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| Thread ID: 91976 | 2008-07-24 11:12:00 | Why? | kfoffice (9242) | Press F1 |
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| 691757 | 2008-07-25 02:57:00 | If your router is the Gen II (Ive got the G604T as well). The valid ip range of the router, is 10.1.1.3 - 10.1.1.254 It tells you this in the router, once you log into it. Thats if youre using static ips, which by the sounds of it, you are So, change the ips with 10.0.0.x.x to 10.1.1.x.x (anything between the above valid ips) Double click on the LAN icon in Vista / properties. Uninstall IPv6 |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 691758 | 2008-07-25 06:39:00 | The wireless modem came as a package from Vodafone when we signed up with their home and broadband deal last month . The vodafone technician walked through the installation with me over the phone . He told me to open the internet icon and type in 10 . 1 . 1 . 1 at the top and the first page for the modem setup appears with top horizontal bar: Home, Advanced, Tools, Status, Help . The left vertical bar has: Wizard, Wireless, WAN, LAN, DHCP, DNS, Dynamic DNS, Logout . The technician used the Wizard, so I pressed "Run Wizard" button in the middle of the page . When it got to the "Select Internet Connection Type (WAN)" the technician selected "PPPoE/PPPoA" with the words "Choose this option if your ISP uses PPPoE/PPPoA . For most DSL users . " The other options were: "Dynamic IP Address, Static IP Address, Bridge Mode", so we didn't use the Static IP address option . When I pressed "Next" the next page appears with "Set PPPoA/PPPoA" asking me to fill in the with User Name, Password, VPI (0), VCI (100), Connection Type with "PPPoA VC-Mux" selected . After pressing "Next" again we went to "Set Wireless LAN Connection" with SSID: DLINK, Channel: 6, Security: WPA, next line down has "AnyWPA" selected; the "Enable WPA2 Pre-aunthentication" box was left blank, then the Group Key interval: 3600 and finally the PK String with a very long number . After pressing "Next" again it says "Setup Complete" . That is how the modem was set up . It seems to me the 10 . 1 . 1 . 1 was the default . I only read up about wireless network and other related information three weeks ago when the wireless arrived and tried to network all our laptops and main PC and discovered the problem I've shared already about the Vista laptop . I'm ready to learn more though if you think other settings on the router will solve my problem . I don't know how to manually change the IP addresses on the main PC and brother laser printer to fall in line with the router's IP address . I'll be grateful for your assistance in this area . Many thanks . |
kfoffice (9242) | ||
| 691759 | 2008-07-25 11:13:00 | The situation with IP connectivity is that you need to be on the same subnet to communicate . Like, if the router is 10 . 1 . 1 . 1, most of us would expect that the computers would have addresses like 10 . 1 . 1 . x . Yours, however, are 10 . 0 . 0 . x . But, if the mask is 255 . 0 . 0 . 0, all addresses starting with 10 are OK . Most of us use masks of 255 . 255 . 255 . 0 which means that the last octet is the only one that can be different . DHCP - is your router set to deliver addresses to the computers? Most of us set DHCP on and tell our computer network cards to "obtain an address automatically" (default) . When a computer starts up it asks the DHCP server in the router to supply an address . The range is set in the router . In your case I would set it to start at, say, 10 . 1 . 1 . 20 . But your addresses are basically working so this is not the root of your problem . Firewalls can be a bugbear in setting up networks . Disable them till the network is going . I also saw someone having a similar problem to you that was caused by there not being a Vista dvr for the printer so it could not be installed from the XP computer . Google on "Vista can't see XP printer" . This should keep you going for a while! Good luck . |
linw (53) | ||
| 691760 | 2008-07-25 11:43:00 | Good points linw ---- If I read the posts correctly its the HP printer not wanting to play nice - go to hp's site,Here (welcome.hp.com), enter the model of the HP printer in the search, locate the Vista Drivers, download and then install - Now's where it's a bit of guess work,(More information required) depending on the drivers / Printer when you select the location of the printer, if its got a network location as a option, select that, it should search for the printer and locate it, then install the necessary software/drivers. If it doesn't have the network option a TCP/IP port may need to be added in the printer options & the printer address added manually. If you have any problems installing please supply the model of Printer back here. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 691761 | 2008-07-27 08:51:00 | Thanks for the advice guys, I had a go at changing IP addresses on our main PC to 10 . 1 . 1 . 2 and Brother Laser printer to 10 . 1 . 1 . 3 but when I rebooted the copmputer the router was still going but I couldn't access the internet at all . I then turned the computer off over night . I turned the computer off this morning and all the original settings had gone back to as it was (10 . 0 . 0 . 1 etc), and I can now access the internet again . It seems to me then I would either have the internet or new IP addresses and at the meantime my Vista laptop still can't print to my colour HP desktop 5550 printer . I'll have a look at the suggested websites . |
kfoffice (9242) | ||
| 691762 | 2008-07-27 08:55:00 | Firewall - Yes that was the first thing I did - to disable both Norton Secuirty firewall and Vista firewall but the Vista laptop still couldn't connet to the HP colour printer. | kfoffice (9242) | ||
| 691763 | 2008-07-27 09:00:00 | Sorry my colour printer is HP dekjet not desktop 5550; it's about 5 or 6 yrs old. | kfoffice (9242) | ||
| 691764 | 2008-07-27 09:20:00 | Firewall - Yes that was the first thing I did - to disable both Norton Secuirty firewall and Vista firewall but the Vista laptop still couldn't connet to the HP colour printer. Disable Vistas or uninstall Symantec's / Nortons altogether. You shouldnt have 2 firewalls running. They'll conflict. Its probably Nortons blocking it. If you didnt add whatever to it |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 691765 | 2008-07-27 19:35:00 | Are the firewalls both on the same laptop, that's probably it if they are as Speedy said | gary67 (56) | ||
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