FabSwingers.com forum: Gateway ???

By *icklover OP Man
over a year ago

Devizes

Any IT guys or gals in?

Wtf is a gateway address? And why has my laptop just popped up a message saying my gateway address is missing/invalid ?

I was cleaning out some unused programs ( macafee ). And it just seems to have fooked it up, the laptop recognises my wi fi but wont connect to Internet because of this gateway address fault? Any help anyone?

Cheers !!

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By *ire_bladeMan
over a year ago

Manchester

Nope

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

google your friend

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Oooooh sounds ominous

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Try Roger Reboot. 9 times out of ten that is all that is needed.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Any IT guys or gals in?

Wtf is a gateway address? And why has my laptop just popped up a message saying my gateway address is missing/invalid ?

Cheers !! "

Reset your router

It should reset the default gateway and thus reset your internet connection via the router

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Oh and reboot your PC/laptop as well

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By *icklover OP Man
over a year ago

Devizes

Tried and still no luck. All the other laptops still connect. As does my iPhone and tablet !

Must be the laptop.

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By *icklover OP Man
over a year ago

Devizes

"Try Roger Reboot. 9 times out of ten that is all that is needed."

I nearly re-booted it out of thd bloody window !!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Go to device manager and uninstall the wifi adapter, once done right click on any device and click scan for hardware changes.

That will re install your wifi adpater and should then reconnect

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By *icklover OP Man
over a year ago

Devizes

"Go to device manager and uninstall the wifi adapter, once done right click on any device and click scan for hardware changes.

That will re install your wifi adpater and should then reconnect

The connection between the laptop and the router via wifi seems ok, good connection, it's the connection beyond the router that isn't working,

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By *Ryan-Man
over a year ago

In Your Bush

Sorry pal but that is truly fuckin serious. If you can't get through your gateway you are in mighty deep doodah.

Have you tried climbing over the back fence?

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By *Ryan-Man
over a year ago

In Your Bush

"Go to device manager and uninstall the wifi adapter, once done right click on any device and click scan for hardware changes.

That will re install your wifi adpater and should then reconnect

The connection between the laptop and the router via wifi seems ok, good connection, it's the connection beyond the router that isn't working, "

Are you using windows vista?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Have you tried turning it off and on again?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Before someone says it .................. it wasn't my fault

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By *icklover OP Man
over a year ago

Devizes

I might introduce it to my mate Stanley the hammer !!

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By *ire_bladeMan
over a year ago

Manchester

"Before someone says it .................. it wasn't my fault

lier

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By *icklover OP Man
over a year ago

Devizes

"Before someone says it .................. it wasn't my fault

Love it.

Nice eerrrmmmm ! Arse ! Lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If all your other devices will connect its the laptop not the router and you need to reset or reinstall the adpater for it to reset its gateway/IP/ Mac address

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By *icklover OP Man
over a year ago

Devizes

Think it's time for a visit to the major !

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By *cottishrichMan
over a year ago

Here and there

"I might introduce it to my mate Stanley the hammer !! "

A bit of percussive maintenance.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Think it's time for a visit to the major ! "

Pop it down to bristol ill sort it for you

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The gateway is probably 255.255.0.0 which is what your laptop will use to access the Internet. Sounds like its been removed from the wireless settings. Could try conecting to your router with an either net cable to see if you can access that way.

Good that sounds geeky

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Restore to previous back up before you started messing? ... might help ??

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Default gateways are usually the address of the router ( 255.255.0 is the subnet mask )

192.168.1.1

192.168.1.2

Are the usual gateways

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Default gateways are usually the address of the router ( 255.255.0 is the subnet mask )

192.168.1.1

192.168.1.2

Are the usual gateways

Oops so it is.

Still worth trying the cable

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By *issBehavingxxWoman
over a year ago

Glasgow

"google your friend"

Yeah.... that'll work with no internet lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"google your friend

Yeah.... that'll work with no internet lol"

Uh oh - blonde moment MissB !!!

