wireless card +internet

goldxx · 05-26-2003, 01:07 AM

Just installed my first wireless network card<<<>>belkin brand and a MR314 netgear router, both the computers on the network can see each other and can also access the files. but when I start internet explorer it simply cannot access any websites and so is the case with yahoo messanger. Can someone please guide me as to what am I doing wrong?
I am using win2k and have the default setting in both the router and the wireless NIC

Thanks in advance

Regards
Goldxx

pickel · 05-26-2003, 07:00 PM

Did you follow the setup that came with router ????? Should hook right up. What brand of moden do you have ??? DSL or cable ???

goldxx · 05-26-2003, 08:35 PM

Its a belkin NIC with a netgear MR314 router. The link is at 99% and the signal strength is at 100 %
I can move files back and forth without any problems, but no program is able to access the internet

Thanks for your help again

Siliconjunkie · 05-26-2003, 08:44 PM

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Originally posted by pickel
Did you follow the setup that came with router ????? Should hook right up. What brand of moden do you have ??? DSL or cable ???

pzroed · 05-26-2003, 08:47 PM

I assume you use broadband access.

Did you provide the router with the correct setup information to access your provider.

Some cable modem provider (e.g. cablevison) link service to a certain MAC address. You have to clone them in the router to get access to the internet.

I would recommend you go to the setup page for the router. You will find there a status page. Look if you have a connection to the internet.

M_Six · 05-26-2003, 08:51 PM

If you have a NIC in the PC with the wireless card, disable the NIC. If you have a normal, CAT5 type NIC and then install a wireless card, the PC will default to the NIC, even if it's not connected. That's a lesson I learned the hard way.

PS-The same goes for onboard NICs in both PCs and laptops.

Siliconjunkie · 05-26-2003, 09:09 PM

M_Six, I have no problems on any of my laptops leaving all of them enabled, if it is in a "media disconnected" state it won't attempt to use it. I can go from wireless to wired without missing much of a beat.

What OS are you using? XP Pro here.

M_Six · 05-27-2003, 09:59 AM

I'm using XP Pro also. I should mention that after the wireless adapter started working, I was able to re-enable the NIC and everything worked. But initially I couldn't get XP to default to the wireless adapter until I disabled the NIC.

goldxx · 05-27-2003, 01:52 PM

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Did you follow the setup that came with router ????? Should hook right up. What brand of moden do you have ??? DSL or cable ???

Yes, I did follow the routine prescribed in the manual. I have a DSL speedstream modem. The strength of the signal/link is what throws me off as it shows it to be close to 100%
Thanks for the replies and the information provided. I did have a NIC but I removed it without any success. From the replies it seems like reinstalling the OS is the best alternative I have. Will post the results after I redo the sytem tonight

Regards
Goldxx

goldxx · 05-27-2003, 09:47 PM

Update: Reinstalled the OS still the problem seems to be persistant. Seems like next time should go with the name brand