[electrontau]

I am helping a friend with his computer and got some puzzling situation. The computer has a wireless card that can connect the router/access point but cannot connect to internet. It keeps showing that cannot establish a connection no matter what url I type. The wired connection works fine. The wireless drivers are up-to-date.

Any help is appreciated.

[amon91]

Have you tried connecting any other computer to the access point wirelessly? If it doesn't it's most likely the router.

[Hanspuppa]

Could you advise the Brand, Model, and wirelesss adapter of the system?

Also which OS are you using. This can make a difference, as they set up a little differently.

Also, you might take a look at any Firewalls that may be preventing this.

If there are any other systems on the network, can they access the Internet?

It looks suspicioulsly like a Firewall issue.

[electrontau]

Hanspuppa, on 01 November 2009 - 10:44 AM, said:

Could you advise the Brand, Model, and wirelesss adapter of the system?

Also which OS are you using. This can make a difference, as they set up a little differently.

Also, you might take a look at any Firewalls that may be preventing this.

If there are any other systems on the network, can they access the Internet?

It looks suspicioulsly like a Firewall issue.

Tried different types of router. Computer running Vista Home Premium. Other computers can access the net. When I run ipconfig, the wireless card gets an IP address.

Can Cisco Network Magic be the cause?

[amon91]

electrontau, on 01 November 2009 - 08:38 PM, said:

Tried different types of router. Computer running Vista Home Premium. Other computers can access the net. When I run ipconfig, the wireless card gets an IP address.

Can Cisco Network Magic be the cause?

As Hanspuppa said, try turning off your firewall.

[Hanspuppa]

electrontau, on 01 November 2009 - 02:38 PM, said:

Tried different types of router. Computer running Vista Home Premium. Other computers can access the net. When I run ipconfig, the wireless card gets an IP address. Can Cisco Network Magic be the cause?

You may have hit on the problem.

I have never used Cisco Network Magic, but if the router is acquiring a network address, it almost certainly has to be a firewall issue of some type.

I would look at the Cisco Network Magic program, and either enable access for this computer within the firewall, or turn the firewall off all together.

The router has a hardware firewall already built in, so two are not really needed, and sometimes conflict with one another.