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Workstation sees wireless router but can not connect Eugene F. 05-26-2005
Posted by Riffrafter on June 16, 2005, 11:25 pm
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> Q,
>
> Thank you very much for the reply.
>
> I do not have other NIC cards (nor on-board chips). I just have
> LinkSys Wireless PCI card ver. 2.7.
>
> IP Config shows three Ethernet adaptors: two of them - "PPP" and my
> wireless card.
>
> <<< What does the DHCP client table in the router show about the new
> wireless? >>>
>
> Wireless is listed there with proper IP Address (192.168.1.102) and
> correct MAC.
>
> <<< Do you see the wireless NIC in the active wireless MAC table? >>>
>
> Yes, it is listed as #1.
>
> <<< Enable Netbios over TCP/IP on the workstation. >>>
>
> Not sure how to do it.
>
> <<< Run command, winipcfg /all and post the results. >>>
>
> Here it goes:
>
> IP Address: 192.168.1.102
> Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
> Default Gateway: 192.168.1.1
> DHCP Server: 192.168.1.1
> Primary WINS server: <blank>
> Secondary WINS server: <blank>
>
> I reinstalled the card driver (as advised by Linksys Tech Support) to
> no avail.
>
> Right now I have intermittent and mostly negative results:
> 1. Occasionally I can establish connection with the router
> 2. When connection established - PING returns either only timouts (most
> of the time)or timeouts and normal tramsmissions. No pattern can be
> observed.
>
> I have NIS (Norton Internet Security) 2003. Disabling does not solve
> the problem.
>
> I noticed Microsoft security patch KB891711 in both StartUp (via
> MSConfig) and Add/Delete Software (Control Panel). Uninstalling it did
> not help either.
>

Have you tried running the Home Networking wizard that comes with NIS? Been
awhile since I've run Win98, but I seem to remember a similiar problem I had
with an older Linksys BEFW11S4 router and Win98 and doing that cleared up
the problem for me. For some reason disabling NIS didn't help but running
that wizard did.

Good luck.





Posted by Ron Hunter on June 18, 2005, 10:33 am
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Riffrafter wrote:
>
>>Q,
>>
>>Thank you very much for the reply.
>>
>>I do not have other NIC cards (nor on-board chips). I just have
>>LinkSys Wireless PCI card ver. 2.7.
>>
>>IP Config shows three Ethernet adaptors: two of them - "PPP" and my
>>wireless card.
>>
>><<< What does the DHCP client table in the router show about the new
>>wireless? >>>
>>
>>Wireless is listed there with proper IP Address (192.168.1.102) and
>>correct MAC.
>>
>><<< Do you see the wireless NIC in the active wireless MAC table? >>>
>>
>>Yes, it is listed as #1.
>>
>><<< Enable Netbios over TCP/IP on the workstation. >>>
>>
>>Not sure how to do it.
>>
>><<< Run command, winipcfg /all and post the results. >>>
>>
>>Here it goes:
>>
>>IP Address: 192.168.1.102
>>Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
>>Default Gateway: 192.168.1.1
>>DHCP Server: 192.168.1.1
>>Primary WINS server: <blank>
>>Secondary WINS server: <blank>
>>
>>I reinstalled the card driver (as advised by Linksys Tech Support) to
>>no avail.
>>
>>Right now I have intermittent and mostly negative results:
>>1. Occasionally I can establish connection with the router
>>2. When connection established - PING returns either only timouts (most
>>of the time)or timeouts and normal tramsmissions. No pattern can be
>>observed.
>>
>>I have NIS (Norton Internet Security) 2003. Disabling does not solve
>>the problem.
>>
>>I noticed Microsoft security patch KB891711 in both StartUp (via
>>MSConfig) and Add/Delete Software (Control Panel). Uninstalling it did
>>not help either.
>>
>
>
> Have you tried running the Home Networking wizard that comes with NIS? Been
> awhile since I've run Win98, but I seem to remember a similiar problem I had
> with an older Linksys BEFW11S4 router and Win98 and doing that cleared up
> the problem for me. For some reason disabling NIS didn't help but running
> that wizard did.
>
> Good luck.
>
>
>
WinXP also has a network setup wizard that will prepare a script for
Win98 machines.. That might be worth a try if a WinXP machine is available.


--
Ron Hunter rphunter@charter.net


Posted by Eugene F. on June 20, 2005, 11:40 am
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Yes. I ran through the entire uninstall/reinstall process:

1. Unistalled the software
2. Removed the wireless card
3. Reinstalled the software
4. Reinstalled the card
5. Re-run the wizard



Posted by Eugene F. on June 20, 2005, 11:45 am
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>From my older posting:

<<< 2. When connection established - PING returns either only timouts
(most of the time)or timeouts and normal tramsmissions. No pattern can
be observed. >>>

Here is an example:


-----------------------------------------
Pinging 192.168.1.1 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=150
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=150
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=11ms TTL=150
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=13ms TTL=150
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=150
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=150
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=150


Ping statistics for 192.168.1.1:

Packets: Sent = 31, Received = 7, Lost = 24 (77% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

Minimum = 2ms, Maximum = 13ms, Average = 1ms

Control-C
-----------------------------------------



Posted by Eugene F. on June 23, 2005, 2:06 pm
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<<< This looks like a bad signal! >>>

Another networked computer in the same room still works fine and this
computer used to work at this very location.

<<< ... it could also be possible that the wireless antenna is damaged.
>>>

I get a signal just no the reliable connection. It takes multiple
attempts to establish the connection and then it either extremely
sluggish from the beginning or works for a very short period of time
and then deteriorates.

Could a bad antenna produce such bizarre effect?



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