.il/reinstall_tcp_ip_xp.htm
>
> Hopefully, that will rebuild TCP/IP on the machine. But if you still get
> the TCP/IP is not there message, then it's down to you may have to rebuild
> the machine. You could try doing an *upgrade* over the top of the existing
> O/S to see if TCP/IP will come back. If it works, you will need to
> reinstall all SP(s) and Security Hot fixes.
>
> If you get an 169.xxx the Auto Default IP, that means that the O/S could
> not get a valid IP and you'll have to do the procedure above to clear it.
>
> The other thing you should do is NOT use that Network Wizard CRAP it is
> nothing but trouble and will get you in trouble quick. If you have that
> Network Bridge Icon there with the Icons for the NIC's in the Local Area
> Connections screen then delete it. Hell, that may even clear all the
> problems you're having.
>
> You should go to Control Panel and put it into Classic View and go to
> Services and disable the Wireless Zero Configuration service another
source
> of trouble I have found it to be.
>
> You should go to the Website for the wireless card and download the driver
> for it.
>
> Then on the Start button, right-click the MY Computer line and go to
> Properties.
>
> You can install the driver for the wireless card using Device Manager and
> you can configure the card properly there too.
>
> http://www.uksecurityonline.com/husdg/windowsxp.php
>
> HTH
>
> Duane
>
>
>

> > When I look at the wireless card in My Network Places > View Network
> > Connections and click on Repair this connection, I receive the error:
> > TCP/IP is not enabled for this connection. Cannot Proceed.
> >
> > I feel the lack of TCP/IP may be my problem but after many hours of
> > frustration I can't decipher how to enable TCP/IP for the wireless
> > network card. I've clicked and right clicked every button and tab I
> > can find without success. If it were Windows 2000 or 98 I'd know just
> > what to do but with XP Home I'm lost. It just doesn't seem very
> > intuitive to me.

> The other thing you should do is NOT use that Network Wizard CRAP it is
> nothing but trouble and will get you in trouble quick. If you have that
> Network Bridge Icon there with the Icons for the NIC's in the Local Area
> Connections screen then delete it. Hell, that may even clear all the
> problems you're having.

> Duane

Duane, You are the Man. I was almost ready to return the netgear
ma111 usb wireless network adaptor that I had purchased. Your fix
only takes five seconds, and I'm posting to you through it to you
right now. I hope that this information gets disseminated through the
network to everyone who is struggling with a wireless adaptor on XP.
Thanks!

Bill Turner

(E-Mail Removed) (William Turner) wrote in
news:(E-Mail Removed) om:

>> > When I look at the wireless card in My Network Places > View
>> > Network Connections and click on Repair this connection, I receive
>> > the error: TCP/IP is not enabled for this connection. Cannot
>> > Proceed.
>> >
>> > I feel the lack of TCP/IP may be my problem but after many hours of
>> > frustration I can't decipher how to enable TCP/IP for the wireless
>> > network card. I've clicked and right clicked every button and tab I
>> > can find without success. If it were Windows 2000 or 98 I'd know
>> > just what to do but with XP Home I'm lost. It just doesn't seem
>> > very intuitive to me.
>
>> The other thing you should do is NOT use that Network Wizard CRAP it
>> is nothing but trouble and will get you in trouble quick. If you have
>> that Network Bridge Icon there with the Icons for the NIC's in the
>> Local Area Connections screen then delete it. Hell, that may even
>> clear all the problems you're having.
>
>> Duane
>
> Duane, You are the Man. I was almost ready to return the netgear
> ma111 usb wireless network adaptor that I had purchased. Your fix
> only takes five seconds, and I'm posting to you through it to you
> right now. I hope that this information gets disseminated through the
> network to everyone who is struggling with a wireless adaptor on XP.
> Thanks!
>
> Bill Turner
>
There seems to be a lot of people with wireless and XP who have this
problem of getting the wireless on XP to work or stay working. I am glad
the post helped you.

Duane

Duane Arnold wrote:
> (E-Mail Removed) (William Turner) wrote in
> news:(E-Mail Removed) om:
>
>
>>>>When I look at the wireless card in My Network Places > View
>>>>Network Connections and click on Repair this connection, I receive
>>>>the error: TCP/IP is not enabled for this connection. Cannot
>>>>Proceed.
>>>>
>>>>I feel the lack of TCP/IP may be my problem but after many hours of
>>>>frustration I can't decipher how to enable TCP/IP for the wireless
>>>>network card. I've clicked and right clicked every button and tab I
>>>>can find without success. If it were Windows 2000 or 98 I'd know
>>>>just what to do but with XP Home I'm lost. It just doesn't seem
>>>>very intuitive to me.
>>
>>
>>
>>>The other thing you should do is NOT use that Network Wizard CRAP it
>>>is nothing but trouble and will get you in trouble quick. If you have
>>>that Network Bridge Icon there with the Icons for the NIC's in the
>>>Local Area Connections screen then delete it. Hell, that may even
>>>clear all the problems you're having.
>>
>>>Duane
>>
>>Duane, You are the Man. I was almost ready to return the netgear
>>ma111 usb wireless network adaptor that I had purchased. Your fix
>>only takes five seconds, and I'm posting to you through it to you
>>right now. I hope that this information gets disseminated through the
>>network to everyone who is struggling with a wireless adaptor on XP.
>>Thanks!
>>
>>Bill Turner
>>
>
> There seems to be a lot of people with wireless and XP who have this
> problem of getting the wireless on XP to work or stay working. I am glad
> the post helped you.
>
> Duane

