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04-16-2009, 01:44 PM
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Re: Router Settings
Could both PC and PC be in different subnets? Posting the results of
ipconfig /all on both computers may help. -- Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com "Andy Baker" <> wrote in message news:Ua-... >I have a CE device that needs to access a Vista PC that is plugged into a >wireless router/network switch. When both the CE device and the PC are >connected wirelessly to the router, I can ping the router from both and I >can ping the CE device from the Vista PC, but not the other way around. If >I connect an ethernet cable to the router instead of connecting wirelessly, >I can ping the PC from the CE device. > I presume I need to set up some sort of routing on the wireless router > to tell it to pass packets from the CE device to the PC, but I haven't > much idea of how to do it. The CE device, PC and router all have static IP > addresses and the router is a BT Voyager 2100. Thanks in advance for any > help. > > Andy Baker > > Bob Lin \(MS-MVP\) |
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04-16-2009, 07:34 PM
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Re: Router Settings
Can the wireless Vista ping itself? run this command in the vista with
wireless connection: ipconfig /all .C:\ipconfig.txt. Post back with the ipconfig.txt here. -- Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com "Andy Baker" <> wrote in message news:9eqdncacXrcN23rUnZ2dnUVZ8r-... > Hi Bob > > Thanks for getting back to me. > > The static IP addresses (from IPConfig on the Vista PC) are:- > Router 192.168.1.1 > CE device 192.168.1.97 > Vista PC 192.168.1.12 > and the subnet mask is set to 255.255.255.0 in each case. I am no > networking expert but I believe that this means they are on the same > subnet. Is there anything else I need to set up in Vista. As I say, I can > ping the handheld CE device from the PC but not the PC from the handheld - > this suggests something to do with the router to me. > > Andy Baker > > "Bob Lin (MS-MVP)" <> wrote in message > news:... >> Could both PC and PC be in different subnets? Posting the results of >> ipconfig /all on both computers may help. >> >> -- >> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE >> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on >> http://www.ChicagoTech.net >> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on >> http://www.HowToNetworking.com >> >> >> "Andy Baker" <> wrote in message >> news:Ua-... >>>I have a CE device that needs to access a Vista PC that is plugged into a >>>wireless router/network switch. When both the CE device and the PC are >>>connected wirelessly to the router, I can ping the router from both and I >>>can ping the CE device from the Vista PC, but not the other way around. >>>If I connect an ethernet cable to the router instead of connecting >>>wirelessly, I can ping the PC from the CE device. >>> I presume I need to set up some sort of routing on the wireless >>> router to tell it to pass packets from the CE device to the PC, but I >>> haven't much idea of how to do it. The CE device, PC and router all have >>> static IP addresses and the router is a BT Voyager 2100. Thanks in >>> advance for any help. >>> >>> Andy Baker >>> >>> >> > > Bob Lin \(MS-MVP\) |
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