The OP is posting on here isn't he!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Try doing a system restore and input a date when you were last able to use your pc / lap top , that should reinstall your settings

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By *icklover OP Man
over a year ago

Devizes

Its all getting too technical !!

The hammer theory is winning at the moment !

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By *ire_bladeMan
over a year ago

Manchester

"Default gateways are usually the address of the router ( 255.255.0 is the subnet mask )

192.168.1.1

192.168.1.2

Are the usual gateways

just thinking about thats given me a bad head

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Its all getting too technical !!

The hammer theory is winning at the moment ! "

Ok try this its dead easy and may do the trick......

1. Click start button ( bottom left corner of desktop )

2. In the search bar type " cmd " without the speech comma's lol

3. Click on the top result, little black and white box with cmd by it.

4. This will open a dos prompt box

5. Type the following including spaces...

ipconfig /release

6. Once that is done ( should take a second or two ) Type the following

ipconfig /renew

All of your adpater settings and internet settings should be renewed and you should be able to connect

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By *icklover OP Man
over a year ago

Devizes

I'll let major Ingram loose on it, it usually works after he's had a go at it !

I can cope with 3 computers for now. But why does it have to be the bleeding laptop with all the recording software on it??? Bugger, bugger and bugger again.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Sorry pal but that is truly fuckin serious. If you can't get through your gateway you are in mighty deep doodah.

Have you tried climbing over the back fence?"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I'll let major Ingram loose on it, it usually works after he's had a go at it !

I can cope with 3 computers for now. But why does it have to be the bleeding laptop with all the recording software on it??? Bugger, bugger and bugger again. "

Lol always the way matey !! If it wasnt an internet problem i could just connect remotely and fix it lol

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By *icklover OP Man
over a year ago

Devizes

Christ, with some of the stuff that's on that laptop I'd have to get you to sign the official secrets act !! Lol.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Christ, with some of the stuff that's on that laptop I'd have to get you to sign the official secrets act !! Lol. "

Ha ha ha

Hope you get it sorted mate if not give me a shout

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By *icklover OP Man
over a year ago

Devizes

Will do ! Now just got to sort out all these bloody cables and make sure they all go to the right places, if you hear a load bang it's more likely me caused it.

Got a girl band coming in a few days to record their first album so I hope all this goes to plan !

trouble is , all my laptops do a specific job and I've set them all up to be max efficient at them, one is a storage and back up device, one runs the bank of CDRs one runs the mixing consol and playback and the one that has bloody broke runs all the other three !!

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By *issBehavingxxWoman
over a year ago

Glasgow

"google your friend

Yeah.... that'll work with no internet lol

Uh oh - blonde moment MissB !!!

The OP is posting on here isn't he!!

Hahaha.... so he is.... i shall go sit in the corner

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By *iss_tressWoman
over a year ago

London

"Sorry pal but that is truly fuckin serious. If you can't get through your gateway you are in mighty deep doodah.

Have you tried climbing over the back fence?"

Now that tickled me no end!

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By *iss_tressWoman
over a year ago

London

"The gateway is probably 255.255.0.0 which is what your laptop will use to access the Internet. Sounds like its been removed from the wireless settings. Could try conecting to your router with an either net cable to see if you can access that way.

Good that sounds geeky

Yep...my head hurts!

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By *iss_tressWoman
over a year ago

London

"Default gateways are usually the address of the router ( 255.255.0 is the subnet mask )

192.168.1.1

192.168.1.2

Are the usual gateways

just thinking about thats given me a bad head

Not just me then!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Take laptop upstairs and try again if that fails stand close to a open with it and try again if that fails at least when you throw it out an upstairs window,you know it will a job well done

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By *icklover OP Man
over a year ago

Devizes

I've spent four bloody hours reassigning the software so that the other three can do all the jobs that 4 used to do. Gggrrrr. Fingers crossed they don't ask for any stuff to be patched in from outside.

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