davbell22602
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I bought a new wireless belkin card for PC that never had one. I installed the drivers and did the security password for our connection since its secure. Still cant get on internet.
Try uninstalling the wireless adapter in Device Manager and then rebooting, this will reinstall the drivers and set the wirelss card back to defaults.
Ok did that. Still no difference. I enter the PC name and password for the computer stairs on the downstairs to gain access on the internet. I also put the card in a different slot on the downstairs PC. Now its trying to connect. Working offline when opening Internet explorer.
Hi, this is the problem i think
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.221.205
Wrong IP, must be in the range 192.168.xxx.xxx
Try to reset!
This is the "Autoconfiguration" IP address that Windows assigns the adapter while it waits for IP address assignment by the routerAutoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.221.205
This is the IP address you get once the router assigns the adapter an IP addressmust be in the range 192.168.xxx.xxx
http://www.home-network-help.com/set-ip.html
No. In theory, you should be able to do just what you've done/tried, but when you still can't connect it can be a "hair pulling" experience to figure out which one of so many different variables went wrong!So have to reset router and redo the security every time I add new PC to a secure connection?
I just happened to be online so just saw your question. If i may offer some answers from my own point-of-view
No. In theory, you should be able to do just what you've done/tried, but when you still can't connect it can be a "hair pulling" experience to figure out which one of so many different variables went wrong!
Some things that can make that process easier
1. Many routers let you save the current configuration to disk. If so, you can reset the router and then test your local computer to see if it connects, etc. When you identify what was wrong, you can restore the old router config and fix the the router or computer problem that prevented that connection in the first place
2. Also, sometimes, i turn off only the router security layers that affect wireless connection to see if that's sufficient for troubleshooting. On the router
==> Save the router config to disk and then
==> Make sure wireless access is turned on
==> Turn off any wireless encryption
==> Make sure your wireless network SSID is being broadcast (some routers let you turn off SSID broadcast, others not)
==> Turn off any type of MAC filtering (MAC filtering allows you to restrict which specific wireless network adapters are allowed to connect to the router)
Note all the above are typically just selectable options so is easy to turn them on and off for testing
Place the computer very close to the router and type the router's IP address into the computer's browser. Does it connect?
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : XP-PRO3
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetLink (TM) Gigabit Ethern
et
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-25-64-95-13-5F
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.8
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
[B]Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1[/B]
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, February 04, 2011 3:15:47 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, February 05, 2011 3:15:47
PM
To login to your Linksys type 192.168.1.1 in your browser!
You should see the login page from your router.