Strange problem with wireless card

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Hi, I have just installed win2000 professional. I have a wireless
card Conceptronic C54C. The thing is that I installed the drivers,
utility program, etc. and everything works fine (the card is
activated, etc). I have also correctly set ip address, dns, etc.
The problem is that the card only sends packets! I cannot
receive a single packet. What could that be?
Strangely, I installed winXP on that machine just to test if the
network card works ok (because I want to install win2k) and
in winXP it works perfectly!
I thought about a driver problem, upgraded the drivers to
the latest found in vendor's site. Same result.
I can only ping to localhost. Any other ip address doesn't work
(I get time out)

Any help, pointer, etc?
TIA!
 
Run ipconfig /all on the computer to see what IP address it reports as being assigned
to the computer. The try to ping that IP address. If you can then make sure that IP
address is on the same network as your other computers. Generally home networks use
class C networks and the first three octets on the IP address is the network address
and it needs to be the same for other computers on the network including the lan
default gateway of any internet router. In other words for an IP address of
192.168.1.55, 192.168.1.xxx is the network address and the 55 is the host address. If
you find an IP address starting with 169.... then the DHCP server, if any is used,
can not be found. If that is not the problem and you can not ping the IP address of
the computer you should contact the manufacturer of the network adapter after
verifying that it is shown in device manager without any conflicts and device manager
says the device is working properly. --- Steve
 
Hi,
Run ipconfig /all on the computer to see what IP address it reports as being assigned
to the computer. The try to ping that IP address. If you can then make sure that IP
address is on the same network as your other computers. Generally home networks use
class C networks and the first three octets on the IP address is the network address
and it needs to be the same for other computers on the network including the lan
default gateway of any internet router. In other words for an IP address of
192.168.1.55, 192.168.1.xxx is the network address and the 55 is the host address. If
you find an IP address starting with 169.... then the DHCP server, if any is used,
can not be found. If that is not the problem and you can not ping the IP address of
the computer you should contact the manufacturer of the network adapter after
verifying that it is shown in device manager without any conflicts and device manager
says the device is working properly. --- Steve
Click to expand...

Thank for your reply. I send you a capture of ipconfig:

So far there're two machines: the one I'm writing this (winXP), and this
other
machine that cannot get connected. As I said before, if I install winXP on
that machine, the card works perfectly. I just installed service pack 4,
without
any result...
Here are the contents of ipconfig / all (translated to english the best I
could):

Hostname . . . . . . . . . : xyz
Main DNS suffix . . . . . . :
Node type . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
Routing enabled . . . . .: No
WINS Proxy enabled. . . . . : No

Description. . . . . . . . . . . : Conceptronic 54g
Physical address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0F-xx-xx-xx-xx
DHCP enabled. . . . . . . . . : No
IP address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.100
Netmask . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Gateway : 192.168.1.1
DNS servers . . . . . . . . . .: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (both valid dns server
addresses)

Still don't know what to do :-(
Is the "broadcast" node type correct? In the other machine (winXP) I get
an "unknown" node type...
I aso installed service pack 4 just in case, but no improvements were made.
The report seems to be fine. I assign static ip addresses in my lan, the gw
address is correct, etc...
Maybe there's an issue with the card, that is not supported in w2k but
it is in winXP?
One further detail: if I make a ping 127.0.0.1, the everything is fine,
but doing ping 192.168.1.100 (the ip assigned by me) then I get
a "host unreachable" error...

Any help is really appreciated. If you need further details, let me know.

TIA.
 
