SSID found but can't ping router?

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I have a Netgear MR814 wireless router and a desktop with a Netgear WG311T
wireless adapter.

The desktop has Windows XP SP1 installed. (I have a Toshiba notebook with
XP connecting to web using the router OK from the same room)

My desktop seems to find SSID of the wireless router and knows there is a
wireless network out there, but when I try to ping the router (192.168.0.1)
it returns 'Destination host unreachable'?

Any pointers would be beneficial at this point. Thanks, Dave.

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless (More info?)

In article <EFA5124D-05A0-4C0E-9AF1-F1225A1E0F48@microsoft.com>,
"Dave" <Dave@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>I have a Netgear MR814 wireless router and a desktop with a Netgear WG311T
>wireless adapter.
>
>The desktop has Windows XP SP1 installed. (I have a Toshiba notebook with
>XP connecting to web using the router OK from the same room)
>
>My desktop seems to find SSID of the wireless router and knows there is a
>wireless network out there, but when I try to ping the router (192.168.0.1)
>it returns 'Destination host unreachable'?
>
>Any pointers would be beneficial at this point. Thanks, Dave.

That error message indicates that your wireless connection doesn't
have an IP address in the 192.168.0.x range and doesn't have a default
gateway specified.

What is the wireless connection's IP address? If it's 169.254.x.x,
then it isn't succeeding in communicating with the wireless router.
In that case, check the wireless network settings (SSID, encryption
type, encryption key).
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