Hey evreyone, i was hoping you all had a few suggestions for my problem.  See i just recently moved into an aprtment with 4 other computers, so that MAKES 5 computers total in the house,  I live the furthest from the router and there for decided to go with the wireless connection so that everyone else could plug into the router, since the router only had 4 ports and had a wireless broadcast.  WEll recently, one of the ports on the back of the router opened up and i decided to plug my computer into it with my ethernet coards and nic card.  So now of course I'm no longer using my wireless connection and have it turned off.  My problem comes when Windows is telling me that it is connected at 100 Mbps, i can see that packets are beign sent out, but i am not recieving any of these packets back.  I've gone into dos, typed ipconfig /release, and ipconfig /renew however, everytiem i do this, it tells me that it cannot renew my ip address because i cannot connect to the DHCP server, and it times out.  So then i decide to manually enter my ip address, default gateway, and dns server info into the computer.  I do this but yet still i cannot access the internet, the only packets are flowing out and not coming back in.  Does anyone have an idea why this is happening and any idea on how to fix it?

JohnDid you respected the subnet mask for your small network? (all computers should have the same subnet mask, only different ip-s). Give US details of IP configuration.
What were your IP settings with wireless? It worked?
It is good the address for Gateway? For DNS?

In Windows xp go to command prompt and type:
ipconfig /all
Tell us what it is written there.This is what i see when i go to the command prompt and type "ipconfig /all".

Windows IP Configuration

    Host Name......................: JohnsPC
    Primary DNS Suffix..........:
    Node Type......................: Hybrid
    IP Routing Enabled.........: No
    WINS Proxy Enabled.......: No

Ethernet Adapter Local AREA Connection

    Connection-specific DNS Suffix.........:
    Description............................ ...........: CNET PRO200 PCI Ethernet Adapter
    Physicial Address..............................:00-80-AD-80-58-OC
    DHCP Enabled................................ ...: Yes
    Autoconfiguration Enabled................: Yes
    Autoconfiguration IP Address............: 169.254.84.152
    Subnet Mask................................... ...: 255.255.0.0
    Default Gateway................................:

Now i know we all need to ahev the same subnet mask and begining IP address, for instance 192.168.1.1XX where x represent ANOTHER digit depending on how many computer we allow on the network.  WE allow up to 50 and our begining IP address set on the router is at 192.168.1.1  And all of my roommates address begin with 192.168.1.10X.  The only exception is mine, exept when I'm on my wireless, then my wirelless ip addy is 192.168.1.105 with a subnet of 255.255.255.0.  Liek i sai dbefore, its GIVING me this weird IP address and weird subnet mask.  Any ideas?


With my wireless connection i worked just fine, but lagged when i was playing games over the internet due to a slwoer speed and less reliabel conenction.  However i did have the correct IP address, and subnet masks.


JohnMy friend, your IP should be 192.168.1.x (x different from any other on the network, for example your x could be 105 if no one else does have it), subnet mask: 255.255.255.0 (or the one that is on your friend's computers), default gateway: 192.168.1.1 (the router's IP) and DNS have to be set like your friends DNS (you all have the same DNS server/servers). Your router has a firewall? Maybe is some setting there... some filtering. Your cable, is straight UTP cable (if your network use that type of cable)? Look at the 2 jacks on the ends, the order of wire colours is the same on both? I mean first wire is orange with white -- or orange in stripes, second orange completely, third green with white, fourth blue, fifth blue with white, sixth green, seventh maron with white, eighth maron completely -- this is the standard, but it does no matter that; it matters if both jacks have the same wires in the same positions; if not, you have to buy  a cable (is very cheap) or change a jack to look identical with the other (you have to cut the cable at one end and put another jack, you need a special tool for connecting a jack -- my advise, if you don't know what I am talking about buy one from a shop -- you have to tell to the seller the length of the cable you need and the type of cable, which ussually is UTP cat 5E or cat 5).

Tell us more after you check these. Also, you can check the cable with one of the friends computers. Connect the cable to the router, go with it to your friends computer and replace their cable. See if their computer works fine with your cable (receives the right IP settings); if it doesn't, than the solution is what I told you before. If the computer receives the correct data, than the problem might be on router or your computer (network card faulty?)