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| 627187 | 2008-01-03 20:54:00 | Hi. I'm having a problem accessing the internet from my PC. I have Windows XP Home Edition Version 2002 with SP2. I connect through a Netgear wireless router, WG111ver2 54Mpbs Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter #3. ( I don't know if I need to quote all that!) When I go to Network Connections in Control Panel it says that my Wireless Connection 3's Status is "Connected, Firewalled". However, when I try to connect to the Internet via Mozilla Firefox I get the yellow exclamation mark and the message "Server Not Found". And a similar result when I go to "Check mail" in my Eudora mailer . . "Error getting network address for 'pop.clear.net.nz'". Help! | jno (12040) | ||
| 627188 | 2008-01-03 21:43:00 | What firewall are you using ? Disable it and see if the connection works. | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 627189 | 2008-01-03 22:02:00 | I see that I've got Windows Firewall, so I've just turned it off and tried again - but to no avail! Problem still exists. | jno (12040) | ||
| 627190 | 2008-01-03 22:22:00 | do you have a computer connected to the router with a cable? Is it possible to connect your computer with a cable instead of wireless? | Greven (91) | ||
| 627191 | 2008-01-04 00:00:00 | No, it's a wireless connection. I guess I could connect via a cable, but I'd have to move the PC to another room and I really don't want to do that. I want the problem solved so that the computer can stay where it is, with wireless connection. As I said in my first posting, the wireless connection is being reported as OK - and I've undertaken "Repair" successfully; it's just the access to the internet from Mozilla Firefox and Eudora which is not being successful - which leads me to think that it's neither a Mozilla nor a Eudora problem. | jno (12040) | ||
| 627192 | 2008-01-04 00:05:00 | Look under the wireless adapter's LAN properties / TCP/IP Give it an ip manually and under Primary/alternate ips put in your router / and / or ISP ip primary / secondary address. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 627193 | 2008-01-04 00:08:00 | Find out the IP address of your router & see if you can access that from your computer. | Greven (91) | ||
| 627194 | 2008-01-04 00:12:00 | Try this - make sure the internet connection is actually active. Open a command prompt - click Start>run type in CMD when the black box opens type in ping 203.96.152.4 Press Enter If your internet is working then you will get A Reply Like This (www.imagef1.net.nz) if its not working, you will get a timed out error message. If it is or isn't working, type in ipconfig in the black box to get your gateway/IP Address, (unless you know it) Then open a browser, type in the address of the gateway, Eg: http://192.168.1.1 << Or what ever your gate way is. Go to the security and disable it. Recheck the Internet connection to see if you web browser now opens. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 627195 | 2008-01-04 02:53:00 | Thanks to all who have responded . Going to the one I understood enough about to do something about it (!): wainuitech: i) my internet is working; I got the "Reply like this" . ii) I typed in ipconfig and got IP address 192 . 168 . 0 . 2 subnet mask 255 . 255 . 255 . 0 Default gateway 192 . 168 . 0 . 1 I have disabled my Windows Firewall - is this the "security" you mention? - but I still don't connect . Greven: I can't get on to the internet, so I can't access the IP address of the router . Speedy Gonzales: Very sorry, but your advice is way beyond my expertise . I'd like to follow it, but don't know how . Two other things which may be of relevance . In the dim and distant past I had dialup with Clearnet, and for some reason, for some time now, the dialup window for Clearnet has been appearing whenever we have accessed the internet . Prior to the current problem appearing, we just clicked on "Cancel", the window went away and the connection was made wirelessly . The other thing is that the problem has arisen since 1 January when my son-in-law, a computer engineer, attempted to make my laptop (on which I am doing this) visible to our PC . He failed, and subsequently the PC couldn't access the internet . Fortunately (?) he had set up a System Restore point before he started the exercise, and I have utilised that facility to put everything back (supposedly) to where it was at that point . But . . still no internet connection . So I am still saying "Help!" Thanks in anticipation . |
jno (12040) | ||
| 627196 | 2008-01-04 02:55:00 | Has this router ever worked, have you ever had a pc connected to it by wire in order to configure the wireless connection so that you can connect to it by wireless? To confirm that your wireless link is actually working type 192.168.0.1 into the address bar of a web browser and go or enter, you should be able to access the internal settings of the router. |
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