Your ipconfig /all looks fine and yes broadcast node is normal for computers
not using a wins server. If you can not ping the computer IP [
192.168.1.100 ] in your case then you have some sort of problem. If Device
Manager shows no conflict and that the adapter is working properly I would
be highly suspect of a compatibility problem with the drivers and you would
want to check the manufactures website for that model for a FAQ or other
information. It would be worthwhile to try booting into safemode with
networking to see it it helps and if it does you have a conflict with other
applications/services on the computer. Just beware that booting into safe
mode with networking will disable personal firewalls and place the computer
in a bare bones operating mode. The link below is for the MS site to check
for hardware compatibility. That does not mean that hardware not found there
will not work but if it IS listed it has an extremely good chance of working
properly. --- Steve

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/server/howtobuy/upgrading/compat/search/devices.asp
 
Your ipconfig /all looks fine and yes broadcast node is normal for
computers
not using a wins server. If you can not ping the computer IP [
192.168.1.100 ] in your case then you have some sort of problem. If Device
Manager shows no conflict and that the adapter is working properly I would
be highly suspect of a compatibility problem with the drivers and you would
want to check the manufactures website for that model for a FAQ or other
information. It would be worthwhile to try booting into safemode with
Click to expand...

I already tried that. There's no info about any problem with the card.
Moreover, I contacted the technical support but they're clueless.
networking to see it it helps and if it does you have a conflict with other
applications/services on the computer. Just beware that booting into safe
mode with networking will disable personal firewalls and place the computer
in a bare bones operating mode. The link below is for the MS site to check
for hardware compatibility. That does not mean that hardware not found there
will not work but if it IS listed it has an extremely good chance of working
properly. --- Steve
Click to expand...

OK, will check that. No problem with firewalls because that's a clean
instalation
(I mean lean and mean)

Last thing I tried was disable the card, and installing an usb adapter
(which is
the one I use in my other computer). After installing the drivers, I got the
same
problem! So it seems it's not a hardware problem, but something wrong in
win2000... I'll try what you said above, otherwise, I'll reinstall win2000
to see if I get the problem...

Thanks Steve.
 
OK. can't think of much else. If you know someone that can let you try a Linksys or
D-Link card that may be helpful. I never had a problem with any of them on a W2K
laptop. --- Steve

notme said:
Your ipconfig /all looks fine and yes broadcast node is normal for computers
not using a wins server. If you can not ping the computer IP [
192.168.1.100 ] in your case then you have some sort of problem. If Device
Manager shows no conflict and that the adapter is working properly I would
be highly suspect of a compatibility problem with the drivers and you would
want to check the manufactures website for that model for a FAQ or other
information. It would be worthwhile to try booting into safemode with
Click to expand...

I already tried that. There's no info about any problem with the card.
Moreover, I contacted the technical support but they're clueless.
networking to see it it helps and if it does you have a conflict with other
applications/services on the computer. Just beware that booting into safe
mode with networking will disable personal firewalls and place the computer
in a bare bones operating mode. The link below is for the MS site to check
for hardware compatibility. That does not mean that hardware not found there
will not work but if it IS listed it has an extremely good chance of working
properly. --- Steve
Click to expand...

OK, will check that. No problem with firewalls because that's a clean
instalation
(I mean lean and mean)

Last thing I tried was disable the card, and installing an usb adapter
(which is
the one I use in my other computer). After installing the drivers, I got the
same
problem! So it seems it's not a hardware problem, but something wrong in
win2000... I'll try what you said above, otherwise, I'll reinstall win2000
to see if I get the problem...

Thanks Steve.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/server/howtobuy/upgrading/compat/search/devices.asp
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Now -after reinstalling w2k- I'm able to ping to 127.0.0.1 and *also* to
192.168.1.101
(the ip assigned by me)... but when I try to ping to the router, I get host
unreachable
errors...
According to what I read, in this case there's a problem of cable
conection...but what
cable, if I'm using a wireless card? I tried resetting the modem, moving it
to put it in
line of sight with the card, no result...
Oh, this is getting me mad... I think I'll install winXP once and for all...

Thanks for your help.

Steven L Umbach said:
OK. can't think of much else. If you know someone that can let you try a Linksys or
D-Link card that may be helpful. I never had a problem with any of them on a W2K
laptop. --- Steve

Your ipconfig /all looks fine and yes broadcast node is normal for computers
not using a wins server. If you can not ping the computer IP [
192.168.1.100 ] in your case then you have some sort of problem. If Device
Manager shows no conflict and that the adapter is working properly I would
be highly suspect of a compatibility problem with the drivers and you would
want to check the manufactures website for that model for a FAQ or other
information. It would be worthwhile to try booting into safemode with
Click to expand...

