Netgear adapter does not see wireless router

[Karolus des Reyches197]

At home I have a desktop system with Win XP Home - it is hard wired to my
wireless access point router (Netgear MR 314) which is wired to the cable
modem.(Comcast in MD.)
I also have a notebook( Toshiba Satellite 1905-S301) that also has Win XP
Home and a wireless card (Netgear 802.11b 16 bit PCMCI Model MA401 card)).
Everything works great on the desktop, but nothing works on the notebook via
wireless connection.

I downloaded the latest driver for XP and the Wireless connection window
says Signal strength is excellent.

What am I missing to connect?

 

[Chris Holden]

At home I have a desktop system with Win XP Home - it is hard wired to my
wireless access point router (Netgear MR 314) which is wired to the cable
modem.(Comcast in MD.)
I also have a notebook( Toshiba Satellite 1905-S301) that also has Win XP
Home and a wireless card (Netgear 802.11b 16 bit PCMCI Model MA401 card)).
Everything works great on the desktop, but nothing works on the notebook via
wireless connection.

I downloaded the latest driver for XP and the Wireless connection window
says Signal strength is excellent.

What am I missing to connect?

Does a loopback ping work? Start>run>type in 'cmd' w/out the quotes, in the
black screen type 'ping 127.0.0.1' hit return.
What does ipconfig/ all report - is the ip addy 169.blah etc or is there
nothing there? Go to the command prompt again, type ipconfig/ all
Chris

 

[Karolus des Reyches197]

I get thison the DESKTOP)

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Karl Menzel>ping 127.0.0.1

Pinging 127.0.0.1 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Ping statistics for 127.0.0.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

C:\Documents and Settings\Karl Menzel>

"Karolus des Reyches197" <[email protected]> wrote in Microsoft

Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Karl Menzel>ping 127.0.0.1

Pinging 127.0.0.1 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Ping statistics for 127.0.0.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

C:\Documents and Settings\Karl Menzel>
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[Karolus des Reyches197]

Pinging ALSO works from the laptop.

More or less same results. Than on desktop.

 

[Karolus des Reyches197]

I get two different IP addresses on desktop and laptop.
The subnet .mask are the same on both.

 

[Chris Holden]

Pinging ALSO works from the laptop.

SNIP

On the laptop, try ipconfig/ all at the command prompt. What does it say?

 

[Karolus des Reyches197]

I changed it on the laptop and now both addresses are the same. So are the
subnet.masks

 

[Karolus des Reyches197]

IP address 192.168.0.2
Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0
Default gateway 192.168.0.1

That is on laptop

 

[Chris Holden]

I changed it on the laptop and now both addresses are the same. So are the
subnet.masks

SNIP

Okay, having both addresses the same is a non starter. Don't change anything
on the working desktop. I am assuming that the router is not running DHCP,
and that the desktop does not get its IP address from DHCP (if it does, just
set the lappy to do get it's settings from DHCP too)...
Ensure that the IP address on the laptop has a different number in the last
set of digits, that the subnet mask and default gateway are the same as on
the desktop.
What now?
Of course I am assuming that your wireless SSID and any WEP you have set up
are the same on the access point and on the laptop. If not, you need to hit
the manuals that came with the gear.
Chris

 

[Karolus des Reyches197]

I have changed the last digit on the laptop to "3".

Unfortunately I have no more documentation (maybe never had it when I bought
the stuff 18 months ago) and do not know where to go to change or check the
last two things you mention in your reply.

I would be grateful for assistance