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Name: petteyg359
Date: June 1, 2004 at 17:07:46 Pacific
Subject: internet doesn't work over wifi net
OS: Windows Millennium
CPU/Ram: VIA C3 GigaPro 733MHz / 2
Comment:

The card mentioned is an Uniden PCW200, in which AIDA32 Enterprise Edition detected/identified a PRISM chipset.

I have an 802.11b PCI (real NIC, it is NOT a PCMCIA>PCI adapter) card, which connects to another network to access internet. I can get a good connection to the network every time I turn my computer on. The problem is connecting to the internet over this network. After I first installed the card, it picked up the network on the first try and Internet Explorer picked up on the LAN with no change of settings, I just told it to "never dial" under Internet Options, and it loaded pages fine. Then, I rebooted. Network was still there, but no internet access. Today I formatted my C: drive and reinstalled Windows. After installing the NIC driver, IE wouldn't load anything, so I opened the "Home Networking Wizard" and told it that my computer has internet access, which is accessed by another computer on the LAN (anybody with Windows ME can run the Wizard and see what I'm talking about). I told it to access that other computer using the wireless card. Internet started working again. Then, I rebooted again, and the internet doesn't work anymore.

Why does rebooting kill the internet access? I really don't want to have to reinstall Windows ME again at each reboot.

VIA C3 GigaPro 733MHz
256MB PC-133 CL-3
ECS P6VEM2 mobo
Hitachi GD-2000 DVD
Iomega ZIP-100 ATAPI/EIDE
Polaroid 40x16x48 CD-RW
Windows 95/98/ME
SuSE Linux 6.1/8.2 Pro
Debian/GNU


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Response Number 1
Name: Dave02
Date: June 1, 2004 at 19:52:11 Pacific
Subject: internet doesn't work over wifi net
Reply: (edit)

I would assign to PC in question a static IP.
The same subnet as the other network.
And for the IP Gateway. Well that would be the IP address of the device that connects directly to the internet. Whether it be a router or a PC, or a server.
Then I would give the PC in question the DNS server addresses of the ISP.
They can ususally be found by looking at the TCP/IP properties if the device the connects directly to the internet.
Then reboot.


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