Just recently, my wireless network (consisting of a laptop and desktop) has been playing up. What is happening is that only ONE computer is able to access the internet at anyt time, the other stays on the network, but can't do any internet based functions. I tried troubleshooting it, unsuccessfully, however when I ping the dns server ip, all four packets are sent and received successfully (apparently this means something? If not, sorry).

It has never done this in the past, any assistance would be appreciated.

The network consists of a wireless router, which is connected to a broadband modem through an ethernet cable. Both computers connect to the router wirelessly. Why is only one computer able to access the internet at one time?

Normally, after I turn one computer off I have to wait a few minutes, then "repair" the wire;less connection and the internet begins working fine.

with both on, do a ipconfig at each and post the results

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Here is the information from the IPCONFIG/ALL command used on my laptop. When it was done, the laptop was on the wireless network, but was not able to do internet-based functions.

C:\>IPCONFIG/ALL

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : michael
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network
Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-12-F0-80-6B-43
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.101
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, 30 July 2006 2:51:02 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, 6 August 2006 2:51:02 PM

C:\>

And here is the information from the IPCONFIG/ALL command used on the desktop. When it was done, the desktop was on the wireless network, and was also able to do internet-based functions.

C:\>IPCONFIG/ALL

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Family
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : vic.bigpond.net.au

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : lan
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : D-Link AirPlus DWL-G520 Wireless PCI
Adapter(rev.B)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-11-95-E9-19-1E
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.3
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.0.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.138
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.138
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.138
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, 30 July 2006 2:24:51 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, 30 July 2006 4:24:51 PM

C:\>

Any ideas?

Taurus:

Each computer is connecting to a different network. The first is connecting to a 192.168.0.0 network and the second is connecting to a 10.0.0.0 network. Check the settings in your wireless router. You probably have it set to give out IP addresses (via DHCP) on the 192.168.0.0 network. If this is the case then on the second computer use the utilities/driver that came with the network card to rescan for networks and set your network to the highest priority and if you can manually set it to the SSID of your network. Then restart ipconfig and check the IP address again and if it is on the 192.168.0.0 network, test the Internet.

Harold

This could be many things... pending on how you set up yer router... Check the DHCP settings and see what the DHCP range is... almost sounds like your not getting any IP info/Network info from your router, and sounds like maybe your IP range may be set from .101 to .101 limiting it to only 1... Possible :-) if you mucked around with the settings on the router.. Id recomend doing a reset to original factory settings if you dont feel like mucking around with the whole DHCP bit..

This looks very similar to what happens when the wan line is connected to the lan switch.

Confirm that the cable coming from the broadband modem connects to the routers WAN port and that the two pcs connect only to the LAN ports.

Basically, if this is the case, you aren't using the routing part of the router. First pc on is getting its ip direct from the ISP instead of the router getting it. Next request for a ip address the router fulfills which is why the one station gets the 192.168.x.x address.

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