Client will not ping Host

[Robertson]

I'm looking for some help. Our business network (1 host,
7 client)is running with XP. 2 clients are wireless, 5
clients are ethernet. The host wireless router is a
Belkin F5D6130 802.11. The host is on a dial-up.

The issue is that one of the wirless clients (Microsoft
MN-510)will not connect to internet, yet will share files.

Here the strange thing....
---The client network connection is manually configured
---The client can not successfully ping the host

Question; How can it share files, yet it can't ping?

Any help would be appreciated,

Robertson

 

[Robert L [MS-MVP]]

do you also use another protocol? what do you get if using net view
\\hostname?

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[Jetro]

Why is the client "manually configured"? Can it accept DHCP settings?

P.S. Wireless is Ethernet too in your case.

 

[Robertson]

Not sure I follow? I'm not real computer literate. Can
you elaborate for me?

 

[Robertson]

I manually configured to insure the proper IP and DNS
server in the TCP/IP. Not sure what DHCP is?

 

[Jetro]

Can you post, please, IP settings of both good and bad clients? Open Command
Prompt, run 'ipconfig /all', copy the output and paste it into the message
body.

 

[Robertson]

This is the Host Computer Stats.....


Ethernet adapter LAN connection;
Connection - specific DNS Suffix:
Description..............Realtek
rnet NIC #2
Physical Address........XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX
Dhcp Enabled............No
IP Address..............192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask.............255.255.255.0
Default Gateway.........

PPP adapter Calweb:
Connection -specific DNS Suffix...
Decription........................WAN(PPP/SLIP)Interface
Physical Address..................XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX
Dhcp Enabled......................No
IP Address........................209.XXX.XXX.XX
Subnet Mask.......................255.255.255.255
Default Gateway...................209.XXX.XXX.XX
DNS Servers.......................209.210.251.10
209.210.251.11
NetBIOS over Tcpip................Disabled


The Client can ping the host IP Address 209.XXX.XXX.XXX
The Client can not ping the DNS Server 209.210.251.10

What do you think?
Robertson

 

[Jetro]

It would be useful to see two wireless Clients configuration before I would
think Pardon my ignorance but please elaborate:
Host - is it "wireless router on dial-up" according to the initial post or
is it "Host Computer" according to the last post?

BTW, Belkin F5D6130 Access Point doesn't provide dial-up connection and its
default IP is 192.168.0.254 or 192.168.2.1 depending on its version?

 

[Robertson]

First of all, I'm glad your helping. I'm not real smart
with computers.

When I reference the "host" I am referencing the
computer with the shared internet connection.The IP
config prior shown, was taken from the host computer.
This host computer is on a dial up, and has an cabled
router (Belkin F5D5130-5)connected. Then the wirless
router (Belkin F5D6130)connected to the cabled router.
All clients connected to the Cabled router can get on the
internet just fine. We have 2 clients using wireless, and
one of them will not connect to the internet.
Last night I connected the client computer to the
cabled router (removing the wireless path) and it still
doesnt connect to the internet. File swapping always
works.

The client computer that can not connect is as follows...

Windows IP Configuration
Host Name................Manufacturing
Primary DNS Suffix.......
Node Type................Mixed
IP Routing Enabled.......No
WINS Proxy Enabled.......No
Ethernet Adapter LAN 3
Media State..............Media Disconnected
Description..............Intel(R)Pro/100+alert on
lan*Management adapter
Physical Address.........XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX

What do you think?
Robertson

 

[Robertson]

Hi Jetro,
Sorry about that last Ip config. Ignore it. I was
troubleshooting last night and hard wired the ethernet to
go around the wireless connection and didnt set the
wirless back. This is waht the ipo config is with the
wireless set back. The cable connection attempt last
night has the same issue. File swapping O.K. yet internet
connection fails.

Ethernet Adapter Wireless Network Connecter
Connection-Specific DNS Suffix......mshome.net
Description...Microsoft broadband networking wireless
USB adapter
Physical Address.............XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX
Dhcp Enabled.................Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled....Yes
IP Address...................192.168.0.XXX
Subnet Mask..................255.255.255.0
Default Gateway..............192.168.0.1
DHCP Server..................192.168.0.1
DNS Server...................209.210.251.10
209.210.251.11

Looking forward to hearing from you,
Robertson

 

[Jetro]

This is the setup I imagined )

Let's put it straight:

WAN side (CalWeb), dial-up connection of ICS host:
IP Address..........209.XXX.XXX.XX
Subnet Mask.......255.255.255.255
Default Gateway..209.XXX.XXX.XX
DNS Servers.......209.210.251.10
209.210.251.11

LAN side of ICS host:
IP Address.........192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask......255.255.255.0 (I omit subnet mask further below)
Default Gateway..

WAN side of First router (wired Belkin F5D5130-5):
IP Address.........192.168.0.?
Default Gateway..192.168.0.1

LAN side of First router, Wired Clients:
IP Address.........192.168.??.??
Default Gateway..192.168.??.?? according to the router settings

NB: WAN and LAN IPs definitely should belong to different networks. I have
this bastard somewhere deep in the trunk and don't remember the exact
settings.

WAN side of Second router (wireless Belkin F5D6130):
IP Address.........192.168.???.???
Default Gateway..192.168.???.???

LAN side of Second router, Wireless Clients:
IP Address.........192.168.0 or 2.???
Default Gateway..192.168.0.254 or 192.168.2.1 according to manual

NB: See above.

Fill in the gaps and you'll get vivid picture. Looks like manual settings
are incorrect somewhere.
Unless reconfigured, the routers provide two NAT points in addition to ICS
NAT and this is overkill. Read the manuals, reset the routers, adjust LAN
IPs on both routers, enable DHCP on the routers and clients (Network
Connection Properties/TCP/IP Properties/Obtain an IP automatically) and
you'd be okay.