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Connecting to the router but not the internet ... Aghhh ... - kap - 05-14-2008
All of our Mac laptops connect just fine; none of our Windows XP Pro SP2 desktops can. Every one of them are the same distant from the wireless router and Verizon modem, which are upstairs. Any idea? TiA
Re: Connecting to the router but not the internet ... Aghhh ... - RgrF - 05-14-2008
Get rid of the Windbloz?
Re: Connecting to the router but not the internet ... Aghhh ... - simonm - 05-14-2008
Download new drivers for whatever wifi cards you are using with the windows machines. Check the network settings on the windows machines. Are the cards actually seeing the signal? We had a lot of bother on old iMac with some usb wifi adaptors - one never worked and the second took a lot of searching for drivers until we got a stable one.
Re: Connecting to the router but not the internet ... Aghhh ... - kap - 05-14-2008
[quote simonm]Download new drivers for whatever wifi cards you are using with the windows machines. Check the network settings on the windows machines. Are the cards actually seeing the signal? We had a lot of bother on old iMac with some usb wifi adaptors - one never worked and the second took a lot of searching for drivers until we got a stable one.
I will download the latest driver via my MBP. I double-checked and triple-checked the settings. No go. The cards do see the signal which is very strong as if the router is right next to the machines.
With the same drivers and settings these same machines connected just fine in our SOHO on the third level. Go figure.
Re: Connecting to the router but not the internet ... Aghhh ... - deckeda - 05-14-2008
XP has a curious habit caching DNS addresses and not letting go, which could cause your exact problem.
Re: Connecting to the router but not the internet ... Aghhh ... - modelamac - 05-14-2008
Delete all of the old networks on XP and start from scratch.
Re: Connecting to the router but not the internet ... Aghhh ... - Black Landlord - 05-14-2008
What deck and modelamac said.
Re: Connecting to the router but not the internet ... Aghhh ... - kap - 05-15-2008
[quote modelamac]Delete all of the old networks on XP and start from scratch.[/quote
I did all that and the problem persisted. I decided to dump Linksys network monitor and use Windows' instead. Voila, it worked! According to my net-search, for whatever reason Linksys driver doesn't work with SP2.