pr3da70r
01-01-08, 10:54 PM
Hello everyone,
I'm fairly good with comptuers / networking but this issue has me
baffled. Help would be greatly appreciated.
I have a linksys router (WRK54G) and have 2 desktops and 2 laptops
connected to it wirelessly at the moment. I bought 3 smart phones (AT&T
Tilts) and a new laptop recently. I don't use encryption but I do have
MAC address filtering enabled.
The issue is that 1 of the smart phones can connect to the network and
the internet, but the other 2 phones and the laptop can connect to the
network but not the internet.
I did add their MAC addresses to the "allow" list ofcourse, which is
why they're able to connect to the network. DHCP is enabled, and these
devices get an IP address. I can see them as connected when i log in to
my router as well through one of my other computers (I see the MAC
address and the IP assigned to those devices) so I know they're properly
connected to the network. However, when i try to pull up a website
(using either its ip or its domain name), the devices try to open up the
page but eventually give me a "The page cannot be displayed or
downloaded because the connection was lost" on the pocket PCs, and a
generic "page cannot be found" on the laptop. I don't see these requests
in the outgoing log table of the router either... I'm supposed to see
them as when i use one of my desktops, I can see which site was accessed
by which IP.
So basically, the requests from 2 smart phones and 1 laptop aren't even
getting to the router apparently. What could be wrong? These devices can
access the internet on other routers elsewhere at my workplace or at
wi-fi spots.. just not at home, which is a major inconvenience. Why
would the router be stopping some devices from connecting to the
internet and allowing others? I know it's not a setting in the devices
as it can access the internet through other wi-fi spots elsewhere..
Help will be truly appreciated.
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I'm fairly good with comptuers / networking but this issue has me
baffled. Help would be greatly appreciated.
I have a linksys router (WRK54G) and have 2 desktops and 2 laptops
connected to it wirelessly at the moment. I bought 3 smart phones (AT&T
Tilts) and a new laptop recently. I don't use encryption but I do have
MAC address filtering enabled.
The issue is that 1 of the smart phones can connect to the network and
the internet, but the other 2 phones and the laptop can connect to the
network but not the internet.
I did add their MAC addresses to the "allow" list ofcourse, which is
why they're able to connect to the network. DHCP is enabled, and these
devices get an IP address. I can see them as connected when i log in to
my router as well through one of my other computers (I see the MAC
address and the IP assigned to those devices) so I know they're properly
connected to the network. However, when i try to pull up a website
(using either its ip or its domain name), the devices try to open up the
page but eventually give me a "The page cannot be displayed or
downloaded because the connection was lost" on the pocket PCs, and a
generic "page cannot be found" on the laptop. I don't see these requests
in the outgoing log table of the router either... I'm supposed to see
them as when i use one of my desktops, I can see which site was accessed
by which IP.
So basically, the requests from 2 smart phones and 1 laptop aren't even
getting to the router apparently. What could be wrong? These devices can
access the internet on other routers elsewhere at my workplace or at
wi-fi spots.. just not at home, which is a major inconvenience. Why
would the router be stopping some devices from connecting to the
internet and allowing others? I know it's not a setting in the devices
as it can access the internet through other wi-fi spots elsewhere..
Help will be truly appreciated.
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