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by geek-chick

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Hi
I am hoping someone out there can help me. I can't seem to sign into Windows Messenger or connect to Limewire. The problem seems to lie with the default gateway.
Have checked device manager, which says my network adapters are working ok.
Have done an ipconfig/all in command prompt which seems to be showing the addresses etc for all (subnet mask, gateway, dhcp, dns etc).
Ran a diagnostics test which showed some failed results regarding network adapter (realtek ethernet) and default gateway.
I can still connect to the internet and navigate to various sites, it just seems to be (so far) just messenger and limewire, which is frequently used a lot at home by everyone!
Another question: Is the address of the default gateway (192.168.0.1) supposed to be the same as the DHCP server address?
I am using windows xp pro.
Any help would be appreciated to help fix this problem.
Thanks
NM

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by balge

hi
default gateway is your networks access to Internet, e.g. cable modem or router if you use one
your router (if you have one) may be DHCP server, or it might be your domain controller (if you have one of those..) is this a workgroup or domain?
your PC's IP address must be in same range as your gateway e.g. 192.168.0.'x' ,where n is any number between 2 & 255, and same subnet mask e.g 255.255.255.0
unlikely to affect only Messenger and Limewire though, presumably security settings? check your firewall for exceptions
hth
cheers

by geek-chick

Yeah, well I have done an ipconfig/all and all the addresses are there. IP address has same three blocks as gateway so it all seems in order.
find it weird that i can still access the internet, but not those two programs that are suggesting there is a network/gateway problem. The diagnostics test I ran though had failed regarding adapters and gateway. I can still access my hotmail.
I have checked the firewall, and exceptions have been checked for both these programs and it still doesn't connect.
the pc is not networked to any other pcs (standalone) and am using a netgear router which also connects wirelessly to my laptop (which is not having these problems).
I haven't disable the firewall to see if the problem is solved, so I may try that, however, its not really a good idea to leave the firewall off indefinitely!

NM

by balge

hi
router may have firewall on it as well, check config
if you use more than one PC, that's a network lol
If you can connect via your laptop but not desktop then have you compared the two sets of settings in your software? e.g. security apps etc.
cheers

by older mycroft

Something like 'PeerGuardian' perhaps.

That would account for the intermittant blocking of a few sites only. Or you firewall as already suggested.

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