news:d8027b01.0502011615.225fd16b@posting.google.com:

> Hi,
> I am trying to use a Dell True Mobile 1150 series PCMCIA wifi adapter
> in my XP-running laptop in place of a USB Linksys 2.4Ghz.
>
> The Linksys works great.
> Swapping it for the True Mobile I get the message that I am connected,
> signal strength is Excellent, I have reentered the WEP code and all
> seems great. Except that I cannot get access to the INternet. All the
> standard pages I go after "fail".
>
> I have compared the properties of the two adapters when installed and
> they seem virtually identical. IP Address in the 192.168.2.xx range,
> gateway is 255.255.255.0
>
> any clues as to what I am missing?

Duane Arnold <no***@notme.com> wrote in message news:<Xns95F0D0E3DB2C0notmenotmecom@63.240.76.16>...
> pst***@aei.ca (peter) wrote in
> news:d8027b01.0502011615.225fd16b@posting.google.com:
>
> > Hi,
> > I am trying to use a Dell True Mobile 1150 series PCMCIA wifi adapter
> > in my XP-running laptop in place of a USB Linksys 2.4Ghz.
> >
> > The Linksys works great.
> > Swapping it for the True Mobile I get the message that I am connected,
> > signal strength is Excellent, I have reentered the WEP code and all
> > seems great. Except that I cannot get access to the INternet. All the
> > standard pages I go after "fail".
> >
> > I have compared the properties of the two adapters when installed and
> > they seem virtually identical. IP Address in the 192.168.2.xx range,
> > gateway is 255.255.255.0
> >
> > any clues as to what I am missing?
>
> You say the card is using a static IP or a DHCP IP of the router. Can you
> ping any of the sites with the new card at the Command Prompt? If this is
> IE you're using, did you clear out the Temp Files out of IE that can be
> holding old pages?
>
> Duane :)

news:d8027b01.0502031505.5b07e7f6@posting.google.com:

> Duane Arnold <no***@notme.com> wrote in message
> news:<Xns95F0D0E3DB2C0notmenotmecom@63.240.76.16>...
>> pst***@aei.ca (peter) wrote in
>> news:d8027b01.0502011615.225fd16b@posting.google.com:
>>
>> > Hi,
>> > I am trying to use a Dell True Mobile 1150 series PCMCIA wifi
>> > adapter in my XP-running laptop in place of a USB Linksys 2.4Ghz.
>> >
>> > The Linksys works great.
>> > Swapping it for the True Mobile I get the message that I am
>> > connected, signal strength is Excellent, I have reentered the WEP
>> > code and all seems great. Except that I cannot get access to the
>> > INternet. All the standard pages I go after "fail".
>> >
>> > I have compared the properties of the two adapters when installed
>> > and they seem virtually identical. IP Address in the 192.168.2.xx
>> > range, gateway is 255.255.255.0
>> >
>> > any clues as to what I am missing?
>>
>> You say the card is using a static IP or a DHCP IP of the router. Can
>> you ping any of the sites with the new card at the Command Prompt? If
>> this is IE you're using, did you clear out the Temp Files out of IE
>> that can be holding old pages?
>>
>> Duane :)
>
>
> Hmm, I am not great at this.
> I think the card is using DHCP IP of the router.
> I can ping this IP address 192.168.2.4 successfully AND ping the
> router 198.162.2.1 but when I try to ping a website (ping
> www.yahoo.com) it fails.
>
> when I swap adapters and use the USB adapter, I can ping an outside
> website successfully.
>

