Unable to ping IP addresses behind a wireless network??

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"Brad Pears" wrote:

| I now have two XP Pro machines, both at Service Pack 2 (firewall turned off)
| that can ping every machine on the LAN EXCEPT for machines that are
| connected using a wireless link between our office and factory...(via a
| wireless AP). The IP's of these machines at the factory are in the same IP
| address range as the office machines and have the same subnet etc... I am
| having no problems with any of the other XP machines on our LAN except for
| these two - and I can't seem to find where the issue lies with them.
|
| One is hard wired to the hub and the other is using a wireless card to
| connect to a WAP we have here in the office. However, on that machine, when
| you remove the wireless card, and plug it directly into the hub using hard
| wired ethernet, it can then see the other machines!!!
|
| Background...
|
| We have an office and a factory - separated by about 1 mile. The machines at
| the factory are connected to us using a wireless connection. We have a
| wireless radio at the office (IP is 192.168.2.250) and we have a wireless
| radio at the factory (IP is 192.168.2.251) - which is then plugged into a
| hub to provide access for the PC's at the factory. The two machines I am
| referring to above that I am having problems with can both ping the radio
| connected to the hub at the office (on the local LAN) - but can not ping
| anything (not even the radio) at the factory - 192.168.2.251??
|
| Very confusing indeed... At first I thought it was an issue with the
| wireless ethernet card on that users laptop but now that it is also
| happeneing to a different hard-wired machine - it must be a setting in the
| network connections area....
|
| Does anyone have any ideas what I should be checking???
|
| Thanks,
|
| Brad

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Here is the ipcong/all for the machine that DOES NOT WORK...
Windows IP Configuration



Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : wrightman

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : tnlhdom.local



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : tnlhdom.local

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network
Connection

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-07-E9-54-4C-28

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.23

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.2

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.9

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.15

Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.15

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, July 14, 2005 6:27:36
PM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, July 21, 2005 6:27:36
PM

I cannot ping the gateway (192.168.2.2) - which is located at the factory -
behind a wireless AP.

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Here is the IPCONFIG/ALL for a machine that DOES work...



Windows IP Configuration



Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : FACTORY

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : TNLHDOM.local

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : TNLHDOM.local



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : tnlhdom.local

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 3Com EtherLink XL 10/100 PCI For
Complete PC Management NIC (3C905C-TX)

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-01-03-DD-41-3B

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.36

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.2

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.9

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.15

Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.15

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : July 12, 2005 10:26:09 AM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : July 19, 2005 10:26:09 AM



I don't see any differences really....


Thanks,

Brad



"Michael Thomas" <mtNOSPAMMING@armory.com> wrote in message
news:1kpdd15qqjrmoj1p8chb34mmtcqv2tokq1@4ax.com...
> On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 18:08:24 -0400, "Brad Pears"
> <donotreply@notreal.com> wrote:
>
>>I now have two XP Pro machines, both at Service Pack 2 (firewall turned
>>off)
>>that can ping every machine on the LAN EXCEPT for machines that are
>>connected using a wireless link between our office and factory...(via a
>>wireless AP). The IP's of these machines at the factory are in the same IP
>>address range as the office machines and have the same subnet etc... I am
>>having no problems with any of the other XP machines on our LAN except for
>>these two - and I can't seem to find where the issue lies with them.
>>
>>One is hard wired to the hub and the other is using a wireless card to
>>connect to a WAP we have here in the office. However, on that machine,
>>when
>>you remove the wireless card, and plug it directly into the hub using hard
>>wired ethernet, it can then see the other machines!!!
>>
>>Background...
>>
>>We have an office and a factory - separated by about 1 mile. The machines
>>at
>>the factory are connected to us using a wireless connection. We have a
>>wireless radio at the office (IP is 192.168.2.250) and we have a wireless
>>radio at the factory (IP is 192.168.2.251) - which is then plugged into a
>>hub to provide access for the PC's at the factory. The two machines I am
>>referring to above that I am having problems with can both ping the radio
>>connected to the hub at the office (on the local LAN) - but can not ping
>>anything (not even the radio) at the factory - 192.168.2.251??
>>
>>Very confusing indeed... At first I thought it was an issue with the
>>wireless ethernet card on that users laptop but now that it is also
>>happeneing to a different hard-wired machine - it must be a setting in the
>>network connections area....
>>
>>Does anyone have any ideas what I should be checking???
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Brad
>>
>>
>
> Open a command prompt and type ipconfig /all and post the result.
>
> Do this on a machine that works and on one that doesn't work.
>
> MT

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Thanks anyway - this is a wierd one... I did install a differenet NIC in
the desktop machine and got the same results from it - so I guess it's not a
NIC issue...


"Michael Thomas" <mtNOSPAMMING@armory.com> wrote in message
news:ehlfd1p9lh8t7a0ojq45emnjp7ji03ev4d@4ax.com...
> On Fri, 15 Jul 2005 10:02:50 -0400, "Brad Pears"
> <donotreply@notreal.com> wrote:
>
>>I don't see any differences really....
>>
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Brad
>
> I was mainly concerned with the subnet mask, but it seems that the
> DHCP service is working fine and it's correct for your network.
>
> I guess I'm no help,
>
> MT
>
>