Hi,
I’ve just come back from visiting a friend in Spain and he is having a real problem with his Windows ME PC.
It’s an unusual setup as his ISP provides his village with a wireless network connection to the ISP servers – the customers in the village have been allocated fixed IP addresses (10.70.x.x) with which to connect to the ISP network – and from there they should be able to get an internet connection through the provider’s gateway (10.70.0.100).
My friend is the only ME user in the village and is also the only person on the same network unable to get internet access. When I tried to help then
I could see his PC was receiving UDP packets but no TCP packets (checked this through the firewall logs). He has TCP/IP installed (and I have even reinstalled ME and a new network card with no joy) and even with no firewall installed he still has the same problem.
If he tries to use his friend’s IP address then he gets a message saying IP address already in use (as would be expected). If his friend disconnects from the network and my friend tries the IP address again then he doesn’t get a warning message but still has the same problem as he gets with his own IP address.
I have reinstalled the OS & network protocols & installed new network card and cable, and really want to know the cause of this problem (ie – no answers suggesting upgrades to XP or the like).
Thanks.