Duane Arnold <no***@notme.com> wrote in message news:<Xns95F2B451B80F5notmenotmecom@204.127.204.17>...
> pst***@aei.ca (peter) wrote in
> news:d8027b01.0502031505.5b07e7f6@posting.google.com:
>
> > Duane Arnold <no***@notme.com> wrote in message
> > news:<Xns95F0D0E3DB2C0notmenotmecom@63.240.76.16>...
> >> pst***@aei.ca (peter) wrote in
> >> news:d8027b01.0502011615.225fd16b@posting.google.com:
> >>
> >> > Hi,
> >> > I am trying to use a Dell True Mobile 1150 series PCMCIA wifi
> >> > adapter in my XP-running laptop in place of a USB Linksys 2.4Ghz.
> >> >
> >> > The Linksys works great.
> >> > Swapping it for the True Mobile I get the message that I am
> >> > connected, signal strength is Excellent, I have reentered the WEP
> >> > code and all seems great. Except that I cannot get access to the
> >> > INternet. All the standard pages I go after "fail".
> >> >
> >> > I have compared the properties of the two adapters when installed
> >> > and they seem virtually identical. IP Address in the 192.168.2.xx
> >> > range, gateway is 255.255.255.0
> >> >
> >> > any clues as to what I am missing?
> >>
> >> You say the card is using a static IP or a DHCP IP of the router. Can
> >> you ping any of the sites with the new card at the Command Prompt? If
> >> this is IE you're using, did you clear out the Temp Files out of IE
> >> that can be holding old pages?
> >>
> >> Duane :)
> >
> >
> > Hmm, I am not great at this.
> > I think the card is using DHCP IP of the router.
> > I can ping this IP address 192.168.2.4 successfully AND ping the
> > router 198.162.2.1 but when I try to ping a website (ping
> > www.yahoo.com) it fails.
> >
> > when I swap adapters and use the USB adapter, I can ping an outside
> > website successfully.
> >
>
> You can determine if you have a good connection on a machine by entering
> IPconfig /all at the Command Prompt and look at the DNS IP(s) the ones
> indicating that the machine has a valid Internet connection and is
> communicating with the IPS's DNS (Domain Name Server). You can compare
> them with the machines that have a good Internet connection as opposed to
> the wireless NIC you indicate has an IP from the router but no Internet
> connection.
>
> Duane :)

Duane Arnold <no***@notme.com> wrote in message news:<Xns95F2B451B80F5notmenotmecom@204.127.204.17>...
> pst***@aei.ca (peter) wrote in
> news:d8027b01.0502031505.5b07e7f6@posting.google.com:
>
> > Duane Arnold <no***@notme.com> wrote in message
> > news:<Xns95F0D0E3DB2C0notmenotmecom@63.240.76.16>...
> >> pst***@aei.ca (peter) wrote in
> >> news:d8027b01.0502011615.225fd16b@posting.google.com:
> >>
> >> > Hi,
> >> > I am trying to use a Dell True Mobile 1150 series PCMCIA wifi
> >> > adapter in my XP-running laptop in place of a USB Linksys 2.4Ghz.
> >> >
> >> > The Linksys works great.
> >> > Swapping it for the True Mobile I get the message that I am
> >> > connected, signal strength is Excellent, I have reentered the WEP
> >> > code and all seems great. Except that I cannot get access to the
> >> > INternet. All the standard pages I go after "fail".
> >> >
> >> > I have compared the properties of the two adapters when installed
> >> > and they seem virtually identical. IP Address in the 192.168.2.xx
> >> > range, gateway is 255.255.255.0
> >> >
> >> > any clues as to what I am missing?
> >>
> >> You say the card is using a static IP or a DHCP IP of the router. Can
> >> you ping any of the sites with the new card at the Command Prompt? If
> >> this is IE you're using, did you clear out the Temp Files out of IE
> >> that can be holding old pages?
> >>
> >> Duane :)
> >
> >
> > Hmm, I am not great at this.
> > I think the card is using DHCP IP of the router.
> > I can ping this IP address 192.168.2.4 successfully AND ping the
> > router 198.162.2.1 but when I try to ping a website (ping
> > www.yahoo.com) it fails.
> >
> > when I swap adapters and use the USB adapter, I can ping an outside
> > website successfully.
> >
>
> You can determine if you have a good connection on a machine by entering
> IPconfig /all at the Command Prompt and look at the DNS IP(s) the ones
> indicating that the machine has a valid Internet connection and is
> communicating with the IPS's DNS (Domain Name Server). You can compare
> them with the machines that have a good Internet connection as opposed to
> the wireless NIC you indicate has an IP from the router but no Internet
> connection.
>
> Duane :)

news:d8027b01.0502071643.76d27f19@posting.google.com:

