Wireless cannot ping / ethernet can ping
Greetings All, I can see (ping) my workgroup with the Ethernet cable plugged in. Can't see (ping) my workgroup on the wireless. I did reset my power on my Buffalo Wireless Broadband Router WZR2-G300n. No joy. Any thoughts to my ipconfig /all below? Please. Windows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : FamilyAlexander Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe FE Family Controller Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : B8-AC-6F-62-84-18 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Dell Wireless 1520 Wireless-N WLAN Mini-Card Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : F0-7B-CB-36-36-79 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::cd78:764c:b676:c00f%11(Preferred) IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.11.4(Preferred) Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, June 06, 2010 8:23:35 AM Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, June 08, 2010 8:23:36 AM Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.11.1 DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.11.1 DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 200309707 DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-13-86-40-68-B8-AC-6F-62-84-18 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.11.1 NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled Tunnel adapter isatap.{31424409-F7A5-434D-AAF7-2F49D1A6A173}: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 11: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:4137:9e76:389d:1aa5:3f57:f4fb(Preferred) Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::389d:1aa5:3f57:f4fb%13(Preferred) Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : :: NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled Tunnel adapter isatap.{E3393A6D-48B6-496D-8106-44378EE337AC}: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2 Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
June 6th, 2010 7:00pm

Need some clarificaiton... Did you actually use the PING command to troubleshoot? Ping and "see" do not really go together. Please provide the error message that you received when you used the PING command. Different error messages mean different things. Ping and ICMP Error Messages http://www.anitkb.com/2010/06/ping-and-icmp-error-messages.html Visit: anITKB.com, an IT Knowledge Base.
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June 7th, 2010 4:23am

Hi The IPconfig shows an IP of 192.168.11.4 for the Wireless I fail to see the IPv4 Address of the other Card it, shows as Disconnected. Are the two acually configured to be on the same Network subnet? *Network subnet is the first three groups of numbers in the IP number. In your case, the Wireless is on 192.168.11.x Jack, MVP-Networking.EZLAN.NET
June 7th, 2010 9:55pm

Using ping to see if I could touch the other computer in the workgroup the message returned was: "Destination Host Unreachable"
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June 8th, 2010 4:23am

This is all new to me so I am not surprised by your responce. :) Just bought the Dell Inspirion 1564 Windows 7 Premium computer and do feel good I got the workgroup going with the ethernet cable. I did just try to install the client & service for IPv4 but I do not have the disc. BTW Thanks
June 8th, 2010 4:29am

BTW Thanks
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June 8th, 2010 4:29am

Hi, To troubleshoot the issue, please also perform the following steps. 1. Upgrade the Wireless adapter to the latest one and temporarily turn off firewall for a test. 2. Temporarily disable IPv6 on the problematic machine. 3. Reset WinSock a. Click Start, click "All programs", and click "Accessories". b. Right-click "Command Prompt", and click "Run as administrator". If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation. c. Please enter the following command, and press Enter. Netsh winsock reset d. A message stating "Successfully reset the Winsock Catalog" will appear. Please restart the computer. Thanks, Novak
June 8th, 2010 8:28am

Done and still get "Destination Host Unreachable" when I ping 192.168.11.2 in my workgroup thru the wireless connection.
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June 8th, 2010 10:37pm

You shouldn't need to install anything for IPv4, it's built-in and your ipconfig output shows it's working. Are you able to get on the internet via wireless? If so, then the connection to your router's working as well. I suspect that this is either an issue with the router itself, or that the wired network is set to home or work and the wireless is set to public. Make sure your router has the latest firmware installed. Also make sure your wireless network is set to home or work on the Windows 7 computer.
June 8th, 2010 11:04pm

Hello Mike, "Destination Host Unreachable" is an indication that the computer does not have the information needed in its routing table to send the packet to the correct next destination. Not sure how comfortable you are with this troubleshooting, but you may want to take a look at your computer's routing table by opening a command prompt and typing ROUTE PRINT. Feel free to paste the results. Visit: anITKB.com, an IT Knowledge Base.
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June 8th, 2010 11:46pm

