router refuses my connection

[hawat.thufir]

I connect to my landlords 802.11b router wirelessly. Normally the
wi-fi connection works fine. Recently I switched computers.

I took the Asus WL-330g external 802.11g NIC, reset it, and all
appeared good. However, DHCP gave an IP of, IIRC, 169.x.x.x, when it
should've been 192.168.2.x, for the D-link NIC to which the Asus
adapter was attached (ipconfig showed that IP). Setting the IP
manually didn't help much.

Ok, so perhaps a problem with the adapter, so I got a linksys USB
wireless adapter. Similar results, DHCP gave an IP of 0.0.0.0

In both cases, the wireless NIC's claimed to be associated with the AP.
In both cases I could ping the IP address of the wirless NIC, after
setting up a static IP for the linksys adapter, but got "timed out"
when pinging the router. Of course, I'm only using one router at a
time, and my landlord says that the subnet mask, DNS server, default
gateway match his settings.

Today my landlord told me that the router was refusing connections, but
was vague about why. He claims it's to do with ports and implies that
it's because I'm running win2k and not winXP. He's able to bring
computers from work running winXP and connects without difficulty.

On reflection, however, I've switched the Asus adapter around before
without problems. I'll get the results of "ipconfig /all" and post
them as soon as I can.

In the meantime, assuming the problem to be with the router, any
speculation, or questions to ask of the landlord? It's an
SMC7004VWBR-CA router.


thanks,

Thufir

 

[hawat.thufir]

I connect to my landlords 802.11b router wirelessly. Normally the
wi-fi connection works fine. Recently I switched computers.

....

C:\>
C:\>
C:\>ipconfig /all

Windows 2000 IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : geidiprime
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : vc.shawcable.net

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : vc.shawcable.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Linksys Wireless-G USB
Network Adapt
er
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-B6-4E-99-55
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.100
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 64.59.144.92
64.59.144.93
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, April 20, 2006
10:08:49 AM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Friday, April 21, 2006
10:08:49 AM

C:\>ping 192.168.1.1

Pinging 192.168.1.1 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=64

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 10ms, Average = 2ms

C:\>





So, when I connect to the Linksys router with the Linksys adapter, all
is good


-Thufir

 

[hawat.thufir]

....

So, when I connect to the Linksys router with the Linksys adapter, all
is good

....

Microsoft Windows 2000 [Version 5.00.2195]
(C) Copyright 1985-1999 Microsoft Corp.

C:\>ipconfig /all

Windows 2000 IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : geidiprime
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : vc.shawcable.net

Ethernet adapter 3com:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : vc.shawcable.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 3Com EtherLink XL 10/100
PCI TX NIC
(3C905B-TX)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-10-4B-70-F1-87
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.101
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 64.59.144.92
64.59.144.93
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, April 20, 2006
10:20:17 AM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Friday, April 21, 2006
10:20:17 AM

C:\>ping 192.168.1.1

Pinging 192.168.1.1 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=64

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

C:\>ping www.google.com

Pinging www.l.google.com [66.102.7.147] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 66.102.7.147: bytes=32 time=40ms TTL=245
Reply from 66.102.7.147: bytes=32 time=40ms TTL=245
Reply from 66.102.7.147: bytes=32 time=60ms TTL=245
Reply from 66.102.7.147: bytes=32 time=40ms TTL=245

Ping statistics for 66.102.7.147:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 40ms, Maximum = 60ms, Average = 45ms

C:\>
C:\>




And, when I connect with the Asus WL-330g to the Linksys router, all is
good



-Thufir

 

[hawat.thufir]

Microsoft Windows 2000 [Version 5.00.2195]
(C) Copyright 1985-1999 Microsoft Corp.

C:\>ipconfig /all

Windows 2000 IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : geidiprime
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Linksys Wireless-G USB
Network Adapt
er
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-B6-4E-99-55
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.34.249
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . :

C:\>ping 192.168.2.1

Pinging 192.168.2.1 with 32 bytes of data:

Destination host unreachable.
Destination host unreachable.
Destination host unreachable.
Destination host unreachable.

Ping statistics for 192.168.2.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

C:\>




However, the linksys adapter, when associated with the smc router,
still isn't getting configured automagically


I'm not going to bother, but the Asus WL-330g doesn't work, either,
with that router.



-Thufir