Re: Inspiron 500m wireless networking - unstable

I have a new wireless network too. The wireless card is set to 'obtain an IP
address automatically'. In this auto configure mode the subnet mask is being
set to 255.0.0.0. The result appears to be that I can't bring up pages with
IP addresses beginning with 192 since the router is on 192 as well. Some
examples of pages that don't load are www.adobe.com and www.fcc.gov. So far
my attempts to set a static IP address for the card have failed - it doesn't
work at all. Linksys tech support has been responsive but not especially
helpful. Check your subnet mask - it should be 255.255.255.0. Maybe someone
with more networking knowledge can help both of us.

"Brian White" <> wrote in message
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> I have just bought a Dell Inspiron 500m with the Intel PRO/Wireless
> 2100 wireless card (factory fitted) and also a Netgear ME102 wireless
> access point. I know next to nothing about wireless networking. This
> is my first attempt and I'm not doing too well. The Inspiron has
> WinXP pro.
>
> When I connect the Inspiron to my home LAN using a fixed wire, all
> seems to be OK. The home LAN connects to the internet using a D-Link
> DSL-504 combined ADSL 'modem'/switch. Both the desktop PCs have
> worked fine with the DSL-504 for many months.
>
> But when I'm trying to surf using the Inspiron wirelessly, it's very
> inconsistent. It connects OK for a while and I can surf happily (a
> few minutes) but then it cuts off (meaning that if I try to go to a
> website - not specific to a particular website - the browser says that
> the site can't be found). If I try on one of our desktop PCs, the
> website is fine. On the laptop, pinging sites doesn't work even if I
> use their IP address. Signal strength on the wireless is consistently
> very good.
>
> Has anyone experienced this problem? Can anyone give some suggestions
> to try?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> --
> TTFN
> Brian
> Reply to brian [.] white [@] pobox [.] com
> [Not got a decent sig yet - another thing to do!]

I bought a 600m with Truemobile 1300 Wireless. I tried a Netgear 614 and a
Linksys BEFW11S4 and had the same problem with both. There were many web
pages that I couldn't bring up. Finally I formatted and reinstalled and all
my problems went away. Had to be a issue with the OS configuration as
installed by Dell!

"Frank346" <> wrote in message
news:w0hLa.3631$...
> I have a new wireless network too. The wireless card is set to 'obtain an
IP
> address automatically'. In this auto configure mode the subnet mask is
being
> set to 255.0.0.0. The result appears to be that I can't bring up pages
with
> IP addresses beginning with 192 since the router is on 192 as well. Some
> examples of pages that don't load are www.adobe.com and www.fcc.gov. So
far
> my attempts to set a static IP address for the card have failed - it
doesn't
> work at all. Linksys tech support has been responsive but not especially
> helpful. Check your subnet mask - it should be 255.255.255.0. Maybe
someone
> with more networking knowledge can help both of us.
>
> "Brian White" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> > I have just bought a Dell Inspiron 500m with the Intel PRO/Wireless
> > 2100 wireless card (factory fitted) and also a Netgear ME102 wireless
> > access point. I know next to nothing about wireless networking. This
> > is my first attempt and I'm not doing too well. The Inspiron has
> > WinXP pro.
> >
> > When I connect the Inspiron to my home LAN using a fixed wire, all
> > seems to be OK. The home LAN connects to the internet using a D-Link
> > DSL-504 combined ADSL 'modem'/switch. Both the desktop PCs have
> > worked fine with the DSL-504 for many months.
> >
> > But when I'm trying to surf using the Inspiron wirelessly, it's very
> > inconsistent. It connects OK for a while and I can surf happily (a
> > few minutes) but then it cuts off (meaning that if I try to go to a
> > website - not specific to a particular website - the browser says that
> > the site can't be found). If I try on one of our desktop PCs, the
> > website is fine. On the laptop, pinging sites doesn't work even if I
> > use their IP address. Signal strength on the wireless is consistently
> > very good.
> >
> > Has anyone experienced this problem? Can anyone give some suggestions
> > to try?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > --
> > TTFN
> > Brian
> > Reply to brian [.] white [@] pobox [.] com
> > [Not got a decent sig yet - another thing to do!]
>
>