More networking/router gripes...
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My XP Pro wireless network decided to fall apart over the weekend. Firstly none of the wireless PCs could connect to the internet, despite having excellent signal strength from my netgear MIMO router. Then on Saturday, there was no internet connection at all, and occasionally during my frantic searching, I got a message from PC-Cillin saying "A network virus has been detected and blocked" but nothing found on subsequent virus scans.
I have reinstalled XP to try to eliminate any viral threats and generally clean up, but my router is now saying "Check DSL cable" - suggesting my connection to phone is damaged - yet the phone on the same line works perfectly, and nothing else is down. I've swapped old cables for new, taken everything off the line except the broadband line, and still no joy. Any ideas, anyone? Has BT openworld had any server problems over the weekend? I also have sharing problems as Pentoman has been detailing on another thread, but I may wire up the network to see if that's any better.
I have reinstalled XP to try to eliminate any viral threats and generally clean up, but my router is now saying "Check DSL cable" - suggesting my connection to phone is damaged - yet the phone on the same line works perfectly, and nothing else is down. I've swapped old cables for new, taken everything off the line except the broadband line, and still no joy. Any ideas, anyone? Has BT openworld had any server problems over the weekend? I also have sharing problems as Pentoman has been detailing on another thread, but I may wire up the network to see if that's any better.
Just because the phone is still working doesn't mean that the B/B is.
I'm not trying to be patronising, but you should try and diagnose these problems in simple logical steps, working down the chain away from your PC. So, can you ping the wireless access point (or router) from the PC using the access point's IP address? No - then you have an internal problem with the wireless. If yes, can you ping the *external* address of the router? No - then you have a router fault. if yes, then can you ping a server at your ISP? No - then you have either a DSL fault or something's wrong at your ISP. If yes, can you "tracert" from your PC to the web site you cannot talk to - No, then something's down in the route. if yes, then can you talk to the web server? No - the web server on the remote machine may be down, even if the machine itself is answering pings. And so on. reinstalling O/Ss *should* be the last resort even though the standard Microsoft Problem Solving Process is restart, reboot, reinstall.
I'm not trying to be patronising, but you should try and diagnose these problems in simple logical steps, working down the chain away from your PC. So, can you ping the wireless access point (or router) from the PC using the access point's IP address? No - then you have an internal problem with the wireless. If yes, can you ping the *external* address of the router? No - then you have a router fault. if yes, then can you ping a server at your ISP? No - then you have either a DSL fault or something's wrong at your ISP. If yes, can you "tracert" from your PC to the web site you cannot talk to - No, then something's down in the route. if yes, then can you talk to the web server? No - the web server on the remote machine may be down, even if the machine itself is answering pings. And so on. reinstalling O/Ss *should* be the last resort even though the standard Microsoft Problem Solving Process is restart, reboot, reinstall.
If the router says 'check DSL cable' then that's one separate problem - the connection is not working.
As for your wireless - wireless is a bit crap but if you're not too far from the router you should be able to get something 90% reliable going. Testing if the internet is working is not the best way to test it. Find the router's IP address (usually 192.168.1.1 or 2.1) and when you can succesfully ping it, you know the wireless is working properly. Then figure out why the internet is not getting through to your pc.
As for your wireless - wireless is a bit crap but if you're not too far from the router you should be able to get something 90% reliable going. Testing if the internet is working is not the best way to test it. Find the router's IP address (usually 192.168.1.1 or 2.1) and when you can succesfully ping it, you know the wireless is working properly. Then figure out why the internet is not getting through to your pc.
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