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NewNetworker - 20 Dec 2004 20:05 GMT

I’m having a problem getting my Windows 98SE Machine (A) to reach web pages.
It has a Motorola Wireless internal adapter. I have a Cable Modem (Motorola
for Cox), and a D-Link DI-614+ router. I also have an XP machine (B) that is
connected with a Gigafast wireless USB adapter. Both (A) and (B) have good
communication with the router. (B) has no trouble reading webpages, but (A)
can’t seem to see anything past the router. Until I installed the Motorola
card, (A) had been wired to the same router and was working fine that way.
Any suggestions?

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Steve Winograd [MVP] - 21 Dec 2004 05:57 GMT

>Im having a problem getting my Windows 98SE Machine (A) to reach web pages.
>It has a Motorola Wireless internal adapter. I have a Cable Modem (Motorola
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>card, (A) had been wired to the same router and was working fine that way.
>Any suggestions?

Run Winipcfg on Win 98SE and select the wired network adapter from the
menu. If that adapter still has a DHCP IP address, release it. If it
has a manually assigned IP address, go to Control Panel | Network and:

1. Assign it an IP address in a different subnet than the D-Link
router's LAN IP address, and:

2. Remove any default gateway specification.

If that doesn't fix the problem, select the Motorola wireless adapter
from the Winipcfg menu and make sure that:

1. The default gateway points to the router's LAN IP address.

2. The DNS server points to the router's LAN IP address or to Cox's
DNS server.

If those settings are right, open a command prompt window and try
these commands. Each one should get four replies:

ping <router's LAN IP address>
ping 216.239.39.99
ping google.com

If those work, try these addresses in Internet Explorer. Both of them
should take you to the Google web page:

http://216.239.39.99
http://google.com

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NewNetworker - 21 Dec 2004 21:45 GMT

That did the trick! Thank you VERY much!

> >I’m having a problem getting my Windows 98SE Machine (A) to reach web pages.
> >It has a Motorola Wireless internal adapter. I have a Cable Modem (Motorola
[quoted text clipped - 34 lines]
> http://216.239.39.99
> http://google.com

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Steve Winograd [MVP] - 22 Dec 2004 00:19 GMT

In article <8446EC8C-34C6-4409-863E-9ACD1518C4C2@microsoft.com>,

>> >Im having a problem getting my Windows 98SE Machine (A) to reach web pages.
>> >It has a Motorola Wireless internal adapter. I have a Cable Modem (Motorola
[quoted text clipped - 36 lines]
>
>That did the trick! Thank you VERY much!

You're welcome. Just out of curiosity, which of my suggestions did
you follow?

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