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hello to all.

I have tried accesing the internet using 3945abg while connected to my network lan via ethernet cable but I cannot connect to the internet.

The wifi abg works fine when I unplug the ethernet connector. Am I missing a setting here.

Thanks

edit the profile from access connections and select only abg as network adapter.
the lan one configure it from windows... little bug in AC...toshiba's version knows how to handle both separately in the same time

thanks dorin.
i have edited access connections to use only the 3945abg adapter but still i could not connect to the internet.
i had to disconnect the ethernet so i can access the forum.

any other suggestions that i should be doing. is there a setting i can do to ie7 to force it to use the 3945abg connection instead of the lan connection.

thanks in advance.

Go to:
-- Start/Settings/Network connections
... Select the "Advanced" tab, then select "Advanced Settings"
... highlight the wireless LAN adapter and use the arrows to move it "up" in the list.

thanks EOMtp

i have moved the 3945abg adapter to the top of the list but still i could not connect.

I don't know the topology of your wired network. You may have an issue with different subnets between the wired and wireless and/or DNS servers not present on the wired or incompatible with the wireless DHCP-provided addresses.

Is the wireless connection you are trying to establish connected through the same network as your wired network? Specifically, does the wired network use the same DHCP server as the wireless network?

What is the IP address you receive on the wireless? Is the address on the same subnet as the wired network?

Is the wireless connection you are trying to establish connected through the same network as your wired network? Specifically, does the wired network use the same DHCP server as the wireless network?

No, they have different DHCP servers.

What is the IP address you receive on the wireless? Is the address on the same subnet as the wired network?

i did in ipconfig/all command and have found that i have two different ip addresses and two different subnets.

I think you have found the problem. Verify that you have valid DNS servers provided by each DHCP server.

Try the following:
See if you can connect to http://www.yahoo.com ... then see if you can connect to http://66.218.71.84

If you cannot connect to the name but you can connect to the number, then you have a DNS issue.

thanks for the responses EOMtp

See if you can connect to http://www.yahoo.com ... then see if you can connect to http://66.218.71.84

i could not connect to both.

i'm just wondering why i can connect to the internet using the lan connection with the wireless on but i could not connect to the internet using the wireless connection with the lan plugged-in. in both situations, i have different ip's and subnet masks.

thanks