Wireless horrors. please help

[jeffo2448]

This issue is really starting to aggravate me. Ok, here's the story... we have a main computer downstairs and two other computers upstairs. The main computer has a Linksys Wireless G router and a Westell 6100 modem hooked up, which enables a wireless network for all three computers in the house. After losing connection a few weeks back, my misinformed mother called Verizon DSL and through the phone, she reset the connection and screwed everything up. Basically, she set up a LAN for the dowstairs computer. I called Verizon back a week later and spoke to another person. We configured the IP addresses for the modem and router and voila! the two upstairs computers started recieving the wireless signal again. Here's the problem... the two computers upstairs (recieving wireless signals) only work when we disable the connection downstairs, which is now apparantley a WAN Miniport (PPPOE connection). All three comps use the same WAN password and username, yet for some reason, the two upstairs PCs ONLY work when we "disable" the network downstairs. For example, right now I'm on the main computer, connected to the WAN Miniport, but the two other PCs will NOT connect to the internet, even though the wireless computer icons are still there and it says there is a strong signal. Why is this? How can I make ALL THREE computers connect wirelessly? It's a pain to have to go downstairs and disable the PPPOE connection just to use wireless internet upstairs, vice versa. This not only created a networking problem for our computers, but now my Xbox Live subscription is going to waste with a "Failed IP connection" every time I try to sign in on Live. Anyway, here's a cmd screen shot to help out. Thanks a ton guys.

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

C:\Documents and Settings\user>ipconfig/all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : user-bwrxq6n5l0
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter PlayLinc Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : PlayLinc Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 7A-77-00-00-00-01

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : SiS 900-Based PCI Fast Ethernet Adap
ter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-E0-18-BC-72-D5
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

PPP adapter verizon:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 64.222.56.168
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 64.222.56.168
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 71.243.0.12
68.237.161.12
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

C:\Documents and Settings\user>

[johnwill]

You have ICS running on this machine, that's clearly wrong, since you have a router.

Try disabling ICS on this machine and configuring it for automatic IP addresses, I think you'll find it works much better.

Disabling Internet Connection Sharing


XP - Enable DHCP

Select Start > Settings > Network Connections.

• Double-click the Connection icon of the connection you wish to modify to open the Local Area Connection Status window.
• Click the Properties button to open the Local Area Connection Properties window.
• Click to highlight Internet Protocol (TCP/IP).
• Click the Properties button to open the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties window.
• TCP/IP Properties window, IP Address tab
• Select Obtain an IP address automatically.
• Select Obtain DNS server address automatically.
• Click OK to return to the Local Area Connection Properties window.
• Click OK to return to the Network Connections window.