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Limited or no connectivity - wireless and NIC cards

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chrisdab

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Limited or no connectivity - wireless and NIC cards

Something happened to my computer a few days ago that stopped allowing it to connect to the internet. I used was using a NIC card for that computer switched to a wireless card and still have problems connecting. The wireless card on the 2nd computer but doesnt work on the problem computer. Router connects with line to 2nd computer fine too. So I think I narrowed my problem down to the problem computer.

As from a suggestion before, I tried winsockxpfix and lspfis programs and reset my TCP/IP stack with command line: netsh int ip reset. These havnt helped. I also tried manually setting my ip and while I dont have the error message, I cant connect. Now I am clueless as to what to do next.

The only thing I remembered doing before this is installing microsoft antivirus update before I rebooted.
 
Typically that error message means that your wireless card is not getting an IP from the router.

Usually rebooting the router and doing an ipconfig/release and renew will solve the problem.
 
Originally posted by: ivwshane
Typically that error message means that your wireless card is not getting an IP from the router.

Usually rebooting the router and doing an ipconfig/release and renew will solve the problem.
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if that doesn't work, you might just have to reboot your machine, this usually fixes it for me.
 
With wireless, not getting an IP normally means a problem with encryption, i.e. retype your WEP key/WPA key
 
I kept it unencrypted for the purpose eliminating that as a posibility. Also rebooting, ipconfig release/renew, manually setting the IP didnt work. This problem didnt happen with just the wireless card. The wired NIC card I had in earlier didnt find the IP for the router also even after manually setting it.
 
Then you have even bigger problems, such as misconfiguration of the router (have you tried factory defaults) or bad H/W
 
Tried factory defaults already. But like I said before it works to the router from 2nd computer. Could the problem computer have bad hardware?
 
When you say you say it works on computer number 2 did you plug computer 1 into that same port?



How about instead of using dhcp for the bad computer just give it an IP yourself and specify the gateway and dns server.
 
I would suspect bad mojo on the computer, if both wired and wirless won't get an IP, as it's not drivers then, it's tcp/ip stack/OS stuff.

I would try a linux liveCD and see if that gets a DHCP address, as that would rule out H/W
 
Hi guys -

I'm having a b**** of a time with the same "limited or no connectivity" problems...

I bought my netgear wireless adapter WG111 for my desktop, and after minor hiccups during setup (had to install just the driver and not the utility from the CD) things worked fine for about 2-3 months.

Now, I've had problems for about 3-4 weeks now. I've tried multiple reboots, reinstalling the drivers, windows restore to an earlier date, "repairing" the connection in windoze, locking my router into 802.11b mode at a specific channel to minimize interference--occasional success, but not sustained.

I should note my laptop and my Pocket PC have never had such hellish connection problems.

Any thoughts?
Thanks!
Karl
 
Originally posted by: thedeliman
Hi guys -

I'm having a b**** of a time with the same "limited or no connectivity" problems...

I bought my netgear wireless adapter WG111 for my desktop, and after minor hiccups during setup (had to install just the driver and not the utility from the CD) things worked fine for about 2-3 months.

Now, I've had problems for about 3-4 weeks now. I've tried multiple reboots, reinstalling the drivers, windows restore to an earlier date, "repairing" the connection in windoze, locking my router into 802.11b mode at a specific channel to minimize interference--occasional success, but not sustained.

I should note my laptop and my Pocket PC have never had such hellish connection problems.

Any thoughts?
Thanks!
Karl
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Please don't double post...

if you think you aren't getting looked at, then make a new topic for just your problem, but don't bump every one you find 🙂

It is good to see the bumpage because then we know you searched.
 
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