Let's see. You have two machines? One with an IP of 192.168.11.4 (wireless) and another (LAN?) with an IP of 192.168.11.2 You are unable to ping the second machine (192.168.11.2) from the machine with the wireless (192.168.11.4). Your router's IP is 192.168.11.1. Can you ping the router from the machine with the wireless? Are you using any security features of the router? Have you tried to setup the TCP connections from the machine using the wireless adaptor manually. Meaning don't use the DCHP feature from the router to get an IP. Manually set you IP address to something like 192.168.11.10 I noticed that the DNS servers list only displays your router's address. Are you not connected to a ISP? The DNS list should be displaying the ISP's DNS server list. If you plan to use DCHP from the router, you might want to double check how you configured it. DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.11.1
June 9th, 2010 2:55am

Thanks All for your kind help. Will try to answer all your questions. *Are you able to get on the internet via wireless? YES *It was set to work and now set to home and still getting "Destination Host Unreachable" for the ping. *Can ping the router. *Router is out of the box with no special settings. What would I look for? *Have not tried to set DNS, TCP, or DCHP manually. Just trying to go with the auto setup. *Results of Route Print: =========================================================================== Interface List 12...b8 ac 6f 62 84 18 ......Realtek PCIe FE Family Controller 11...f0 7b cb 36 36 79 ......Dell Wireless 1520 Wireless-N WLAN Mini-Card 1...........................Software Loopback Interface 1 14...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 Microsoft ISATAP Adapter 13...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface =========================================================================== IPv4 Route Table =========================================================================== Active Routes: Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.11.1 192.168.11.4 25 127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 On-link 127.0.0.1 306 127.0.0.1 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 306 127.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 306 192.168.11.0 255.255.255.0 On-link 192.168.11.4 281 192.168.11.4 255.255.255.255 On-link 192.168.11.4 281 192.168.11.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 192.168.11.4 281 224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 On-link 127.0.0.1 306 224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 On-link 192.168.11.4 281 255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 306 255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 192.168.11.4 281 =========================================================================== Persistent Routes: None IPv6 Route Table =========================================================================== Active Routes: If Metric Network Destination Gateway 13 58 ::/0 On-link 1 306 ::1/128 On-link 13 58 2001::/32 On-link 13 306 2001:0:4137:9e74:1c8e:1735:b897:e2c3/128 On-link 13 306 fe80::/64 On-link 13 306 fe80::1c8e:1735:b897:e2c3/128 On-link 1 306 ff00::/8 On-link 13 306 ff00::/8 On-link =========================================================================== Persistent Routes: None
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June 9th, 2010 4:08am

Hi, At this stage, I suggest you assign a static IP address on the problematic machine and target machine. 1. Click "Start", input "NCPA.CPL" (without quotation marks) and press Enter. 2. Right click on the connection that you use for the local connection, and then click "Properties". 3. Click “Continue” to verify the administrator permission. 4. Click to select "Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)", and then click "Properties". 5. Select “use the following IP address”. Manually set “IP address” (For example, if your router IP address is 192.168.1.1, we can type the IP address as 192.168.1.22. If the router IP address is 192.168.0.1, we should type in 192.168.0.22.) Manually set “Subnet mask” as 255.255.255.0 (Note: We can use this address as the default subnet mask.) Manually set “Default gateway” (Note: Default gateway is the IP address of the router.) Manually set “preferred DNS server” (Note: Preferred DNS server is also the address of the router.) 6. Click “OK”. Thanks, Novak
June 9th, 2010 4:57am