well..
Duane.. you are THE man.. I'm a newbie at wireless and the mac Bridge
was a pain in the A@@. The bridge kept cutting out.. What does the
bridge thing do anyway!! It took forever for me to connect when I first
installed the wireless and I was ready to throw the thing out...it then
connects and everynow and again it disconnects... have been struggling
for a while with this hassle of it disconnecting. A message telling me
that there is an IP sharing error hasn't appeared so it seems to have
fixed the problem.. I can now move my computer to where I want it
rather than beside the wireless hub..
thanks
cheers
john

>
> well..
> Duane.. you are THE man.. I'm a newbie at wireless and the mac
> Bridge was a pain in the A@@. The bridge kept cutting out.. What does
> the bridge thing do anyway!! It took forever for me to connect when I
> first installed the wireless and I was ready to throw the thing
> out...it then connects and everynow and again it disconnects... have
> been struggling for a while with this hassle of it disconnecting. A
> message telling me that there is an IP sharing error hasn't appeared
> so it seems to have fixed the problem.. I can now move my computer to
> where I want it rather than beside the wireless hub..
> thanks
> cheers
> john
>
>

http://www.homenethelp.com/web/howto...idge-setup.asp

Why that thing shows up while doing a wireless setup using that Network
Wizard crap is beyond me. It's nothing but touble.

A couple of other things you may want to look into are the following:

1) Disable the Wireless Zero Configuration Service which is making the
machine see multiple networks and leads to it dropping off of your
network.

2) Configuring the wireless card with the Device Manager of XP, which is
much more stable than using the cards utility to do the configuration. XP
and the card's utility program don't play well together. This means you
would download the card's driver from the Website or get it off its cd
but use the Device Manager to do the install.

3) Don't even use it don't even install the card's utility to display the
signal strength sucking up resources while it sits in the job tray. XP
can to this part well with the icon that shows it has a network
connection the two monitors icon. You put the mouse on the icon it will
show the signal strength.

Before taking those steps on XP, the wireless connection was a piece of
crap, as opposed to the same setup when the machine was Win2k it was
solid as a rock.

Now it's solid as a rock on XP.

Duane

Duane Arnold wrote:
>>well..
>>Duane.. you are THE man.. I'm a newbie at wireless and the mac
>>Bridge was a pain in the A@@. The bridge kept cutting out.. What does
>>the bridge thing do anyway!! It took forever for me to connect when I
>>first installed the wireless and I was ready to throw the thing
>>out...it then connects and everynow and again it disconnects... have
>>been struggling for a while with this hassle of it disconnecting. A
>>message telling me that there is an IP sharing error hasn't appeared
>>so it seems to have fixed the problem.. I can now move my computer to
>>where I want it rather than beside the wireless hub..
>>thanks
>>cheers
>>john
>>
>>
>
>
> http://www.homenethelp.com/web/howto...idge-setup.asp
>
> Why that thing shows up while doing a wireless setup using that Network
> Wizard crap is beyond me. It's nothing but touble.
>
> A couple of other things you may want to look into are the following:
>
> 1) Disable the Wireless Zero Configuration Service which is making the
> machine see multiple networks and leads to it dropping off of your
> network.
>
> 2) Configuring the wireless card with the Device Manager of XP, which is
> much more stable than using the cards utility to do the configuration. XP
> and the card's utility program don't play well together. This means you
> would download the card's driver from the Website or get it off its cd
> but use the Device Manager to do the install.
>
> 3) Don't even use it don't even install the card's utility to display the
> signal strength sucking up resources while it sits in the job tray. XP
> can to this part well with the icon that shows it has a network
> connection the two monitors icon. You put the mouse on the icon it will
> show the signal strength.
>
> Before taking those steps on XP, the wireless connection was a piece of
> crap, as opposed to the same setup when the machine was Win2k it was
> solid as a rock.
>
> Now it's solid as a rock on XP.
>
> Duane
>
>
>
>
Thanks Duane,
Appreciate the tidbits...
May Santa be good to you..
cheers
john