Older PC suddenly unable to get Internet

JohnG

OK, (thanks for info on how to cut and paste the IP info) I have copied over the complete listing from the 'old' pc using a flash drive to copy over as flws:


C:\Documents and Settings\John>ipconfig

Windows IP Configuration

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 5:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :


Here's the info on the 'new' pc which hopefully helps identify the hub IP?


Windows IP Configuration

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::995:40ec:81f1:cec%11
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.3
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Tunnel adapter isatap.{080CCA8A-CE13-4C53-A7C1-F204CFB5B506}:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:5ef5:79fb:3ca3:3c63:3f57:fffc
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::3ca3:3c63:3f57:fffc%13
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::

Hope this helps?

Toxteth_OGrady

You've got an active wifi connection on your old PC that has the same IP address as your hub, hence the problem. Go into Network Connections, right-click on the Wireless Network icon and select disable (or pull the ASUS wifi card from the PC). That should solve your problem when you then connect by ethernet.

JohnG

Toxteth_OGrady wrote: »

You've got an active wifi connection on your old PC that has the same IP address as your hub, hence the problem. Go into Network Connections, right-click on the Wireless Network icon and select disable (or pull the ASUS wifi card from the PC). That should solve your problem when you then connect by ethernet.

Sounds really promising, I'll switch over to other pc now and get back to you shortly - meantime, many thanks indeed!!:j

JohnG

Hey, TOG you are spot on!! I'm now working from the old pc having disabled the ASUS wifi connection and rebooted - it's a great feeling to have full control over the machine and sort some of the things out on-line! :j
Thank you and well done for your insight - it's greatly appreciated!! :beer:

John

Toxteth_OGrady

:beer:

TOG

GunJack

the thing to do now would be to re-install the wifi card in old pc and see if you can connect wirelessly to the hub, just to confirm if the wifi card's faulty, had a fixed IP associated with it, or it was just a driver/software glitch. You may well find that reinstalling it, updating the driver and letting windows zero config manage the wifi connection would completely solve this Let's face it, having a working wifi card and network port is better than only having one or the other.....

JohnG

GunJack wrote: »

the thing to do now would be to re-install the wifi card in old pc and see if you can connect wirelessly to the hub, just to confirm if the wifi card's faulty, had a fixed IP associated with it, or it was just a driver/software glitch. You may well find that reinstalling it, updating the driver and letting windows zero config manage the wifi connection would completely solve this Let's face it, having a working wifi card and network port is better than only having one or the other.....

Hi Gunjack,

Well yes I guess it would be useful to have a wifi connection too though I'd rather have it on our NEW pc which sadly doesnt have the facility.
I suspect though I might invalidate the warranty if I was to start installing cards into etc it so I will probably leave well alone.
On the other hand, as I currently only have one ethernet cable long enough to reach both pc's at the moment it would be great to have wifi on the old PC but then we don't plan to have both of them going at the same time for too long due to lack of space or the need for two pc's so perhaps I won't worry too much.

As a matter of interest though, would it be possible to alter the I.P. address of the wifi card and to what? How would I know if it's fixed?

GunJack

the easiest solution is to get a cheapie wifi USB adapter for the new pc, around £5 on ebay, to take it wireless. If the router is acting as a DHCP server (which it is, as all other devices are connecting properly) then I suspect that the fixed IP address is a driver glitch with the asus wifi card or it had for some reason been allocated a fixed one.

JohnG

GunJack wrote: »

the easiest solution is to get a cheapie wifi USB adapter for the new pc, around £5 on ebay, to take it wireless. If the router is acting as a DHCP server (which it is, as all other devices are connecting properly) then I suspect that the fixed IP address is a driver glitch with the asus wifi card or it had for some reason been allocated a fixed one.

Thanks for that GunJack! Had a quick look at some adapters on Amazon so will look at ordering one shortly. :beer: