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D600 + Truemobile 1300 + Linksys Router/Switch = Connecting - Internet
Ok, so after months and months of bad luck... and my combination of D600 + Truemobile 1300 + Linksys router not working @ all, basically never seeing my network or allowing me to connect to it and firmware updates, all kinds of setting changes, drivers updates and program installs etc etc etc etc etc...
I installed Microsoft's new Service Pack 2 and all of the sudden *poof* my Truemobile connected with 100%, something it has NEVER done before. Only problem was it kept saying it couldn't fully connect and I needed to assign an address etc. So, I assigned an IP address in the TCP properties area and then it finished connecting and says I am "excellent" in connection and everything look legit.
The ONLY problem is, while it says I am connected I can't get on the internet. AIM won't connect, pinging websites "timed out", etc.
It has been a long long journey and I am oh so very close, why can't I connect to the internet? Everything says I am connected?
Oddly enough, last night for no reason whatsoever (NO changed were made) my ethernet dropped on my laptop. (cord ethernet since I haven't gotten the wireless truemobile working) DSL was still up and the desktop int he house was fine. Turned out when I changed the settings to "Obtain IP address automatically" everything worked again.
So basically, last night both the Truemobile and ethernet SAID they were connected fine but were NOT allowing me on the internet. The Ethernet I changed to "Obtain automatically" and it worked again, but if I change the Truemobile, it give me the same problem I had in the beginning of not connecting until an IP address is assigned.
Thoughts?
I installed Microsoft's new Service Pack 2 and all of the sudden *poof* my Truemobile connected with 100%, something it has NEVER done before. Only problem was it kept saying it couldn't fully connect and I needed to assign an address etc. So, I assigned an IP address in the TCP properties area and then it finished connecting and says I am "excellent" in connection and everything look legit.
The ONLY problem is, while it says I am connected I can't get on the internet. AIM won't connect, pinging websites "timed out", etc.
It has been a long long journey and I am oh so very close, why can't I connect to the internet? Everything says I am connected?
Oddly enough, last night for no reason whatsoever (NO changed were made) my ethernet dropped on my laptop. (cord ethernet since I haven't gotten the wireless truemobile working) DSL was still up and the desktop int he house was fine. Turned out when I changed the settings to "Obtain IP address automatically" everything worked again.
So basically, last night both the Truemobile and ethernet SAID they were connected fine but were NOT allowing me on the internet. The Ethernet I changed to "Obtain automatically" and it worked again, but if I change the Truemobile, it give me the same problem I had in the beginning of not connecting until an IP address is assigned.
Thoughts?
Sounds like ip address not properly assigned by your router. At the command prompt, type "Ipconfig/all" w/o quote.
If you are not getting ip address then try "ipconfig/renew". if this fails try to ping your router ip lan address. if this also fails. you need to work with linksys router customer support. Oh, by the way, make sure your router's DHCP function is turned on and NIC adapter is set to ip dynamically assisgned.
Insomnia128144
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Posted September 24th, 2004 13:00
I too have recently updated to Windows XP Service Pack 2 and found that my Truemobile 1300 network adapter started connecting more reliably. I also had similar network connectivity issues after the SP2 update.
My Truemobile card (pre SP2) would connect intermittantly, but was for the most part unreliable or random.
After the SP2 update, my card would connect consistently, but I could not communicate wirelessly on the network. I discovered that SP2 enables the Smart Card option in the wireless adapter config, which was preventing me from communicating with the network. After unchecking that, my Truemobile 1300 has been working like a champ!
As another note, I use a shared key, and I also had trouble with the mode switching from Shared to Open which my Access Point didn't like. After the SP2 update, my mode was back to Open again, so I had to switch it to Shared again as well.
I hope this info helps somebody...
pretz
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Posted August 20th, 2004 17:00
The entire computer says that I am connected for excellent connection and that everthing is working just perfectly.
But I can't connect to ANYTHING.
The ethernet card has this same problem now, but at least with it I just click "obtain etc automatically" in that TCP properties and then it works. If I try to have an address manually entered it does the same as the Truemobile. But if I change the Truemobile TCP properties to "Obtain etc automatically" it then does let me connect... until I put an IP address back in manually.
Rock and a hard place... PLEASE someone. I have been trying to get this done for over 8 months, and unsuccessfully... I am closer than ever!