> Duane Arnold <no***@notme.com> wrote in message
> news:<Xns95F2B451B80F5notmenotmecom@204.127.204.17>...
>> pst***@aei.ca (peter) wrote in
>> news:d8027b01.0502031505.5b07e7f6@posting.google.com:
>>
>> > Duane Arnold <no***@notme.com> wrote in message
>> > news:<Xns95F0D0E3DB2C0notmenotmecom@63.240.76.16>...
>> >> pst***@aei.ca (peter) wrote in
>> >> news:d8027b01.0502011615.225fd16b@posting.google.com:
>> >>
>> >> > Hi,
>> >> > I am trying to use a Dell True Mobile 1150 series PCMCIA wifi
>> >> > adapter in my XP-running laptop in place of a USB Linksys
>> >> > 2.4Ghz.
>> >> >
>> >> > The Linksys works great.
>> >> > Swapping it for the True Mobile I get the message that I am
>> >> > connected, signal strength is Excellent, I have reentered the
>> >> > WEP code and all seems great. Except that I cannot get access to
>> >> > the INternet. All the standard pages I go after "fail".
>> >> >
>> >> > I have compared the properties of the two adapters when
>> >> > installed and they seem virtually identical. IP Address in the
>> >> > 192.168.2.xx range, gateway is 255.255.255.0
>> >> >
>> >> > any clues as to what I am missing?
>> >>
>> >> You say the card is using a static IP or a DHCP IP of the router.
>> >> Can you ping any of the sites with the new card at the Command
>> >> Prompt? If this is IE you're using, did you clear out the Temp
>> >> Files out of IE that can be holding old pages?
>> >>
>> >> Duane :)
>> >
>> >
>> > Hmm, I am not great at this.
>> > I think the card is using DHCP IP of the router.
>> > I can ping this IP address 192.168.2.4 successfully AND ping the
>> > router 198.162.2.1 but when I try to ping a website (ping
>> > www.yahoo.com) it fails.
>> >
>> > when I swap adapters and use the USB adapter, I can ping an outside
>> > website successfully.
>> >
>>
>> You can determine if you have a good connection on a machine by
>> entering IPconfig /all at the Command Prompt and look at the DNS
>> IP(s) the ones indicating that the machine has a valid Internet
>> connection and is communicating with the IPS's DNS (Domain Name
>> Server). You can compare them with the machines that have a good
>> Internet connection as opposed to the wireless NIC you indicate has
>> an IP from the router but no Internet connection.
>>
>> Duane :)
>
>
> Thanks.
> The results of the IPCONFIG instructions look (to me) virtually
> identical.
> Except that connection 12 below connects to the INternet and
> connection 2 (the TrueMobile card) does not.
>
>
> Windows IP Configuration
>
>         Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : t23
>         Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . :
>         Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
>         IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>         WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>         DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : WorkGroup
>                                             WorkGroup
>
> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 3:
>         Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
>         Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE
> Network Connection
>         Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-D0-59-B5-AF-18
>
> Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 12:
>         Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : WorkGroup
>         Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Instant Wireless USB
> Network Adapter ver.2.6
>         Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0C-41-09-C2-F3
>         Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
>         Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
>         IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.18
>         Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
>         Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
>         DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
>         DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
>         Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : February 7, 2005 7:28:55
> PM
>         Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : January 18, 2038 10:14:07
> PM
>
> Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 2:
>
>         Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : WorkGroup
>         Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Dell TrueMobile 1150
> Series Wireless LAN Card
>         Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-02-2D-2F-24-B8
>         Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
>         Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
>         IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.4
>         Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
>         Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
>         DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
>         DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
>         Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : February 7, 2005 7:37:50
> PM
>         Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : January 18, 2038 10:14:07
> PM
>