Router problem

[Domino]

Hi all, i just bought a new router because for some reason i couldnt connect to the internet anymore through a wireless connection on my other computer.

First i bought a new pci card but the thing wont connect, it will just get stuck on aquiring network address, and then it just disconnects. Seeing this i thought it then must be the router, so i went a bought a belkin modem router. Now the other computer can connect to it, but it wont even let me onto the internet on the main computer. On the bottom right hand side of the screen it says connected, transfering at 100mbps, but in the options it says its not connected. When i plug in the old router the internet will work fine with no faults, i just cant connect to it through wireless.

Any help would be great because im completly stuck.

[MadduckUK]

mm.. all the adapters iv come across will say there connected even if the wrong password is entered, however there will obviously no data transferred. might be what's happening here.

as for the new belkin, it wont be set up right

[Domino]

The password is definatly correct.

Im guessing your right about the router, but i really dont have a clue about what to change to try and get it working.

[MadduckUK]

are you using the adapters own software or the windows one?

when you say router you mean modemrouter? what provider are you using?

[Jay]

Do you have MAC filtering on?

[Domino]

Do you have MAC filtering on?

Nope, its disabled

[mishima]

Do you have a software firewall installed on that workstation?

[Neilsson]

windows xp shared internet connection?

(dunno anything about vista - won't touch it yet!)

[adam1701]

hes using a router, i thought that a shared connection could only be used with dial up ... correct me if im wrong!

[MadduckUK]

hes using a router, i thought that a shared connection could only be used with dial up ... correct me if im wrong!

your wrong though it becomes a whole lot less useful when a router is used - bit of a throwback to the "one computer has the modem in it" days. unless theres a physical reason you cant plug the two computers into it - wireless being the best example i can think of... used to use ICS via a laptop to let my xbox connect to a wireless router, worked really well.

[adam1701]

seems like a bit of a fandango if you have a router ... i would just aim to fix the router than trying out comical suggestions like this.

what you have described would surely have meant that you would have had to leave your laptop on if you're using the xbox ...

[MadduckUK]

what you have described would surely have meant that you would have had to leave your laptop on if you're using the xbox ...

yes

seriously though it sounds like a very easy fix with stuff baught for nothing if Domino can tell us exactly what situation he is in now. what do you want connecting to where and what do you have available to do it with