No internet/no file-sharing/no recognition of network on host computer

[JonMiller9]

Hi,

Feeling stymied with my home wireless network. I'm running a
NetgearWGT624v3 router on Computer A, which is connected to the
internet through a cable modem. I have a Belkin Wireless G USB network
adapter on Computer B. Computer B tells me that it is connected to my
network with a strong signal, but I cannot get internet service or view
files on the other computer. Computer A tells me that I do not have a
network, even though I've run WZC a few different times. It does not
recognize that there's a wireless router connected to the Ethernet NIC.
Can anyone tell me where to start with this problem?

I'm running WEP security, I've got SP1 and SP2 installed. I'm also
running the free version of zonealarm, with DHCP enabled and Computer
B's IP address listed under the trusted zone. I've shut down Windows
Firewall. I'm also running Norton Antivirus, Ad-Aware and Spybot Search
& Destroy. Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

Jon

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

See: http://www.practicallynetworked.com/qa/qa20030619.shtml

 

[JonMiller9]

See: http://www.practicallynetworked.com/qa/qa20030619.shtml

Thanks for the link, Cari. The only suggestion on the page that I
could see applied to my situation was to turn off WEP. Computer B
tells me it is connected and receiving the router's signal with or
without WEP - the difficulty is getting internet service and file
sharing.

If there are more suggestions out there, I'd sure appreciate them.

Thanks again,

 

[JonMiller9]

Okay, the problem is solved. Here's what helped:

1. I triple-checked for firewalls. Lo and behold, it turns out that my
new computer came with a Norton firewall installed as part of the
package. The tutorials I found at http://www.leeindy.com/ helped me
configure ZoneAlarm and Norton Internet Security to allow networking,
file-sharing and internet access. Further scanning of old posts in this
group let me know that "Internet worm protection" in Norton Antivirus
works like a firewall so I turned that off.

2. I installed NetworkMagic. This looks like one heck of a useful
interface. I don't know that it was essential to solving my problem
because I still didn't get file sharing or internet service until...

3. I followed PChuck's advice (http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/) on
making sure that IP settings are the same on both computers. The
wireless adapter on Computer B was set for a fixed IP address, whereas
everything else was configured for DHCP. I changed this, and that
turned everything loose.

One more word on NetworkMagic - both Belkin's interface and WZC told me
that I was connected to my network when I couldn't get internet or
filesharing. NetworkMagic inspected the same connection and was
upfront about the fact that I wasn't connected. Accuracy in software is
a wonderful thing.

Take care and thanks,

Jon