I already tried that. There's no info about any problem with the card.
Moreover, I contacted the technical support but they're clueless.
networking to see it it helps and if it does you have a conflict with other
applications/services on the computer. Just beware that booting into safe
mode with networking will disable personal firewalls and place the computer
in a bare bones operating mode. The link below is for the MS site to check
for hardware compatibility. That does not mean that hardware not found there
will not work but if it IS listed it has an extremely good chance of working
properly. --- Steve
Click to expand...

OK, will check that. No problem with firewalls because that's a clean
instalation
(I mean lean and mean)

Last thing I tried was disable the card, and installing an usb adapter
(which is
the one I use in my other computer). After installing the drivers, I got the
same
problem! So it seems it's not a hardware problem, but something wrong in
win2000... I'll try what you said above, otherwise, I'll reinstall win2000
to see if I get the problem...

Thanks Steve.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/server/howtobuy/upgrading/compat/search/devices.asp
Hi,

Run ipconfig /all on the computer to see what IP address it reports as
being assigned
to the computer. The try to ping that IP address. If you can then make
sure that IP
address is on the same network as your other computers. Generally home
networks use
class C networks and the first three octets on the IP address is the
network address
and it needs to be the same for other computers on the network including
the lan
default gateway of any internet router. In other words for an IP address
of
192.168.1.55, 192.168.1.xxx is the network address and the 55 is the
host
address. If
you find an IP address starting with 169.... then the DHCP server, if
any
is used,
can not be found. If that is not the problem and you can not ping
Click to expand...
the
IP
address of
the computer you should contact the manufacturer of the network adapter
after
verifying that it is shown in device manager without any conflicts and
device manager
says the device is working properly. --- Steve

Thank for your reply. I send you a capture of ipconfig:

So far there're two machines: the one I'm writing this (winXP), and this
other
machine that cannot get connected. As I said before, if I install
Click to expand...
winXP
on
that machine, the card works perfectly. I just installed service pack 4,
without
any result...
Here are the contents of ipconfig / all (translated to english the
Click to expand...
best
I
could):

Hostname . . . . . . . . . : xyz
Main DNS suffix . . . . . . :
Node type . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
Routing enabled . . . . .: No
WINS Proxy enabled. . . . . : No

Description. . . . . . . . . . . : Conceptronic 54g
Physical address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0F-xx-xx-xx-xx
DHCP enabled. . . . . . . . . : No
IP address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.100
Netmask . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Gateway : 192.168.1.1
DNS servers . . . . . . . . . .: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (both valid dns
server
addresses)

Still don't know what to do :-(
Is the "broadcast" node type correct? In the other machine (winXP) I get
an "unknown" node type...
I aso installed service pack 4 just in case, but no improvements were
made.
The report seems to be fine. I assign static ip addresses in my lan, the
gw
address is correct, etc...
Maybe there's an issue with the card, that is not supported in w2k but
it is in winXP?
One further detail: if I make a ping 127.0.0.1, the everything is fine,
but doing ping 192.168.1.100 (the ip assigned by me) then I get
a "host unreachable" error...

Any help is really appreciated. If you need further details, let me know.

TIA.




Hi, I have just installed win2000 professional. I have a wireless
card Conceptronic C54C. The thing is that I installed the drivers,
utility program, etc. and everything works fine (the card is
activated, etc). I have also correctly set ip address, dns, etc.
The problem is that the card only sends packets! I cannot
receive a single packet. What could that be?
Strangely, I installed winXP on that machine just to test if the
network card works ok (because I want to install win2k) and
in winXP it works perfectly!
I thought about a driver problem, upgraded the drivers to
the latest found in vendor's site. Same result.
I can only ping to localhost. Any other ip address doesn't work
(I get time out)

Any help, pointer, etc?
TIA!
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