Only Vista Clients can ping and traverse gateway

[MesaMarshall]

Hello, Today I developed an odd situation with my WGR614 (firmware version 1.2.2).

The basic theme to it is that only Windows vista machines can ping the router, and ping through it and browse the internet.

My Environment is this: I have a Vista Ultimate Desktop, A Vista Buisness Laptop, a Macintosh Macbook OSX Tiger, an XP Pro Service Pack 3 Desktop, an Ubuntu Desktop, an Xbox360 and Nintendo Wii, and two networked laserjet printers)
The Router is serving DHCP with the 192.168.1.100-192.168.1.135 DHCP Range. All clients can connect via wired and wirelessly and receive a dhcp address. However only vista machines can ping the gateway. All other clients, XP, MAC, Wii, Ubuntu, either wired or wireless received 98% packet loss when pinging the WGR614.

All clients can ping each other successfully without any packet loss, however only Windows Vista clients can browse the internet through the router.

What I have done:
I have reset the router to factory defaults,
I have power cycled the router; I have ran a new cables from the router to the other switch where the printers and desktops are attached. However even when plugged in directly, all clients other then vista still cannot traverse the gateway.

I have a backup PIX501 I keep around, and swapping the Netgear for the PIX brought all wired clients back up, however I would like to have the wireless functionality of the WGR614.

I am suspect that Vista is doing something to the router to cause it to ignore the other clients?

Any Ideas?
Thanks in Advance.


-Mesa

 

[linney]

Can the XP machines get any success if you test them via "Safe Mode with Networking?

Articles & Tutorials / Network Troubleshooting

http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/trouble/

 

[MesaMarshall]

Negative. However they can ping all devices except the gateway.

-Mesa

 

[linney]

As everything is connected (I assume) via the Router can you do some testing of that with the assumption that perhaps it is broken and in need of replacement?

How is it if you remove the Vista machines from the Network just temporarily?

 

[MesaMarshall]

I have powered down both vista machines, (and even unplugged the nic from the vista desktop) and un-plugged the router.

Then I got distracted by some issues that my dog was having IE my wife told me to clean what the dog just did on the carpet. One thing lead to another and I forgot about the router all night. This morning I plugged in the power and everything was O-K. The Vista machines, the Mac, and everything else was doing fine. Now I can’t get it to replicate the problem. So now I am just left with the mystery I suppose.

Maybe it could just be explained as it needed to have the logic board discharged, in any case it makes me a little nervous. I found out that telephone tech support is only within 90 days of purchase of the router, and I purchased it in August.

I guess I am going to ask Santa for a PIX for Christmas. This is the third router in as many years that’s pooped out on me.

Thanks for the help guys, I guess we leave this thread open in case someone in the future can see and maybe solve it?


-Mesa

 

[linney]

Don't thank us, thank the dog, I hope he/she behaves from now on, same for the Router too.