The Fish 9018 Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 Right, we have a wireless network set up in out house, has never really worked fine on any of our computers. The stick is recognising that there is a network in our house and when I press "Connect" it says: "Acquiring network address" for a bit, presumable in an attempt to connect to the network, but then after a while it just says not connected. I've had a fiddle around and for some reason its got an ip of 0.0.0.0 i dont have a clue what to do. Can anyone help? Cheers I've tried to manually input my ip, subnet, gateway and dns servers. throws up an error about dns so I took that out and it still wouldn't connect asked windows to automatically find the ip and I can connect to the net, but the thing will inevtiably go down in an hour or so, it'll spend twenty minutes searching for network address or renewing the ip then give up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasepud 59 Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 Two things to try. 1. The WEP key, if thats not spot on the it wont let you log on and will show the IP as 0.0.0.0 as far as Im aware. 2. If thats not the problem then Id recommend removing it all and reinstalling/ setting up the network. Failing those then obtain a copy of net stumbler from the net and give that a shot, even if it still cant connect to your network it may find one next door or so and let you connect to that.. (ahhh free internet, you catn beat it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 9018 Posted January 15, 2007 Author Share Posted January 15, 2007 (edited) last time I allow a woman to set up anything more complicated than a cup of tea tbh cheers by the way Edited January 15, 2007 by The Fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 9018 Posted January 16, 2007 Author Share Posted January 16, 2007 installed net stumbler followed its limited instructions and the whole "connecting to the internet" thing seemed like a fantasy, only got back connection after I removed that program... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 9018 Posted January 23, 2007 Author Share Posted January 23, 2007 Update: now I do get connection and thelike, but it's sporadic. The MSN Messenger thingy keeps telling me that "my default gateway" is down... whats that mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 4901 Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Update: now I do get connection and thelike, but it's sporadic. The MSN Messenger thingy keeps telling me that "my default gateway" is down... whats that mean? Reckon your wireless device might be nadgered. Does anyone else in the house use wireless? Reinstall drivers - if there is any...or upgrade them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Besty 4 Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 Update: now I do get connection and thelike, but it's sporadic. The MSN Messenger thingy keeps telling me that "my default gateway" is down... whats that mean? Reckon your wireless device might be nadgered. Does anyone else in the house use wireless? Reinstall drivers - if there is any...or upgrade them. Look for any new firmware for your wireless router on the manufacturers website if you haven't already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invicta_Toon 0 Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 The Fish in knows nowt shocker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 16735 Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 Fish, ditch the Router marra and stick with the traditional stuff Wirless = Latency Latency = Bad Mmmmkay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 9018 Posted January 25, 2007 Author Share Posted January 25, 2007 The Fish in knows nowt shocker I don't mind admitting I've limited knowledge with regards to computers. cheers to the none tossers, I'll give it a whirl. and wiki... I know, I know it blows, but there's fuck all I can do about it because I live in a shared house, if I hadn't got wireless everyone would either be using my computer or bitching and moaning for eternity. Neither is conducive to a happy home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 16735 Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 The Fish in knows nowt shocker I don't mind admitting I've limited knowledge with regards to computers. cheers to the none tossers, I'll give it a whirl. and wiki... I know, I know it blows, but there's fuck all I can do about it because I live in a shared house, if I hadn't got wireless everyone would either be using my computer or bitching and moaning for eternity. Neither is conducive to a happy home. Not good Fish none tossers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 9018 Posted January 30, 2007 Author Share Posted January 30, 2007 Ok, the MSN Messenger connection troubleshooter thingy (which has been by far the most helpful "help" function on the computer) says I have a UPnP IP restricted NAT... and it kind of intimated that it was this that was causing the bother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 9018 Posted January 30, 2007 Author Share Posted January 30, 2007 (edited) Ok, the MSN Messenger connection troubleshooter thingy (which has been by far the most helpful "help" function on the computer) says I have a UPnP IP restricted NAT... and it kind of intimated that it was this that was causing the bother. Edit, also the Dell Network assistant says I've configured the pc to share the internet connection (which I don't recall)... this may also be a problem. any help, much appreciated. Edited January 30, 2007 by The Fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBass 2254 Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 Can't be arsed to read the whole thread, can you give me the cliff notes version of your issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 9018 Posted January 30, 2007 Author Share Posted January 30, 2007 basically my wireless internet connection is tempremental at best, it takes a while to connect, when it does it disconnects after about 5-10 minutes. A few of the suggestions on here have improved the situation, but the main problem remains. This connection disconnects after 9 or twn minutes. the others on the network also suffer problems, often the 0.0.0.0 IP address is shown, but I've got the ip address for most of the computers now. the Default gateway is identified by the MSN Messeneger troubleshooting-doohicky as the problem. It claims that this gateway appears to be offline. Now I've used the Gateway provided by "ipconfig /all" but that doesn't help the problem much. also the Messenger thing says I've a UPnP IP restricted NAT. The Dell Network assistant says I've allowed this computer to share the connection and that this may be a problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 34640 Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 I know very little about computers, but if you're having IP issues would it not help if you set up a static IP address? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Patrokles Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 I know very little about computers, but if you're having IP issues would it not help if you set up a static IP address? Painfully obvious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol 0 Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 Get a new router. Bet you've got a linksys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 9018 Posted January 31, 2007 Author Share Posted January 31, 2007 I know very little about computers, but if you're having IP issues would it not help if you set up a static IP address? 'fraid the problem isn't the IP address, and I've already set the right static IP address. it's the default gateway.... whatever the fuck that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc4ever 0 Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 I found wireless to be temperamental at best and annoying as fuck the rest of the time. Eventually I gave up and bought some Devolo 85Mbps homeplugs and they work beautifully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 34640 Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 I have no bother at all with my wireless. Play online poker all the time and it NEVER drops the connection (it did it twice last night like, but that's the only time in forever). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc4ever 0 Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Aye, most people have said the same. Maybe it just doesn't like me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol 0 Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 I know very little about computers, but if you're having IP issues would it not help if you set up a static IP address? 'fraid the problem isn't the IP address, and I've already set the right static IP address. it's the default gateway.... whatever the fuck that is. Default gateway is either the IP address of your router, or the ISP IP address. What router have you got? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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