"mcguirem3m" <mcguirem3m@bellsouth.net> wrote in
news:JffPh.12378$5i7.11135@bignews4.bellsouth.net:

>
> "DanS" <t.h.i.s.n.t.h.a.t@a.d.e.l.p.h.i.a.n.e.t> wrote in message
> news:Xns9903AE77C3BF5thisnthatadelphianet@216.196. 97.142...
>> "mcguirem3m" <mcguirem3m@bellsouth.net> wrote in
>> news:tRdPh.12308$5i7.11085@bignews4.bellsouth.net:
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>>> I can get connected and have a 192... IP address using IPconfig/all
>>> but I can't ping anything therefore I'm not "really" connected. I'm
>>> using a Linksys WRT54G Router and Gigabyte desktop wlan pci lan
>>> cards in the workstation. It sees the SSID fine and gets a 24 to
>>> 36mbps connection but doesn't connect to the Internet nor can I ping
>>> anything. What am I missing? I'm sure it's something I missed as
>>> I'm just getting started with wireless connectivity. Any help from
>>> you Gurus would be appreciated. Thanks
>>
>> What are you trying to ping ? How are you configuring the access
>> point ?
>>
> I went through the 'setup' that comes with Linksys and entered the
> data it ask for regarding SSID , the Login ID/PW for the DSL and then
> the Passphrase. That's all that it ask me to do. I can access the
> internet on the machine that is directly connected to the router with
> an ethernet cable but not through the workstation downstairs that has
> a Gigabyte Turbo 802.11 g/b wireless lan card. It detects the router
> just fine with the right SSID and ask for the passphrase and I
> carefully enter that and it gets connected at 24 to 36 mbps. But I
> try to ping "anything" Amazon, an address and if I type it in wrong
> it says I have the wrong name but with an IP address it comes back as
> with all tries and returns 4 tries with no returns after 4 attempts.
> Does that help?

Yes, I should have been a little more detailed.

1. You are trying to ping an internet address.

and 2. Can you access the rtr configuration over the wireless ?

If you can access the rtr page on the wireless, it may be a DNS issue. If
#2 is true, then you should be able to ping the rtr and anything else
connected to the network.

At that point, first thing to look at is a proper DNS setting in the
wireless PC. Try pinging 24.48.33.2, a direct internet address, which
doesn't rely on DNS.

ALL communications is done withe the IP address. When you type in
yahoo.com, your PC contacts the DNS server listed to ask for an IP
address of yahoo.com. It sends the address back to your PC, and then your
PC goes on and contact yahoo via its IP address. Pinging 24.48.33.2 take
DNS out of the loop. If that goes thru, probably DNS issue. This is in
the TCP/IP configuration of the PC.

Martin mentioned that it is usually set to the rtr IP, but if that fails,
the 24.48.33.2 address is a DNS server you can try out. I have seen rtr's
that didn't forward DNS properly.