Re: Strange PC networking problem

John Slade wrote:
"Nashton" <nana@xxxxx> wrote in message news:JzOLh.148590$Ju2.122707@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Dave Fritzinger wrote:
I am hoping that some of you Windows people can help me out with a
strange networking (actually, internet access) problem that just
developed on my home network. First, a bit of history. Last January,
my wife bought a Lenovo laptop, which I had to get on my home network
(iMac G5 connected to D-link router, MacBook Pro connected wirelessly
to Netgear router used as wireless access point-router functions
turned off). I didn't have any problems, and it was able to connect,
both wired and wirelessly. I should add that my wife prefers her
computer have a wired connection. The problem started last Thursday
evening, when my D-link router died. I hooked the cable modem directly
to my iMac, and saw the modem was OK, and it was the router that died.
I decided that a more rational setup would be to use the Netgear
wireless router as my router, and on Friday I set it up that way. The
iMac connected fine, and the MacBook Pro connected OK as well. In
addition, my HP LJ1022n printer worked OK. However, on Sunday, I tried
to set up my wife's Lenovo laptop, and it wouldn't see the internet
through the wired connection. It wasn't the router connection, as I
was able to hook up my MBP (after turning off Airport), and connect to
the internet. In addition, my wife's computer could connect to the
internet wirelessly at home, and through a wired connection at work.
Finally, I could use her computer to log in to the router, and make
configuration changes. But, she cannnot connect to the internet
through a wired connection at home. I know this has to be some sort of
configuration change that I need to make, but for the life of me, I
don't know what it is. DHCP on her computer is enabled, so it isn't
that. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

BTW, this is a request for help, not a "Macs are better" post.

Thanks in advance
--
Dave Fritzinger
Honolulu, HI

Firstly, steer away from anything D-Link. Worst pieces of junk ever made. I had three and all of them were simply CRAP. Couldn't download from more than one computer at a time, the others would just sit there waiting until the download was finished.

Out of the two D-Link routers I've used, I've never had this problem. Exactly what models of D-Link did you have? I've used them to download simultaniously from any number of computers and the Internet. I find that since wireless D-Link routers have come out, people have problems configuring them correctly.

BTW. What routers do you use now?

John



2 WBR1310s and a newer one in the same price range, non wireless. I figured that by hardwiring everything, it would perform better but it didn't. They'd get hot and stop functioning and when I attempted to use wireless and wired simultaneously, all hell broke loose. They wouldn't even connect. Not to mention the horrible range of the routers, barely a few feet from the computer and the signal was consistently under 40 % strength.
And yes, I did use the latest firmware on each one of them.

Using an Apple extreme, the newest n enabled one.

--

Nicolas
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