So you didn't setup the wireless router? Yo must have done something? How do you know if you're connecting to the router properly? For instance: the wireless mode, the SSID, the channel, is the SSID broadcast enables, etc. Ae you using WEP security, WPA security. Most routers have a default IP of 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0.1 but your gateway (router) IP is displayed as 192.168.11.1. That's knid of odd unless you modified the setting, no? Nothing works just out of the box. :( You have to setup the router and then the TCP settings for each PC you have in your home network. If the routers DHCP server (the method used by which your PC's receive an IP address) isn't working properly. Then setup the PC's TCP connection manually. When I run ipconfig /all my wireless settings read as below. Notice the DNS list? Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : xxxxxxxxxx.net. Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-Card Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1C-26-49-B1-C8 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.186(Preferred) Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, June 08, 2010 07:57:11 PM Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, June 15, 2010 06:36:11 PM Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1 DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.87.64.146 68.87.75.194 68.87.64.150 NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
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June 9th, 2010 5:08am

Your router's set up fine, but if you don't have any wireless security set up you probably should do that (if only to keep GOOGLE EARTH at bay...) Don't worry about your ISP's DNS entries either; as long as they're correct on the router, it will forward the DNS queries to your ISP. All of this has nothing to do with your inability to ping another PC on your local network via wireless. I'm not familiar with that particular model of router, but I seem to recall that some of the early wireless ones actually had wired and wireless on separate networks. You might want to check your router's settings and make sure it's passing ICMP packets between wired and wireless. You could try running a traceroute - open a command prompt and type "TRACERT 192.168.11.2" without the quotes. If it works (without timing out) there should only be one hop between addresses on the local network. If there's more than one hop it means that there's some routing going on somewhere. If the router's address appears at all, same thing. Edit: There's a couple of really stupid questions that haven't been asked yet (because we all have those "duh" moments.) 1. Is the second PC turned on when you try to ping it? 2. Are you sure your wireless is connecting to your router and not maybe one of your neighbors?
June 9th, 2010 6:00am

Greetings All, Assigned a static IP address and no change. Renew the IP on both computers. Now the Windows 7 is 192.168.11.2 & the XP is 192.168.113. Tracing route to 192.168.11.3 over a maximum of 30 hops 1 FamilyAlexander [192.168.11.2] reports: Destination host unreachable. Trace complete. New route print: ========= Interface List 12...b8 ac 6f 62 84 18 ......Realtek PCIe FE Family Controller 11...f0 7b cb 36 36 79 ......Dell Wireless 1520 Wireless-N WLAN Mini-Card 1...........................Software Loopback Interface 1 14...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 Microsoft ISATAP Adapter 13...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface ========= IPv4 Route Table ========= Active Routes: Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.11.1 192.168.11.2 25 127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 On-link 127.0.0.1 306 127.0.0.1 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 306 127.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 306 192.168.11.0 255.255.255.0 On-link 192.168.11.2 281 192.168.11.2 255.255.255.255 On-link 192.168.11.2 281 192.168.11.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 192.168.11.2 281 224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 On-link 127.0.0.1 306 224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 On-link 192.168.11.2 281 255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 306 255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 192.168.11.2 281 ========= Persistent Routes: None IPv6 Route Table ========= Active Routes: If Metric Network Destination Gateway 13 58 ::/0 On-link 1 306 ::1/128 On-link 13 58 2001::/32 On-link 13 306 2001:0:4137:9e76:34f1:ec9:b897:e2c3/128 On-link 11 281 fe80::/64 On-link 13 306 fe80::/64 On-link 13 306 fe80::34f1:ec9:b897:e2c3/128 On-link 11 281 fe80::cd78:764c:b676:c00f/128 On-link 1 306 ff00::/8 On-link 13 306 ff00::/8 On-link 11 281 ff00::/8 On-link ========= Persistent Routes: None I am still stumpped.
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June 13th, 2010 4:37am

Just wondering. With your current static TCP/IP settings, from either computer can you ping an IP address or domain name over the Internet, ie "ping google.com". You could have a bad wireless card. Try another one.
August 2nd, 2010 7:18pm

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