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Visiting computers have no connectivity
I have relatives visiting and all three of their computers absolutely
will NOT connect to my LAN or the Web at all. I have tried both wireless and wired connections and the computers think they are connected, but show NO traffic being received. My router receives NO packets from them, nor can they get a DHCP address from them. I made sure they were all in the my workgroup, had the proper IP address (when I tried turning off the DHCP) of 192.168.1.xxx but they will not connect. When I view the popup after single-clicking the network notification tray icon, it shows hundreds of outgoing packets and none, zero, coming back. The network troubleshooter says that it isn't getting a DNS. Well, I can see why - nothing coming back down the pike. I have messed with these computers for three days now and getting highly frustrated trying to make them connect. Are there any ideas out there? Billl |
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Visiting computers have no connectivity
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I have relatives visiting and all three of their computers absolutely will NOT connect to my LAN or the Web at all. I have tried both wireless and wired connections and the computers think they are connected, but show NO traffic being received. My router receives NO packets from them, nor can they get a DHCP address from them. I made sure they were all in the my workgroup, had the proper IP address (when I tried turning off the DHCP) of 192.168.1.xxx but they will not connect. When I view the popup after single-clicking the network notification tray icon, it shows hundreds of outgoing packets and none, zero, coming back. The network troubleshooter says that it isn't getting a DNS. Well, I can see why - nothing coming back down the pike. I have messed with these computers for three days now and getting highly frustrated trying to make them connect. Are there any ideas out there? Billl Further information. I have two potential sources of DHCP. The router and my wireless access point (the router is not wireless and has DHCP turned off at the moment). Using DHCP on the wireless access point (which is downstream from the router), the computers suddenly connect properly and can cruise the web. What I am wondering is why, when I turn off the access point DHCP and give the computers a fixed IP address, even the same one that DHCP assigned, that they lose all connectivity. Very strange. The problem is solved, but I sure would like to know why I have to do this to get connected. Billl |
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