wifi dongle on work network

karlkavo

I'm trying to figure out how to get an internet connection on the shop PC in my workplace. My PC and the others in the office are all connected to the router but while the pc in the shop is on the network I cant get it to connect to the internet. I was thinking of using a wifi dongle and picking up a connection that way but I was wondering if it can be done due to the pc already on the Lan. As far as I know th shop pc is on the Lan but not connected to the router but connected via the server.
Any ideas?
Oh, I forgot to mention that DHCP is turned off!

brianwalshcork

karlkavo wrote: »

I'm trying to figure out how to get an internet connection on the shop PC in my workplace. My PC and the others in the office are all connected to the router but while the pc in the shop is on the network I cant get it to connect to the internet. I was thinking of using a wifi dongle and picking up a connection that way but I was wondering if it can be done due to the pc already on the Lan. As far as I know th shop pc is on the Lan but not connected to the router but connected via the server.
Any ideas?
Oh, I forgot to mention that DHCP is turned off!

You mentioned that the shop pc is connected to the server, so there is some sort of network connection there... the other computers are connected to a router, and have internet access. Are these computers also connected to the server?
I'm trying to figure out if everything is wired up correctly and maybe you just have a config problem, so can you post back some more info:

On your computer, click Start - Run, type in CMD and click OK to open a command prompt.
At the command prompt type in ipconfig and press the enter key.
What do you see beside:
IP Address
Subnet Mask
Default Gateway

Repeat this on the shop PC
IP Address
Subnet Mask
Default Gateway


and post back here with the info.

karlkavo

My pc is 192.168.117.25
255.255.255.0
192.168.117.1

The shop pc:
192.168.117.20
255.255.255.0
192.168.1.100 if tried changed that to 192.168.117.1 but still no joy.

dub45

Are you doing this with your employer's permission? If not you could be leaving yourself open to action being taken against you.

karlkavo

Yeah he asked if I could connect it. Were trying to connect to the Internet to look up printer cartridge codes on our website.
I'm only a few weeks there but whoever installed the system done it arse-ways. I'm a qualified pc technician but I don't want to go through the hassle of reinstalling the whole network for one pc.

Slydice

sounds like yer work network uses a web proxy

check the proxy settings on the internet browsers

internet explorer guide here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/135982
firefox guide here: http://www.ehow.com/how_2239820_enter-proxy-settings-firefox.html

brianwalshcork

karlkavo wrote: »

My pc is 192.168.117.25
255.255.255.0
192.168.117.1

The shop pc:
192.168.117.20
255.255.255.0
192.168.1.100 if tried changed that to 192.168.117.1 but still no joy.

The default gateway on the shop pc defo doesn't look right...
What is this computer used for? Is there more than one network card? Is there any external devices connected with a network cable?

Can you type ROUTE PRINT at a command prompt on the shop pc and paste the results back here?

If you change the default gateway to 192.168.117.1, can you ping that IP address?
if there is only one network card in the computer

jor el

This sounds more a network issue than broadband; thread moved to Nets & Comms.

karlkavo

It's used as the till so there's a barcode scanner attached. I'm not too bothered about connecting via Ethernet cable if I can get around it with a wifi dongle. I'll try pinging the router and see if I can get a result.

demixed

You dont mention DNS servers used, have u changed the work pc's dns to match the settings on the office pc?