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| 627227 | 2008-01-07 03:32:00 | Running the command internally is fine if the software is not damaged - if its damaged in some way it may not work. Hence the standalone program. The wireless works fine from another Laptop - so I doubt its the router - if the PC cant connect to the Router Now - its usually the PC in some way. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 627228 | 2008-01-07 03:33:00 | I'm sure the winsockfix does more than that. | Greven (91) | ||
| 627229 | 2008-01-07 03:41:00 | Running the command internally is fine if the software is not damaged - if its damaged in some way it may not work. Hence the standalone program. The wireless works fine from another Laptop - so I doubt its the router - if the PC cant connect to the Router Now - its usually the PC in some way. It could be a wireless network problem on the PC but for the time it takes to connect by ethernet to confirm where the problem is it might save another 40 posts. |
Safari (3993) | ||
| 627230 | 2008-01-07 04:05:00 | It could be a wireless network problem on the PC but for the time it takes to connect by ethernet to confirm where the problem is it might save another 40 posts.:D Totally agree, but reading between the lines take a look at post number 9, problems started there. If every things working as it should - networking two XP's is easy. If I personally was on site, I'd do exactly what you suggest - roll out a length of Cat5, and plug it together. :thumbs: Could? also be a dodgy USB adaptor. Ditto to above would tell that. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 627231 | 2008-01-07 06:31:00 | Hi guys. Thank you for all your various suggestions. I have done the following: 1 Winsock successfully reset according to Safari's posting no. 40 2. However, Greven suggested in #42 that winsockfix "does more than that", so I downloaded it as per WT's #27 posting and transferred it via a thumbdrive to the PC and ran it - successfully. However, I now find that when I look at the TCP/IP Properties, "Obtain an IP address automatically" and "Obtain DNS server automatically" are both selected and consequently the numerical addresses are no longer displayed. 3. WT in #41 asks if the PC is connected to the router. It is connected so the "Status" tells me. 4. WT in #44 suggests the USB adapter might be "dodgy". If that were so, then surely there would be no connection with the router. Where to from here? |
jno (12040) | ||
| 627232 | 2008-01-07 06:43:00 | What is the IP Address if you open the Command Prompt ( CMD) and type in ipconfig from the PC ? If you are getting 198.162.0.??? then the PC is again talking to the Router?? The wireless internet connection from the Laptop ( the working one) - is it a built in Wireless, or do you have a USB Adaptor as well for the lap top. ? WT in #44 suggests the USB adapter might be "dodgy". If that were so, then surely there would be no connection with the router. Not always, I have a similar problem last year, a customer had a USB device for the Laptop - and a Linskys wireless router, would do exactly what yours is doing, but theirs would only hold the Connection for 2-3 minutes, I changed the adaptor to a Linskys and away it went. Its a process of elimination to find out where the problem lies, I'd be surprised if its the router - if it was you would expect the wireless laptop to be affected - its not. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 627233 | 2008-01-07 07:19:00 | Please check on something - open the Network Wizard , it should be on the desktop from when you installed the drivers - also look at the Icon in the system Try , if its yellow then heres the possible problem - open the wizard and check the setting is set to Access Point NOT adhoc network Example Here in this photo (www.imagef1.net.nz) from the manual. (bottom left of the picture) Edit: just reading the Manual, use this wizard to set up the Internet connections, windows might be getting it all wrong. ESP under the Networks tab (www.imagef1.net.nz) in the wizard From the Manual Note: The instructions in this section refer to the NETGEAR WG111 Wireless Assistant. For Windows XP users to use the NETGEAR Wireless Assistant, the Windows XP Wireless Networks configuration utility must be deselected. If you did not enable the NETGEAR utility when you installed the WG111 Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter, open the network connections from the system tray icon, click the Properties button, click the Wireless Networks tab and then clear the “Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings” check box. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 627234 | 2008-01-07 23:50:00 | Well, Well, Well!!! My PC is now accessing the internet, though terribly slowly! I've done nothing since last night - except read the two postings from WT . When I switched the PC on it noted that my antivirus software - AVG Free Edition - was out of date, so on a whim, I clicked on the icon to update it, and - mirabile dictu!! - it started downloading, but at an average speed of 1 Kb/sec . I completed and installed the download and then opened up Eudora and on checking mail, it started downloading the 30 messages which have accumulated since the PC last accessed the e-mail but even more terribly slowly . I'm watching progress at the moment and it's downloading 5 or 6 packets per sec, about 1% of the first message per second . What my AVG window is actually saying is "AVG E-mail scanner AutoPOP3: Downloading message #20 57%" It's up to 57% of this message after about 5 minutes . Interesting that this AVG window indicates that it is downloading message #20 whereas the Task window Status had a total of 30 messages to download . . . . Further progress report . The "AVG E-mail Scanner" window currently notes that it is downloading message #43 . . 80% . . while the task status window says there are 8 messages left to download . Perhaps the AVG E-mail scanner window counts upwards, and the percentage is the % of each message downloaded! Uh-Oh! "5 messages left to download", and the AVG E-mail scanner window went back to about 46% . . . . It's now down loading message #47 and the percentage went back to 8 . . but now 30 and climbing . I should have timed this, but it must be a good 10 - 12 minutes since I started logging pogress . There are still 4 messages to download and I'll time it till they are all completed . OK; 2 minutes 50 seconds for the last 4 messages . And I am getting on to the internet when clicking on Mozilla Firefox! So . . . amazing!! It's currently raining cats and dogs here in Palmerston North; perhaps the dampness in the atmosphere has lubricated a missing connection somewhere . Thanks for all your advice and suggestions everyone; if the low speed problem persists, I'll post again, but hopefully it won't . PS Today's croquet was called off because of flooded lawns; that's why I have been able to get on to this in the middle of the afternoon . |
jno (12040) | ||
| 627235 | 2008-01-08 01:47:00 | Perhaps you did not do a restart after you did the winsock repair last night. | Safari (3993) | ||
| 627236 | 2008-01-08 01:53:00 | Can't remember at this stage, though if I was prompted to, I probably did. However, that's all past history now! | jno (12040) | ||
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