Odd wireless problems
I have a Linksys WRT54G. 2 computers are connected via a wireless PCI card. One is connected with a Wireless USB adapter. One is hardwired to the router.
The ones with the hardwire and the USB adapter are fine. However, the other two are having problems.
One computer cannot receive packets at all. I tried to manually set the IP address, subnet mask, gateway, and DNS to fix it, but that didn't work either (I noticed that this computer was getting a different IP address from the hardwired and the USB one). This happened once before, but rebooting the PC solved the problem (but not this time). Ran spyware and anti-virus and nothing came up.
EDIT: OK, the automatic IP wasn't getting the DHCP stuff from the router, it was getting some weird 169 address. After enabling/disabling, it fixed itself. ARGH. But the 2nd problem is still around (see below)
The other computer simply cannot see anything at all, not even the neighbor's network. It just says, when I mouseonover it, "Wireless Network Unavailable" and when I double click on it, I cannot access anything. All the buttons are greyed out except cancel.
What's going on and how do I fix them?
The ones with the hardwire and the USB adapter are fine. However, the other two are having problems.
One computer cannot receive packets at all. I tried to manually set the IP address, subnet mask, gateway, and DNS to fix it, but that didn't work either (I noticed that this computer was getting a different IP address from the hardwired and the USB one). This happened once before, but rebooting the PC solved the problem (but not this time). Ran spyware and anti-virus and nothing came up.
EDIT: OK, the automatic IP wasn't getting the DHCP stuff from the router, it was getting some weird 169 address. After enabling/disabling, it fixed itself. ARGH. But the 2nd problem is still around (see below)
The other computer simply cannot see anything at all, not even the neighbor's network. It just says, when I mouseonover it, "Wireless Network Unavailable" and when I double click on it, I cannot access anything. All the buttons are greyed out except cancel.
What's going on and how do I fix them?
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