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Hi,
I am assuming that you have installed the necessary USB drivers for the LINKSYS Wireless G in your ME machine and that you can ping your router from the same desktop.
Based on your post/description "...The connection to the router is there but I can not connect to the internet...." would indicate that your Win ME desktop is not configured to use the wireless router as the default internet gateway. Rather than "Obtain IP add automatically" in your ME, try manually configure and to "Use the following IP address". Follow and use the numbers of your laptop's wifi connection except for the IP add. Simply add 1 to the last digit. For example if your laptop's wifi IP add is 192.168.100, make the ME 192.168.1.101. All the other numbers should be the same (SubNet Mask, Default Gateway, DNS) To be able to get the laptop's numbers, open a command prompt and type "ipconfig /all".
It is also possible that security settings (WEP, WPA or MAC filter) are not working right with the ME machine, try turning them off in your router to test.
Hope this be of some help/idea. Post back how things turn up or should you need additional information.
Good luck and kind regards.
Comments:
Sep 14, 2007
- Hi again,
Re your recent post:
1."...installed the drivers for the LINKSYS..."
in your desktop WinME machine. In your Device Manager, is it shown as an active/enable device under your Network Adapters? Is there aa WiFi icon at the bottom right side near the clock? Is the icon red or green? When you hover your mouse, does it show connection quality and speed?
2. "... ping the router from desktop..." How do I do that?
open a command prompt window; Start, Run, type "cmd" or Start, Programs, DOS Prompt. Type "ping 192.XXX.Y.Z (your AP/router's IP address). If it replies with 0% loss then your are indeed connected to the router via Wiireless G.
3. "...ipconfig /all?
is a command line that instructs the computer to display the parameters/assigned IP data/numbers to a particular computer. You need to do this to determine your laptop's IP settings, you need to do this to the desktop as well to verify that you have modified its setting to follow closely that of the laptop's (since we are using the laptop's setting as a template. Per your initial post it is connecting and you have no problem with it on the Internet).
A couple of clarifying questions pls:
5. Your initial post "The connection to the router is there...", how were you able to determine that your WinME desktop is indeed connected?
6. What (brand)/model/version of AP/Router and USB LINKSYS Wireless G are you using?
7. What was the result of the ipconfig /all in the laptop?Sep 14, 2007
- To sum all your postings/descriptions and a some comments:
1. You can not connect to the Internet using your router;
2. You can only connect to the internet using dial up;
3. It does not matter even if your ISP does not support WinME. Your ISP connection/settings will only see the router and therefore you have to set your router to your ISP's specifications. Your ISP will not even know that you have a WinME nor an XP nor how many machines are attached to your system. The router by its function/purpose will deal directly with your ISP/DSl connection, then share it/talk to your WinME and Win Xp machines in behalf of your DSL connection.
4. The settings as per my initial and second posting still holds true.
5. What you need to configure is the WAN settings of your router based on the information your ISP is going to provide you with.
6. Aside from your dial-up connection with/from your ISP, what speed/connection/package of DSL do you have?
Cheers.
