Setting up internet access on my new PC - Windows 7

[savage1987]

My home setup

Broadband modem/router <---> Wireless router <-----> Users 192.168.1.101 and 192.168.1.69
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[cat5e]
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User 192.168.1.100

Broadband modem/router IP: 192.158.1.254

Wireless router IP: 192.168.1.1


My laptop (typing this from; 192.168.1.101) is connected via wireless and has complete functionality.

The Windows 7 PC (192.168.1.69) is connecting fine to the home network but won't access the internet. I just corrected a DNS error I had made (I had set it as the ISP's DNS, not the internal DNS, which turned out to be the modem's 192.168.1.254) and this has allowed the network to be recognised as the home network, and fixed a little crisis triangle on Windows 7's network map that used to sit between my PC and "unidentified network" (now "Wireless" = correct SSID)

The Win7 PC can:
ping itself
ping this laptop
ping the wireless router
ping the modem/router

It CANNOT:
Load a web page
ping the ISP DNS (found in modem settings, this laptop pings it successfully)
ping the hardwired PC (192.168.1.100; neither can this laptop so I assume a firewall issue on the other PC is to blame here)





Help me???? lol I've been slowly learning about this stuff, but my patience is wearing thin.
It's worth noting I don't think DHCP is enabled anywhere in the network, I have set the IPs etc manually.


PLEEEEEEEAAAAASE! some of the guys here already know how crazy this is making me



Help.
Sam

[Juztin]

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[savage1987]

OK, I've read quite a lot of stuff from various tech forums, but usually they have different obscure problems than I do

Thanks, if I get desperate I will do that.

[Dangerous Dave]

set your wireless router to use a different IP range then your mode,

ie: modem uses a 192.168.1.xxx range
router uses a 192.168.0.xxx range.

Then enable DHCP in the wireless router.

[levymetal]

hey man, have you set the default gateway as well? try both 192.168.1.254 and 192.168.1.1

[savage1987]

current default gateway is 192.168.1.1, I will test 192.168.1.254 now.

[savage1987]

Levymetal is officially the world's awesomest person. He has figured out the final piece of the puzzle. I set my IPv4 default gateway to the modem's IP, and instantly it connected to the internet and everything seems to be working 100%.

Can't thank you enough Levy, this was driving me crazy.

Sam

[ClairBear]

Levymetal is officially the world's awesomest person. He has figured out the final piece of the puzzle. I set my IPv4 default gateway to the modem's IP, and instantly it connected to the internet and everything seems to be working 100%.

Can't thank you enough Levy, this was driving me crazy.

Sam

I told you to do that last night you lunatic.

[savage1987]

I didn't see it, otherwise I would have tried it. Sorry sashyre

[ClairBear]

Hey I don't care - we were all throwing stuff at you last night. I am just pleased it's all sorted now.