Problems with Powerplugs

vivaladiva

Had wired system up and running with Powerplugs - it lasted all of 24 hrs. Lights on Belkin router have gone orange - it has been suggested that this is because it has a 10Mbps connection rather than 100. PC still connects to internet through router as does laptop, but laptop won't connect through powerplug. I've switched cables around and rebooted various bits of system plus whole system, but it still won't work. This is more frustrating than it never having worked at all:mad:.
Any ideas?

albertross_2

what does

start
run cmd
ipconfig
say

can you ping the router?

ping 192.168.2.1 (guess)
does laptop work with a direct router connection?

vivaladiva

I've got 192.168.2.2 and the gateway at 192.168.2.1.

What do you mean ping the router? I'm a complete technical numpty!

Yes the laptop works when connected to the router.

albertross_2

start
run cmd
ping 192.168.2.1

also try

ping https://www.google.com
ping 64.233.183.147

vivaladiva

Come up with sent and received 4 packets. No data lost.
This sounds good?

The two others come up with the same result.

albertross_2

You only need to do this on the laptop that doesn't work

for all three pings addresses?


ping www.google.com
ping 64.233.183.147
ping 192.168.2.1

if so, on the laptop that doesn't work, what settings have you got in

ie, tools, internet options, connections, (and advanced)

albertross_2

is it a wireless router, and wireless laptop btw?

vivaladiva

In internet options I've got
Broadband connection and never dial a connection.
In advanced I have Vista's default settings.

Its a wired router and it was working wired through a pair of Solwise Powerplugs.

The laptop pings those three sites. The one it wont ping is the first one listed in ipconfig which it says is 192.168.2.3

albertross_2

ok , so the working pings you did earlier were on a working pc? what about the ipconfig, was that one the non-working laptop, or the working pc?

all these tests need to be done on the non-working laptop, so if the answers you gave earlier related to a different pc, could you do them on the laptop, and report back, ipconfig etc

is it set to bb connection, or never dial a connection

vivaladiva

The laptop pings the three sites. The one it wont ping is the first one listed in ipconfig which it says is 192.168.2.3.
Yes I did the original ones on the working PC:doh:.

albertross_2

ok, the laptop that wont work through powerplug, if that laptop when connected to powerplug can ping https://www.google.com, then it is connected and working on the internet, so the problem is likely to be IE connections, or possibly firewall related, so 1st check the IE settings I mentioned, it should be set to never dial a connection