wireless network problems

[woozy]

I'm unable to connect to the internet over our home network and desperately need help. I'm on a dell pc running winXP - we have a linksys wireless router and i'm connecting using a belkin network adaptor. It connects to the network fine but will not pick up the internet. I've tried every option in the always helpful (insert sarcastic tone) microsoft helpcentre and nothing works. Please help somebody!!

[Fr4665]

go to start
run
type cmd and hit enter
type ipconfig /all

slelect everything right click what you selected then just make a reply and ctrl+v to paste.

[woozy]

wow that was quick thank you. Here it is

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Uzi 9mm>ipconfig/all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : woozy
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 3:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Belkin 54g Wireless USB Network Adap
ter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-11-50-BB-BB-BF
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.100
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 194.168.8.100
194.168.4.100
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 10 October 2006 14:01:16
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 12 October 2006 14:01:16

C:\Documents and Settings\Uzi 9mm>

[Fr4665]

go back into the CMD and type:

ipconfig /release

then wait a minute then type

ipconfig /renew

then type ipconfig /all and paste the info here again.

i think its something with the dns not sure cause those are some weird dns ip's

if it still doesnt work after the renew go back into the CMD and type:

ipconfing /registerdns

then try again let me know if that worked otherwise we can try a different approach of drivers and other configs.

EDIT: ALSO in the settings for the wifi adapter make sure that the ipadresse and gateway stuff is set to obtain automatically. if you dont know how to i will explain

[woozy]

ok - when trying to renew it told me access was denied to my network connection 3 and i'm off the network now. This was what happened originally and i think re-installing the belkin software was all it took to sort that, disabling and re-enabling the connection etc.

ipconfig /all gave the following

host name woozy
Prim dns suffix blank
Node type unknown
IP Routing enabled No
Proxy No
Physical address 00-11-50-BB-BB-BF
DHCP Yes
Autoconfig Yes
IP 0.0.0.0
Subnet 0.0.0.0
Default Gateway Blank
DHCP Server 255.255.255.255

[Fr4665]

k thats ok, did you do release before you did renew ?

so first ipconfig /release
then ipconfig /renew

like i said what was weird before in ur ipconfing showings that the dns was on .8.100 and .4.100 even thought it should be something like .1.1

so if you can either configure this manually or see if it does it automatically with the obtain ip adress and dns automatically

[woozy]

sorry you've lost me slightly - i did /release first then /renew and that was when i was told access denied. Not sure how to manually configure and its not picking up the settings automatically. I also put in registerdns and that said 15 mins for faults to be shown - do i need to wait that long before trying again?

[Fr4665]

yeah it takes some time.

but whats weird is that it wont even allow access to get an ip from the router ... maybe its an internal router firewall issue of some sort.

can you see the wireless network as in detecting it ? do you have encrytion enabled on the network like wep or wap2 ?

[woozy]

i've tried release and renew again and it still says an error occurred...access denied. None of the network settings have been changed so i don't think it could be a firewall problem - it's worked fine previously and just lost the connection a couple of days ago.

We don't have encryption enabled.

At the moment the network connection is hanging on 'acquiring network address' and it's picking up the network properly.

[Fr4665]

id suggest unplugging the wifi adapter possible reinstalling the software
then resetting the router by either using the reset button or just pulling the power and leaving it off for a comple minutes.

then reinstall the wifi adapter and try again.
if that doesnt do it try resetting the router while the wifi adapter is already installed.