Comments on: You’re the inclination…

By: Ian D

Ian D — Mon, 21 May 2007 15:45:37 +0000

I had something similar before in that a wired connection worked but a wireless one wouldn’t. I couldn’t get to the bottom of it no matter what I did. A couple of websites pointed to the windows networking components being corrupted. I did a repair install of XP and after that it worked fine. No idea if it was a corrupt dll, my crap settings, luck or a combination of all three. It sounds like the router is only letting one connection be active

No surprise with the Macbook though. Macs just work (I couldn’t resist – I’m turning into a fanboy).

Could you assign fixed IP addresses as a workaround?

By: Lyle

Lyle — Mon, 21 May 2007 14:55:58 +0000

In that case, is the router set up as a DHCP provider?

And – just to check – have you tried doing this with the windows firewall OFF ?

By: Gordon

Gordon — Mon, 21 May 2007 09:51:49 +0000

Lyle – I should’ve stated that. Sorry. Yes, using DHCP. When I connect the PC via cable to the wireless router I get that little animated (fetching address) icon in my system tray, but it never manages to get one.

Mum (& Dad) – you SHOULD care, it’s stopping you getting a coloured name!!

By: Mum & Dad

Mum & Dad — Mon, 21 May 2007 08:51:44 +0000

We don’t care, we’re off for a week in the sun!

By: Lyle

Lyle — Mon, 21 May 2007 08:34:18 +0000

Is the PC trying to connect on a fixed IP address? That could be your problem, if the fixed IP is over-writing the one that’s being used by the Macbook (style queen )

In the PC’s Control Panel, if you look at the Network Connections, right click the relevant connection to go to the properties, highlight TCP/IP, then look at the properties for it, you should see ‘assign an IP automatically’ is ticked. If not, give it a go, and see if that works (i.e. using DHCP instead of fixed IP address)