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mhuggett · 31-05-2006, 19:35

Sorry if I confused you Brad, but the fact that the USB wireless device works on the other machines shows that its not the device, or the router, which is a step in the right direction.

When I mentioned XP "Doing it itself" I meant, do you have to install drivers to get it to work? Or do you just plug it in. With the ones I have used, sometimes it was easier not to use the drivers that were supplied if XP was happy and picked it up itself.

Right... Where we stand
Router - Working ok.
USB device - Works when you use it on another machine.
"Problem machine" - When you put the USB wireless in, we "Think" its working, but you are not picking up an IP address from the router
Firewalls - There are none on the "Problem Machine". Is the default windows one switched off? (Not that it should matter as it should let DHCP requests through!)

Can you just confirm a few things for me as we are assuming a few things here. We are assuming that the router is giving out DHCP address, eg you plug a machine in and you get a IP address of 192.168.0.x with a default gateway of 192.168.0.1 blah blah... Yeah? (Or very similar)
(Just seen your reply - so I know that its using DHCP)

Have you tried to put a static address in? See if you get any joy there?

When you try to "View wireless networks" to pick one to connect to, does it actually say connected? Limited connectivity? Anything like that?

31-05-2006, 19:35	#29
mhuggett Inactive Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 108	Re: Can Anyone Help? Sorry if I confused you Brad, but the fact that the USB wireless device works on the other machines shows that its not the device, or the router, which is a step in the right direction. When I mentioned XP "Doing it itself" I meant, do you have to install drivers to get it to work? Or do you just plug it in. With the ones I have used, sometimes it was easier not to use the drivers that were supplied if XP was happy and picked it up itself. Right... Where we stand Router - Working ok. USB device - Works when you use it on another machine. "Problem machine" - When you put the USB wireless in, we "Think" its working, but you are not picking up an IP address from the router Firewalls - There are none on the "Problem Machine". Is the default windows one switched off? (Not that it should matter as it should let DHCP requests through!) Can you just confirm a few things for me as we are assuming a few things here. We are assuming that the router is giving out DHCP address, eg you plug a machine in and you get a IP address of 192.168.0.x with a default gateway of 192.168.0.1 blah blah... Yeah? (Or very similar) (Just seen your reply - so I know that its using DHCP) Have you tried to put a static address in? See if you get any joy there? When you try to "View wireless networks" to pick one to connect to, does it actually say connected? Limited connectivity? Anything like that?