98 Guy
2012-09-02 13:38:04 UTC
I'm wondering if I - somehow, I can't think how - have scrambled
Networking settings are dead simple to setup.I would guess that your gateway setting is the problem.
- Right-click on network neighborhood desktop icon
- you should see "client for microsoft networks" in configuration
tab. If you don't see that, click "add" and add it.
- Primary Network Logon should be set to "Windows Logon".
- you should also see TCP/IP. If you don't see it, add it.
- Click the Identification tab. You *might* have to enter some
info here for your networking connections operate better.
Enter any junk you want for "computer name, description".
You should see one (or more) network-connection interfaces show up in
this list. If your computer has both a wired ethernet port and wifi
radio, they will show up on their own line. Look at the properties for
each one and make sure that under the Bindings tab, that the "TCP/IP"
box is checked. There is a Driver Type tab, and hopefully the "Enhanced
mode" option is already selected.
Under properties for TCP/IP:
Bindings tab:
- Client for Microsoft Networks gets a check.
DNS Configuration tab:
- Enable DNS (yes)
- Host (put what-ever you want)
- Domain (leave blank)
- DNS Server search order:
if you have an IP addresses listed here, write them down for
possible future use and then remove all of them.
Enter 4.2.2.2 as the only listed DNS server.
- Domain Suffix search order (leave blank)
IP Address tab:
Now this is where you have a choice. If your network wifi or hard-wired
router has it's DHCP server turned on, then you can select "Obtain an IP
address automatically".
Most people will have a modem (either cable or DSL) and the modem will
either have a few ports on it (maybe 4) and the modem might also have
integrated wifi. Or the modem will be hard-connected (wired) to an
external router, and the router will also have integrated wifi. In any
of those cases, the "Obtain an IP address automatically" should be fine.
But if you have a wifi access point (a small router with wifi) connected
to your modem or hard-wired primary router, things can get tricky as
you've essentially got a network sub-netted off your primary network.
Just be aware of that.
If, for what-ever reason, you choose to NOT use the "obtain an IP
address automatically" option (ie - for port-forwarding reasons, bit
torrent, etc) then
- IP address must match (ie - be part of) the subnet being used by
your router. Your gateway will tell you what that is.
- Subnet mask: Usually universally set to 255.255.255.0, but I
use 255.255.0.0.
Gateway:
This is the setting responsible for most connectivity problems.
Most home/soho routers are set to operate on these default subnets:
192.168.0.0
192.168.1.0
192.168.2.0
And the routers themselves will have these corresponding default IP
addresses:
192.168.0.1
192.168.1.1
192.168.2.1
Set the Gateway IP to match what you know to be the default IP address
for the router that you know your machine is connecting to.
If I've not mentioned any other tabs or settings under TCP/IP, you can
ignore them (default values are fine).
Reboot the computer after making any changes.
You will know that you have a working internet connection if you can
ping the IP address that you entered for your Gateway setting. In
otherwords, you should be able to ping the gateway IP address (unless
for some reason your router is not pingable from the lan side -
something I've never seen before).
The final connectivity test is if you can ping 4.2.2.2 (which, for all
intents and purposes, can be considered a public DNS server).
If you can't ping 4.2.2.2, then you don't have a functioning internet
connection.