help with wireless broadband/Vista

I have VIRGIN wireless broadband with a Huwai e220 modem. It is connected to
my Windows Vista Ultimate desktop PC via USB. I also have a small network
comprising 1 x Linux Mandriva PC, 1 x Linux Mint PC, and an old desktop
without g/card, monitor, mouse or k/board that I use to store files.
My problem is that whenever I connect to the internet I lose my network.
When I try to change the settings in the "network and sharing centre" i can
get my network but no internet!
I hav etried every possible combination of settings that i can do without
being able to have both.
The strange ting is that sometimes when I connect it all works for about 3
minutes then it falls over!
I have no hair left! can someone please help me?
Greg

"Greg" <> wrote:

>I have VIRGIN wireless broadband with a Huwai e220 modem. It is connected to
>my Windows Vista Ultimate desktop PC via USB. I also have a small network
>comprising 1 x Linux Mandriva PC, 1 x Linux Mint PC, and an old desktop
>without g/card, monitor, mouse or k/board that I use to store files.
>My problem is that whenever I connect to the internet I lose my network.
>When I try to change the settings in the "network and sharing centre" i can
>get my network but no internet!
>I hav etried every possible combination of settings that i can do without
>being able to have both.
>The strange ting is that sometimes when I connect it all works for about 3
>minutes then it falls over!
>I have no hair left! can someone please help me?
>Greg

Be patient... and don't ask the question a third time. Two is one
time too many.

"Greg" <> wrote in message
news:...
>I have VIRGIN wireless broadband with a Huwai e220 modem. It is connected
>to
> my Windows Vista Ultimate desktop PC via USB. I also have a small network
> comprising 1 x Linux Mandriva PC, 1 x Linux Mint PC, and an old desktop
> without g/card, monitor, mouse or k/board that I use to store files.
> My problem is that whenever I connect to the internet I lose my network.
> When I try to change the settings in the "network and sharing centre" i
> can
> get my network but no internet!

Yes, you can do that, because the computer has lost the IP from the DHCP
server on the network, which should an IP that starts with 169 that has been
assigned to the NIC. The 169 IP will allow the machine to access other
machines on the LAN, but the IP will not allow the machine to access the
Internet or even a router's admin screen using the device IP of the router,
since it's not using and IP on the router. Of course that's if a router is
in play.


> I hav etried every possible combination of settings that i can do without
> being able to have both.
> The strange ting is that sometimes when I connect it all works for about 3
> minutes then it falls over!

I use wireless on the this laptop running Vista. I am on wireless right now
that is solid as a rock. But on the other hand, I can connect to an unsecure
Linksys router that is in the area. Either the machine cannot conect or the
machine connects. If it connects, then at most, I get about 20 minutes of
time before the connection is lost and I have to reconnect to the router.

> I have no hair left! can someone please help me?

The best I can tell you is Vista doesn't seem to play well with some
wireless devices.

In article <>,
Mr. Arnold <MR. > wrote:
>
>Yes, you can do that, because the computer has lost the IP from the DHCP
>server on the network, which should an IP that starts with 169 that has been

Well, look, if he has a wired nic and a wireless nic and he gets
an address on one it shouldn't mess with the route to the other.

the wharf rat wrote:
> In article <>,
> Mr. Arnold <MR. > wrote:
>> Yes, you can do that, because the computer has lost the IP from the DHCP
>> server on the network, which should an IP that starts with 169 that has been
>
> Well, look, if he has a wired nic and a wireless nic and he gets
> an address on one it shouldn't mess with the route to the other.
>


Look, if you know anything about wireless, then you will know that you
can connect with a wire nic with no problem and get a valid IP from the
DHCP server on the router.

Then on the other hand with the same machine using wireless, it has
problems for whatever reason with the wireless and can loose the IP, not
obtain an IP from the DHCP server nor use a static IP on the router at
the drop of a hat, which the O/S will assign the 169 IP if the DHCP
server is in play, because the machine really has no valid connection to
the wireless side of the router, even with 100% signal strength between
the router and the wireless nic.

I have also seen the situation on more than a few occasions where two
Windows machines in ad-hoc mode will loose the connection and not be
able to communicate ever again with the setup.

If you have spent any time in a wireless NG to help posters, then you
would know how flaky a wireless situation can be, as opposed to a wire one.

I myself, I wouldn't be doing anything with Verizon when it comes to
computers and networking -- not with Vista.

Windows O/S any form of it has had problems with wireless over the years
and is a shoot from the hip in some cases. All you have to do is post to
a wireless NG and let them tell you.

In article <>,
*Alias* Gone Wild <"Alias "@GoneWild.com> wrote:
>
>Then on the other hand with the same machine using wireless, it has
>problems for whatever reason with the wireless and can loose the IP, not
>obtain an IP from the DHCP server nor use a static IP on the router at
>the drop of a hat, which the O/S will assign the 169 IP if the DHCP

You're babbling.

If you have a valid connection to the wired network and then connect
to the wireless network you won't lose the route to the wired network. Oh,
I suppose it's possible that BOTH networks have chosen the same RFC 1918
space. That'd break somnething. That can't happen using a public broadband
provider because they hand out actual routed addresses.

>
>Windows O/S any form of it has had problems with wireless over the years
>and is a shoot from the hip in some cases. All you have to do is post to
>a wireless NG and let them tell you.
>
Oh, right, it *must* be true. You read it on Usenet.

the wharf rat wrote:

<snipped>

<B-I-T-C-H-S-L-A-P-P-E-D>

Now go on a crawl back to your damn rat hole. Someone tried to show your
fukking ass a little respect that you don't deserve so you act an
a-hole, fukk you and the damn cow you rode in on. <smile>