Re: Gateway address needed

I've got a successful home network, 4 machines running seamlessly and no
connection problems.

Ah, well, if it's your own network then you're the admin, do what you
please.

Unfortunately I only get limited connectivity (and I have no idea why)
when
it automatically assigns. Incidentally the IP address given is NOT in the
series, but seems to be random.

Let me guess, it's an address starting with 169? If so that's a
self-assigned address based on it not being able to get a DHCP lease. You
told it to use DHCP, it tried and when no address got returned it picked one
if it's own from the self-assigning range. You need to debug why it didn't
get a DHCP address.

What puzzles me now is this.....

I have given an IP address 192.168.2.8
Subnet mask 255.255.255.0
Gateway 192.168.2.1

(the IP address of the router is 192.168.2.1 - other machines increment up
from this).

Hey, It connects - a strong signal etc. all looking good. (at least that's
what it tells me).
Workgroup name - just fine - same as other machines.
But, will it connect to internet? Will it find router? Will it find
network?
No!

Sounds like routing woes.

But try this, remove the device from the software configuration. I'm
assuming this is Windows XP? It's in computer management. Do this while
the device IS CONNECTED. Then remove the device and reboot. Reinstall the
driver software and THEN re-insert the device. This may or may not work.
I've seen windows get 'confused' about a device's configuration and refuse
to allow itself to be reconfigured. DELETING the device from the software
setups and reinstalling, both software and hardware, sometimes lets windows
treat it as a 'new' interface and forget the old misconfiguration. There is
a way to hack a device like this out of the registry but that's not for the
uninitiated.

Can't find firewall or anything on router (and router doesn't recognise it
as connected).

What do you mean by 'find'? Can't ping? What does a 'ping 192.168.2.1' say
on this machine? Does the LED on the router blink when pings are going on?
Use 'ping -t 192.168.2.1' to have it ping repeatedly (use Ctrl-C to break
it). If you're so inclined, install Ethereal on another machine and watch
what packets are hitting the network.

It's entirely possible you've got a defective device on your hands. Try
plugging it into another PC and see if it works. If not, and you don't see
actual packets on the air, then it's probably the device itself.

-Bill Kearney

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