Hi again all, i have yet another issue that has arisen.. and its confusing the hell outta me..
if i start from the begining, it may help..
i originally tried to get port forwarding working on my comp, i read that i must have a static IP for this to work, so i went to http://portforward.com/networking/static-xp.htm and followed all the instructions on the page, and used one of the 5 "safe" IPs that was listed after using the little programe, which gimes the useable IPs to prevent any clash.
all seemed to work absolutely fine on my computer, and all other computers connected to the router wirelessly. however one laptop was simply stuck with the "acquiring network address" when connecting, i tried loads of different things to solve the problem. using many answers from many sites.
nothing seemed to work, i suddenly thought to my self, "i wonder if i gave that laptop the 2nd static IP from the list portforwarding.com gave me?" so i tried it, and it connected. however, i couldn't actually open a webpage. which seemed strange,, as the WZC said it was connected. then suddenly a bubble popped up and said connected to internet, i tried it, and it worked, great!! i dont think i did anything to make it happen.
so all is fine untill a 3rd laptop suddenly stops working, exactly the same problem as the 2nd, except this one actually said "limited or no connectivity". so i tried a few things, and none worked. so i thought, maybe if i stick the
3rd static IP on this laptop? so i did, and it connected, but i couldnt access any webpages. nothing at all, i tried a few other things that i thought could be the problem, and no luck, tried firewalls etc, i couldnt even access the router on this laptop now.
so i tried, just out of interest, whether that IP was somehow being used by a 3rd laptop on the network that was using a dynamic IP, i decided to try the
4th static IP address that portforwarding gave me, but still no luck, it still said connected, but no web pages were accessable..
does anyone have any ideas on what i'm doing wrong? or a way to fix this issue? i'm starting to think i should just set all comps back to dynamic IP, but really dont want to lose my port forwarding ability..
sorry its such a large/long post, but i wanted to try and make sure i included as much info as poss..
and again, many thanks in advance for any ideas.
if i start from the begining, it may help..
i originally tried to get port forwarding working on my comp, i read that i must have a static IP for this to work, so i went to http://portforward.com/networking/static-xp.htm and followed all the instructions on the page, and used one of the 5 "safe" IPs that was listed after using the little programe, which gimes the useable IPs to prevent any clash.
all seemed to work absolutely fine on my computer, and all other computers connected to the router wirelessly. however one laptop was simply stuck with the "acquiring network address" when connecting, i tried loads of different things to solve the problem. using many answers from many sites.
nothing seemed to work, i suddenly thought to my self, "i wonder if i gave that laptop the 2nd static IP from the list portforwarding.com gave me?" so i tried it, and it connected. however, i couldn't actually open a webpage. which seemed strange,, as the WZC said it was connected. then suddenly a bubble popped up and said connected to internet, i tried it, and it worked, great!! i dont think i did anything to make it happen.
so all is fine untill a 3rd laptop suddenly stops working, exactly the same problem as the 2nd, except this one actually said "limited or no connectivity". so i tried a few things, and none worked. so i thought, maybe if i stick the
3rd static IP on this laptop? so i did, and it connected, but i couldnt access any webpages. nothing at all, i tried a few other things that i thought could be the problem, and no luck, tried firewalls etc, i couldnt even access the router on this laptop now.
so i tried, just out of interest, whether that IP was somehow being used by a 3rd laptop on the network that was using a dynamic IP, i decided to try the
4th static IP address that portforwarding gave me, but still no luck, it still said connected, but no web pages were accessable..
does anyone have any ideas on what i'm doing wrong? or a way to fix this issue? i'm starting to think i should just set all comps back to dynamic IP, but really dont want to lose my port forwarding ability..
sorry its such a large/long post, but i wanted to try and make sure i included as much info as poss..
and again, many thanks in advance for any ideas.