It's probably not something you forgot, but rather a seemingly persistent problem with Windows 7 and some routers.I have a network of XP computers connected to an SMC hub/router which works without problems, mainly using ethernet cables but occasionally on wireless. I am trying to connect a new Windows 7 laptop with a Realtek PCIe GBE controller and an Atheros AR9285 WiFi adapter.
The laptop connects to the correct wireless network without any problem. I can see all the XP computers and the router (and I can see the laptop from other computers too), but I have no internet access. I have no previous knowledge of Win7 but I have set the network to WORK and entered the workgroup name. Windows firewall is set to private network. I have tried connecting an ethernet cable but this doesn't help.
Network diagnostics can only suggest a DNS problem, but both adapters have TCP/IP v6 and v4 set to obtain IP and DNS automatically.
There is probably something very silly that I've forgotten to do, so please could someone put me right? Thanks, Mike
Thanks, Trouble - that worked.Originally Posted by Trouble
It's probably not something you forgot, but rather a seemingly persistent problem with Windows 7 and some routers.
You can manually assign static values for the DNS entries for both your network cards to use public DNS servers like 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4
Type ncpa.cpl into the search box and hit enter
Select and then right click on each interface card and choose properties
In the properties dialog box uncheck Internet Protocol Version 6
Select Internet protocol Version 4 and click the properties button
Near the bottom select the radio button that says
"Use the following DNS server addresses:"
Enter 8.8.8.8 for Preferred and
8.8.4.4 for Alternate
OK your way back out of there and see if that helps at all.
Is it possible that the ip address information you obtained from the other machine is erroneous. Does the other machine have multiple network cards, is there any other ip address information on the other machine, can you ping the router 192.168.1.1 from the XP machine, can you get into the router's web interface from the XP machine by typing the http://192.168.1.1 into the address bar of a browser? You should be able to ping other network nodes even without a default gateway or DNS resolution.There are no more third party programs installed. When I ping my local IP I get "bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128" Every other attempt gives me the response "Destination host unreachable." I seem to be having difficulty booting into safemode.