Hi.  I am going crazy with one of the pcs on my network.  I have great signal
strength, but cannot access the internet.  When I check the ip config, the
address is 0.0.0.0, and when try to ping the router, it says that the
destination host is unreachable.  I have talked to Linksys, and they say that
it MAY be a tcp/ip stack issue?  Whatever the heck that is?!?!?!  Can anyone
help me?

Greetings Kubiegirl,

See the following MS KB Article.

"Ipconfig" Command Reports IP Address 0.0.0.0
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;822123

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Eric Cross
Microsoft MVP (Windows Networking)
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com


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Hi

Since it is Wireless you should consider both the issue as stated in Eric's
link + Viable Wireless Connection.

The signal strength is a combination of the actual 802.11x signal + Phone +
Microwaves + other sources that might generate 2.4GHz "Noise" + Brain
emissions of the user's anxiety state (j/k), in other words it is visual
representation of all the 2.4GHz in the atmosphere around the your Wireless
hardware.

I.e. you might see High Signal Strength that Shows:  Excellent = 30% signal
+ 70% noise.

The real measure of the Wireless signal capacity is Signal to Noise Ratio
(SNR), a measure that takes into consideration the relevant Signal adjusted
to the Noise Level.  Unfortunately, none of the Entry Level Wireless drivers
provides such a measure.

May be this can Help.

Wireless hardware - http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Hardware.html

Wireless - Basic Configuration - http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Config.html

Wireless Security - http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Security.html

Extending Distance - http://www.ezlan.net/Distance.html

If none of them help you should connect the computer to the Router with a
cable and make sure that your basic Windows setting are working.

If you need to fix the underline base of the TCP/IP Stack look at the end of
this page there are few links to resources on this matter:
http://www.ezlan.net/clean.html

Jack (MVP-Networking).





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