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Vista, Xbox and Wireless Internet

quovadis13quovadis13 Registered User regular
edited May 2008 in Moe's Stupid Technology Tavern
Okay, so I was trying to set up my Xbox to get the internet off my Vista PC's Wireless Network. It seemed easy enough to accomplish. After spending a bit of time last night bridging networks etc.. I gave up. I was pleased to see that when I tried again this morning, for whatever reason eveything decided to work. However, I got home this afternoon and I am having much bigger troubles.

I turn on my comp and try to surf the web only to see that for some reason I cant connect to any webpage whatsoever. I figure it had something to do with all the tinkering I did with the wireless, so I set everything back to the way it originally was when it was working well. I undo all the bridging, sharing etc.. and still, no dice. I cant connect to any wepage at all. The really peculiar thing is that my connection wizard says that I am connected to the internet. I tried restarting the router, modem. I tried disabling and then re-enabling the wireless network adapter itself. I tried adjusting the IP information. Nothing works. I am about to pull my hair out because I cant see any reason why I cant access the internet.

I could care less about the xbox, so any advice on what to do to fix my internet problem?

Thanks

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    RookRook Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    win-r
    cmd
    ipconfig /all
    ping routerip
    ping www.google.com
    ping 64.233.183.99

    right mouse button
    select all
    enter

    paste the results.

    As for the xbox, you didn't need to muck around with the bridging networks, just enable ICS on the wireless

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    El GuacoEl Guaco Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Man, someone needs to write a wiki on getting your Xbox online, that includes how to use the bridge option, Airport, etc. There's at least 3 threads a day on this. I'm not complaining, because I've learned a few things, but in the end I went the "long network cable + drill" route.

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    quovadis13quovadis13 Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Rook wrote: »
    win-r
    cmd
    ipconfig /all
    ping routerip
    ping www.google.com
    ping 64.233.183.99

    right mouse button
    select all
    enter

    paste the results.

    As for the xbox, you didn't need to muck around with the bridging networks, just enable ICS on the wireless

    Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Mark>ipconfig/all

Windows IP Configuration

   Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mark-Desktop
   Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . :
   Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
   IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
   WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 802.11g Network Adapter
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1D-60-00-71-15
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::f59d:b8b1:74ee:75e9%8(Preferred)
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.128(Preferred)
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.0.128%15(Preferred)
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

C:\Users\Mark>ping routerip
Ping request could not find host routerip. Please check the name and try again.

C:\Users\Mark>ping www.google.com

Pinging www.l.google.com [72.14.205.104] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 72.14.205.104: bytes=32 time=437ms TTL=246
Reply from 72.14.205.104: bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=246
Reply from 72.14.205.104: bytes=32 time=17ms TTL=246
Reply from 72.14.205.104: bytes=32 time=489ms TTL=246

Ping statistics for 72.14.205.104:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 15ms, Maximum = 489ms, Average = 239ms

C:\Users\Mark>ping 64.233.813.99
Ping request could not find host 64.233.813.99. Please check the name and try ag
ain.

C:\Users\Mark>

    My internet claims it is connected and working fine, but it seems like it only works for a very short period of time (like it spikes on and then doesnt stay on). So I can connect to some pages sometimes, but other times it just doesnt load. Some other times, it starts to load, then gives me an error screen saying it cant connect.

    Really freaking annoying

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    RookRook Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    I actually meant ping your router IP (e.g. 192.168.0.1).

    From what I can guess (I'm no way vaguely technically literate about networks...) but your router's DHCP server is off, and this usually keeps your DNS servers up to date. So you can either turn DHCP on in the router, or manually set some DNS servers for your wireless adaptor.

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    KendrikKendrik Lewisville, TXRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Rook wrote: »
    I actually meant ping your router IP (e.g. 192.168.0.1).

    From what I can guess (I'm no way vaguely technically literate about networks...) but your router's DHCP server is off, and this usually keeps your DNS servers up to date. So you can either turn DHCP on in the router, or manually set some DNS servers for your wireless adaptor.

    Thats not entirely accurate. His router is acting as a DNS proxy device, so he has no need to have DHCP enabled. Besides, as his ping of www.google.com worked, that means he's got good DNS resolution.

    The thing that makes me wonder is those latencies. You're spiking up to nearly 500ms on 2 of those ICMP packets and that seems odd. It's possible you're simply running into some wireless interference. Can you try directly connecting your PC to your router and seeing if the issue occurs? If not, try changing the wireless channel you're using.

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