Connecting to the router but not the internet ... Aghhh ...

[kap]

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

[RgrF]

Get rid of the Windbloz?

[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.

[kap]

[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.

[deckeda]

XP has a curious habit caching DNS addresses and not letting go, which could cause your exact problem.

[modelamac]

Delete all of the old networks on XP and start from scratch.

[Black Landlord]

What deck and modelamac said.

[kap]

[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.