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| hypernova:
Thanks for the help guys. Apparently that night I DID change something. Something that seems like it shouldn't make a friggin' difference. I've narrowed it down to one thing: Wireless security. After reading dot's suggestion, I got to 4, and wasn't able to ping, but when I ipconfig'ed my arcade, I got an IP, along with a bunch of other crap message with the words pseudo tunnel and other stuff, so I searched that on the net. Found this link. Point of interest was the second to last post. While I used WPA-PSK encryption instead of WEP, the problem was the same. (Yes, the router and both cards were all configured for WPA-PSK correctly.) So I checked without any security, and B-I-N-G-O. Wanting at least SOME security, I enabled 128 bit WEP, and that works. So apparently, the PCs refuse to talk to each other due to WPA-PSK security being enabled. Why? I don't know. Maybe it's due to the fact that both versions of software are different, and the WPA-PSK on the older version isn't quite perfect. (Reason being another mysterious problem: The latest version of software, while installing correctly and without issues on my arcade would exhibit problems on my main PC. After installing it on the main PC, the program would NEVER run. No amount of clicking could get that thing to work. I could NOT figure out why. Even after a recent reinstall of XP. So I had to resort to the previous version, which works fine.) This doesn't really bother me, as I don't expect anyone to try to piggyback off my wireless, especially since there's probably no one out here within 5 miles of having a wireless capability. We just recently got broadband (only ADSL so far) and I don't think too many people realize it, and even have the knowledge to use wireless. Not near any subdivisions either, so I don't expect any problems. Plus, if I'm not mistaken, if I find someone using my wireless, I can start screwing with them too anyway. I saw that one thread where you can turn their internet pages upside down and do all sorts of things to drive 'em nuts. Problem solved gentlemen! |
| leapinlew:
Yeah, since you said it worked wired, and didn't work wireless - I was looking for it to be an issue with the wireless. To be honest, I thought it possible that one of your machines wasn't on the same access point. But, the fact that it had something to do with the wireless security doesn't surprise me. Lately they have been locking down the wireless equipment pretty hard from the store. Some require physical access to the access point to get it to work. For a few years, while travelling for work, I could almost find a "hotspot" (linksys, netgear or default). Good job on finding the solution to your problem! |
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