Another wireless problem

[Chris A]

my sons computer is having problems. It can see the router but cant send info to it or it has limited connectability.


Once at the desktop if you try to get on the net it will time out. I can see my Belkin router and in a command box I can Ping Yahoo and google and get a ping time back.

I have three other computers connected wirelessly right now and did IP config in each of them they all are working great. My sons on a IP config has the same Ip listed but one line at the bottom saying

Ethernet adapter local area connection media state......... media disconnected.

I tried a system restore no luck. Called Belkin and talked to the tech and he says I have some kind of firewall preventing it from working. I just dont see it. We went through a bunch of the settings with him but no luck told me the wireless card is working fine.. .

Running XP pro SP2

Any ideas?

 

[Chris A]

Still trying to fix this. I can see several wireless networks and can connect to them but when I open IE explorer it hangs.. Firefox hangs.

Could this be some sort of a virus?

 

[nweaver]

so the wireless card connects to the network, and gets a valid IP....

ipconfig /all

it has valid DNS servers, right?

open a command window, type in "nslookup" then "server 4.2.2.1" then "www.google.com"

if those all work, then exit out of nslookup and try and ping that IP.

 

[Chris A]

Forgive me my knolege on some of this stuff is a little lacking

Here is a copy paste.
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\shea>ipconfig/all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : shea-8de19e15b6
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : Belkin

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Belkin
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Belkin Wireless Pre-N Notebook Netwo
rk Card
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-11-50-2D-5D-78
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.5
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, November 26, 2006 4:15:12 PM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, January 18, 2038 7:14:07 PM

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : SiS 900-Based PCI Fast Ethernet Adap
ter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-11-5B-88-B3-FA

C:\Documents and Settings\shea>ns look up
'ns' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Documents and Settings\shea>nslookup
*** Can't find server name for address 192.168.2.1: Non-existent domain
*** Default servers are not available
Default Server: UnKnown
Address: 192.168.2.1

> server 4.2.2.1
Default Server: vnsc-pri.sys.gtei.net
Address: 4.2.2.1

> www.google.com
Server: vnsc-pri.sys.gtei.net
Address: 4.2.2.1

DNS request timed out.
timeout was 2 seconds.
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: www.l.google.com
Addresses: 66.102.7.147, 66.102.7.99, 66.102.7.104
Aliases: www.google.com

>

 

[JackMDS]

Looks to me more of a Computer Trashed TCP/IP Sockets from Virus,Spyware, etc., rather than a Router problem.

May be this can Help.

http://www.ezlan.net/clean#refreshnet

 

[Chris A]

I ran this a while ago with no luck.

TCP/IP stack repair options for use with Windows XP with SP2.

For these commands, Start, Run, CMD to open a command prompt.

Reset WINSOCK entries to installation defaults: netsh winsock reset catalog

Reset TCP/IP stack to installation defaults. netsh int ip reset reset.log

 

[spidey07]

Does sound like your stack is hosed. Follow the links in Jack's post.

one way to test overall connectivity is to "ping www.google.com -t". That will be continuous ping. If that works then try "telnet www.google.com 80", type GET. You should get something back, if not a firewall or something else is blocking it.

 

[Chris A]

Damn I might end up formating this thing over this. :thumbsdown:

 

[nweaver]

This sounds more like name server then TCP/IP stack....

He is pointing to 192.168.2.1 for DNS, and as nslookup stated, it's not responding (forwarding). When changing to 4.2.2.1, he can resolve www.google.com

OP, I would try setting a static DNS server of 4.2.2.1 and see if the problem goes away. You can do that in control panel->network connections->Adapter->TCP/IP properties.

 

[Chris A]

I would try setting a static DNS server of 4.2.2.1 and see if the problem goes away. You can do that in control panel->network connections->Adapter->TCP/IP properties.

Ok did that and can get some net connection after booting. Web page will take several minutes to load.. Clicked on Windows update and IE explorer crashed hard??? Tried to update adaware but it just looked at me. Windows defender did update over about a half hour.

 

[nweaver]

sounds like the box is hosed (but not so much network as box itself)

 

[Chris A]

Originally posted by: nweaver
sounds like the box is hosed (but not so much network as box itself)

Format ?

 

[JackMDS]

Format/Repair.

Boot from the XP original CD. Skip the first screen that offer Console Repair, and continue as though you install a New XP. After you Agree etc., the new install screen will come on and would have an option to detect old XP installation and Repair it. P
Press R for Repair.

Use it would take about 45Min. and you would have a Refresh Installation of XP while keeping all your data and XP configuration.

You might need to reactivate Windows, and very thing is Kosher it not a problem.

 

[Chris A]

Thanks Guys for all the help. I will let him back up some pictures before I do the repair. Thanks again.