Trouble configuring wireless card

[riotralph]

Hello, I am having trouble getting my wireless card on computer 2 to connect to the internet via my existing wireless linksys router running on computer 1. Here are some details:

- Running Windows XP
- Linksys wireless-B router on computer 1 is running with cable hi-speed. I can connect to the internet no problem.
- New Zonet wireless-G&B card (model ZEW 1601) in computer 2 which previously was running on dial-up.
- Installed Zonet driver as first step, rebooted then turned off machine before plugging in the new card. Computer 1 recognized as new hardware and I followed the installation wizard.
- When click on "Network Connections" the card is showing up under the "LAN and High-Speed Internet" heading as enabled.
- When I ping the computer 1 I get the following:
IP Address: 192.168.1.100
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 192.168.1.1
- When I ping computer 2 with wireless card I get:
IP Address: 169-254.117.183
Subnet Mask: 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway: 192.168.1.1
- I have disabled the "Use Windows to configure my wireless settings" under the "wireless networks" tab in properties for the wireless card.

Please help as I have limited experience networking!

Cheers

[mugsy27]

goto command line and type ipconfig /all...then post here what it says.

btw..192.168.1.1 aint puter 1..its your router / gateway.

im going to a buds for poker night...but i will checkin n this thread from there.

launch internet explorer..and type 192.168.1.1 in the url / addy bar. it will prompt you to login....leave user name blank, and put admin for the password...thats your linksys router...

cya soon....

[simplejohn]

First of all, I'm happy to see that I'm not the only poker (http://www.google.com/) fan here... He He He ;)



Now, you wrote that computer 1 is connected to the router with cable.

Try to check in your router web access software, if the wireless connection

Is available, maybe it's closed, because the IP that the other computer is showing indicates on self IP definition



When you open the wireless card program on computer 2, do you get signal? do you see your local wireless network ?

[riotralph]

If I open the wireless card program on comp2 it tells me that it is connected to my linksys router and the signal is excellent. When I click on IE I get nothing but "the page cannot be displayed" message.

When I type in ipconfig/all I get...

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name: john1
Primary Dns Suffix:
Node Type:Unknown
IP Routing Enabled:No
WINS Proxy Enalbed:No
DNS Suffix Search List:slnt.phub.net.cable.rogers.com

Ethernet adapter LAN or High Speed Internet:

Connetion-specific DNS Suffix:slnt.phub.net.cable.rogers.com
Description:Macronix.....Ethernet Adapter
Physical Address:00-80-C6-F1-74-74
Dhcp Enabled:Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled:Yes
IP Address:192.168.1.100
Subnet Mask:255.255.255.0
Default Gateway:192.168.1.1

What do you suggest?

[riotralph]

When I typed in ipconfig/all I meant on computer1 with the router up and running.

[bAdWaYz]

Computer1 seems ok what output do you get if you do ipconfig /all on computer 2. From the above post it looks like an isp ip address "169.254.117.183". If you have dhcp enable on the router then you should get an ip from it something like 192.168.1.102 so make sure dhcp is enable in your router and then make sure under lan settings for computer2 that you have "obtain ip address auto" checked same for dns.

[riotralph]

When I type in ipconfig/all on comp2 I get...

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name: your-nsihd6ib2w
Primary Dns Suffix:
Node Type:Unknown
IP Routing Enabled:No
WINS Proxy Enalbed:No

Ethernet adapter LAN or High Speed Internet:

Connetion-specific DNS Suffix:
Description:802.11g Wireless LAN Card
Physical Address:00-06-F4-0B-77-35
Dhcp Enabled:No
IP Address:169.254.117.183
Subnet Mask:255.255.0.0
Default Gateway:192.168.1.1

ANy suggestions once again?

Also "obtain ip address auto" and dns are checked.

[bAdWaYz]

ok well from the above info things sure do seem interesting. If you have obtain ip address auto and the same for dns then the output of ipconfig /all should say

Dhcp Enabled:Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Seems to me that its not pulling an address from the router. In the command line box if you do ipconfig /release then ipconfig /renew do you get the same old info of will it actually grab a new address? Do you have any firewalls running?