Re: Connected to network, No internet On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 02:09:33 -0700, Eric Oyen - N7ZZT
<n7zzt@hotmail.com> wrote in <fp10fo$giv$1@aioe.org>:
>ryaneck wrote:
>
>> I have an Airlink 101 PCI wireless adaptor that I just installed on my
>> desktop computer. The computer connects to the linksys router fine.
>> Connection is excellent and "Packets sent" steadily rises while "packets
>> received" is at 0. When trying to open internet explorer or firefox, it
>> is unable to connect to google. I'm almost entirely certain it's a
>> problem with the computer: I'm connected to the same wireless connection
>> right now via a laptop.
>>
>> The desktop is running Windows XP. What could be the problem? Is it
>> something related to the IP Address?
>make sure you have checked your tcp/ip properties page. you should place in
>the default gateway entry your Ap's IP address.
That is normally handled by DHCP. If it's not happening, better to fix
the DHCP problem than to set a manual IP address, which might lead to
problems down the road.
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