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XP Router problem
Name: Paulo Date: October 31, 2003 at 14:48:05 Pacific OS: Windows XP Home Edition CPU/Ram: 512Mb
Comment:
Dear friends, I have a notebook and a desktop computer, both running XP Home Edition. In order to share my broadband Internet connection and establish a Intranet I bought a Router Switch (an Edimax BR-6104S). Things are odd as both computers connect perfectly to the Internet when connected separately, however the notebook when connected to the router doesn’t even allow the computer to ping the IP addres of the router. As to the desktop one everything works smoothly, not only it connected the Internet when I plugged the cable through the router right out of the box as I can obviously access the router and all of its configuration options through the web browser. The manual doesn’t give me any clues and I wonder if someone could give me a hint on what to do regarding the configuration of my notebook. I checked the configuration and the network configurations on both computer are the same: both DHCP and automatic DNS are enabled… I’d really appreciate any help on this! Thanks in advance!!
Name: Jason Date: October 31, 2003 at 15:10:45 Pacific
Reply:
To eliminate a router issue, id assign manual IP's to each computer ie.. 192.168.0.101 and x.x.x.102 with the gateway being the router. from there I would try and ping an address on the internet..ie 169.207.1.3 if it comes back as good and both can do it at the same time the router has a dhcp issue or configuration problem. -Jason
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Response Number 2
Name: salgolf Date: October 31, 2003 at 15:33:06 Pacific
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On the laptop Go to Start, Run, and type in CMD, and hit enter. When you get to the command prompt type in ipconfig /all (note space before slash in all of these commands) and tell me what the IP address is. Then type ipconfig /release hit, enter,and then ipconfig /renew, and hit enter, and tell me what you get in answer to the renew command.
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Response Number 3
Name: JC Date: October 31, 2003 at 17:45:27 Pacific
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Try this: I have figured out my own problem. The network adapters in Windows XP (and Win 2k) are set to auto sense. It appears that the XP computer was trying to sense 100BaseT (auto sense) when I connected farther from the router. Current information accross cable modem travels at 10BaseT and the auto sence could not sense the info coming through. THE SOLUTION: Open Control Panel, Open System, Open Hardware, Open Device Manager, Clik on + sign for Network Adapters, Right click on eternet adapter, Click Properties, Click Advanced, Go to Connection Type, Change Auto Sense to 10BaseT Full Duplex and you should be in business. JC
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