"Internet Connected" vs. IP address in Netgear Utility

Hi all,
I have a Netgear WG311T and am using Netgear's Utitlity to connect to a
wireless an AP. The signal is from a local business that uses no encryption
but you have to come in and get the SSID. When I connect I get a good signal
strength and the Utility lists my local IP address but when I open Internet
Explorer I cannot connect to a website or even use an ftp client. So i'm
sure it's not because of security settings or a firewall since I can connect
to another AP that after connecting gives "internet connected" were the IP
address is located with the other AP.
I can't find any information from Netgear or anywhere on the web as to why
Internet doesn't work with the one AP but not the other. Does anybody know
why the netgear utility displays "internet connected" instead of the local
IP address or what it means to have one displayed instead of the other? I
try to connect with the WindowsXP wireless utility all signals without SSIDs
are not even listed.

TIA

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In <LIvaf.31954$zb5.31491@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net> on Thu, 03 Nov
2005 21:56:59 GMT, "Benny" <biteme@aol.com> wrote:

>I have a Netgear WG311T and am using Netgear's Utitlity to connect to a
>wireless an AP. The signal is from a local business that uses no encryption
>but you have to come in and get the SSID. When I connect I get a good signal
>strength and the Utility lists my local IP address but when I open Internet
>Explorer I cannot connect to a website or even use an ftp client. So i'm
>sure it's not because of security settings or a firewall since I can connect
>to another AP that after connecting gives "internet connected" were the IP
>address is located with the other AP.
>I can't find any information from Netgear or anywhere on the web as to why
>Internet doesn't work with the one AP but not the other. Does anybody know
>why the netgear utility displays "internet connected" instead of the local
>IP address or what it means to have one displayed instead of the other?

The Netgear Wireless Assistant will display the IP address before showing
"Internet Connected". Once that has happened, click the About tab to see your
IP address. That will be either an IP address assigned by DHCP from the AP,
or a local (and useless) IP address assigned by Windows if DHCP fails. In the
latter case, Windows XP reports "limited or no connectivity".

>I
>try to connect with the WindowsXP wireless utility all signals without SSIDs
>are not even listed.

You can use Advanced Settings -> Wireless Networks -> Add to configure your
adapter for a network that doesn't broadcast its SSID.

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Thanks for the response. When I use the Windows XP utility to manually
configure the network I still can't use the internet. I get a "limited or no
connectivity message" for the connection and it just has an IP address
assigned but no internet use. I also can't ping their router so I guess it's
some driver or hardware thing



"John Navas" <spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> wrote in message
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>
> In <LIvaf.31954$zb5.31491@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net> on Thu, 03
> Nov
> 2005 21:56:59 GMT, "Benny" <biteme@aol.com> wrote:
>
>>I have a Netgear WG311T and am using Netgear's Utitlity to connect to a
>>wireless an AP. The signal is from a local business that uses no
>>encryption
>>but you have to come in and get the SSID. When I connect I get a good
>>signal
>>strength and the Utility lists my local IP address but when I open
>>Internet
>>Explorer I cannot connect to a website or even use an ftp client. So i'm
>>sure it's not because of security settings or a firewall since I can
>>connect
>>to another AP that after connecting gives "internet connected" were the IP
>>address is located with the other AP.
>>I can't find any information from Netgear or anywhere on the web as to why
>>Internet doesn't work with the one AP but not the other. Does anybody know
>>why the netgear utility displays "internet connected" instead of the local
>>IP address or what it means to have one displayed instead of the other?
>
> The Netgear Wireless Assistant will display the IP address before showing
> "Internet Connected". Once that has happened, click the About tab to see
> your
> IP address. That will be either an IP address assigned by DHCP from the
> AP,
> or a local (and useless) IP address assigned by Windows if DHCP fails. In
> the
> latter case, Windows XP reports "limited or no connectivity".
>
>>I
>>try to connect with the WindowsXP wireless utility all signals without
>>SSIDs
>>are not even listed.
>
> You can use Advanced Settings -> Wireless Networks -> Add to configure
> your
> adapter for a network that doesn't broadcast its SSID.
>
> --
> Best regards, HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES:
> John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>

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In <uoOaf.37355$zb5.9965@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net> on Fri, 04 Nov
2005 19:12:26 GMT, "Benny" <biteme@aol.com> wrote:

>Thanks for the response. When I use the Windows XP utility to manually
>configure the network I still can't use the internet. I get a "limited or no
>connectivity message" for the connection and it just has an IP address
>assigned but no internet use. I also can't ping their router so I guess it's
>some driver or hardware thing

This probably has nothing to do with driver or hardware. The "thing" is that
the access point isn't giving you an IP address by DHCP. The IP address you
are getting is assigned by Windows when DHCP fails, and it won't even work to
ping the access point, much less get on the Internet. You need to find out
why DHCP isn't working through the access point. Ask the local business.

--
Best regards, HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES:
John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>