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June 13th, 2012 01:00

XPS L502x Network adapter problem

Hello,

I have an issue with my Dell XPS L502x laptop.
Very often when I boot my laptop I have no wired internet connection and a yellow exclamation mark appears on the internet access area at the bottom right. The only way to fix it is to right click on the icon and pick troubleshoot option.  This resets the network adapter. I have to do this 2 or 3 times and then the problem is solved. I run Win 7 x64. I tried to update the Realtek driver through windows update but didn't have any results. I also uninstalled and reinstalled the network driver, but no luck. When I boot in Ubuntu (dual boot machine) there is no issue. Also the wireless works fine.

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June 13th, 2012 01:00

Hi,

Welcome to the community

Did you check your firewall or antivirus settings?

Sounds like there is an issue within WINDOWS OS. Can you try to create another account or new profile in windows. Go to control panel then Users. Create a new User and make sure its an admin account. Then test if same problem occurs in new user.

Also you can try flushing DNS, go to cmd.exe and type in ipconfig /flushdns

Let me know of the results,

June 20th, 2012 09:00

Hi Elijah.

Thank you for the reply. All the previous week I was testing the solutions you proposed, but I had no luck.

I disabled the firewall, but I had the same issue.

I created a new admin account (although the one I normally use is also an admin account), but the problem persisted.

I flushed the dns but did not solve the problem.

When I log in my linux partition the problem disappears. When I return to my win 7 partition the problem appears again...

I think it has to do something with the drivers.

I am running out of ideas :(

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June 20th, 2012 16:00

Konstadinos,

 

Can you run an ipconfig /all log and post it back here.

 

 

Rick

June 20th, 2012 18:00

Sure Rick.

This one is when I have no problems with my connection. The active connection is the "Ethernet adapter LAN-verbinding:"

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]

Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

C:\Users\kostas>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

  Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : kostas-laptop

  Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . :

  Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid

  IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

  WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

  Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

  Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

  Description . . . . . . . . . . . :

  Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-FF-53-54-10-86

  DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

  Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Draadloze netwerkverbinding 3:

  Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

  Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

  Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter #

2

  Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 8C-A9-82-88-E2-89

  DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

  Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Draadloze netwerkverbinding 2:

  Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

  Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

  Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter

  Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 8C-A9-82-88-E2-89

  DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

  Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Mobile Broadband adapter Mobiele breedbandverbinding:

  Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

  Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

  Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Dell Wireless 5540 HSPA Mini-Card Network

Adapter

  Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-80-37-EC-02-00

  DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

  Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Draadloze netwerkverbinding:

  Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

  Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

  Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) WiFi Link 1000 BGN

  Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 8C-A9-82-88-E2-88

  DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

  Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter LAN-verbinding:

  Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

  Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller

  Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 14-FE-B5-B2-AE-46

  DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

  Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

  Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::b1eb:c696:deef:835d%11(Preferred)

  IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 82.215.37.228(Preferred)

  Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.254.0

  Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, June 20, 2012 5:33:04 PM

  Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, June 21, 2012 1:57:03 AM

  Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 82.215.36.1

  DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 82.215.36.1

  DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 236256949

  DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-15-7B-B7-C1-14-FE-B5-B2-AE-46

  DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 217.149.196.6

                                      217.149.192.6

  NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 4:

  Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

  Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface

  Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0

  DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

  Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

  IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:5ef5:79fb:18ad:2553:ad28:da1b(Pref

erred)

  Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::18ad:2553:ad28:da1b%25(Preferred)

  Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

  NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter 6TO4 Adapter:

  Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

  Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft 6to4 Adapter #2

  Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0

  DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

  Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

  IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2002:52d7:25e4::52d7:25e4(Preferred)

  Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 2002:c058:6301::c058:6301

  DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 217.149.196.6

                                      217.149.192.6

  NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter isatap.{FEFA7AAC-BEAC-4A41-A967-3F7F736916FD}:

  Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

  Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

  Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #7

  Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0

  DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

  Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.{28963709-FA2E-4C32-8588-2524B7DAA330}:

  Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

  Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

  Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #6

  Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0

  DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

  Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.{7F202DC4-F3B2-4633-8BF5-015F40E96E35}:

  Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

  Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

  Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #10

  Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0

  DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

  Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Reusable ISATAP Interface {56A5D931-35D9-4F3A-99DD-C6C8EADD7C83}:

  Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

  Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

  Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #8

  Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0

  DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

  Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.{36B42277-2F2A-4D9C-A95A-1C883925E175}:

  Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

  Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

  Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #12

  Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0

  DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

  Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.{53541086-832A-4992-B76B-9A6F4EA0A6B3}:

  Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

  Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

  Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2

  Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0

  DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

  Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

C:\Users\kostas>

 

And the next one is a log when I have the problem.

 

C:\Users\kostas>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

  Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : kostas-laptop

  Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . :

  Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid

  IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

  WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

  Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

  Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

  Description . . . . . . . . . . . :

  Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-FF-53-54-10-86

  DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

  Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Draadloze netwerkverbinding 3:

  Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

  Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

  Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter #

2

  Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 8C-A9-82-88-E2-89

  DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

  Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Draadloze netwerkverbinding 2:

  Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

  Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

  Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter

  Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 8C-A9-82-88-E2-89

  DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

  Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Mobile Broadband adapter Mobiele breedbandverbinding:

  Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

  Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

  Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Dell Wireless 5540 HSPA Mini-Card Network

Adapter

  Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-80-37-EC-02-00

  DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

  Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Draadloze netwerkverbinding:

  Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

  Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

  Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) WiFi Link 1000 BGN

  Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 8C-A9-82-88-E2-88

  DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

  Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter LAN-verbinding:

  Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

  Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller

  Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 14-FE-B5-B2-AE-46

  DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

  Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

  Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::b1eb:c696:deef:835d%11(Preferred)

  Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.131.93(Preferred)

  Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0

  Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

  DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 236256949

  DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-15-7B-B7-C1-14-FE-B5-B2-AE-46

  DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1

                                      fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1

                                      fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1

  NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 4:

  Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

  Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

  Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface

  Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0

  DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

  Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter 6TO4 Adapter:

  Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

  Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

  Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft 6to4 Adapter #2

  Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0

  DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

  Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.{FEFA7AAC-BEAC-4A41-A967-3F7F736916FD}:

  Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

  Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

  Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #7

  Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0

  DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

  Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.{7F202DC4-F3B2-4633-8BF5-015F40E96E35}:

  Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

  Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

  Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #6

  Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0

  DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

  Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.{36B42277-2F2A-4D9C-A95A-1C883925E175}:

  Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

  Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

  Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #10

  Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0

  DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

  Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 8:

  Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

  Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

  Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #8

  Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0

  DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

  Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.{28963709-FA2E-4C32-8588-2524B7DAA330}:

  Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

  Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

  Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #12

  Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0

  DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

  Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.{53541086-832A-4992-B76B-9A6F4EA0A6B3}:

  Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

  Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

  Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2

  Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0

  DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

  Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

C:\Users\kostas>

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June 20th, 2012 18:00

Konstadinos,

 

I see you have a Dell Wireless 5540 HSPA Mini-Card Network and the Intel(R) WiFi Link 1000 BGN

 

The Dell Wireless 5540 HSPA Mini-Card Network does not have DGCP enabled. Are you having problems with the mobile broadband card and/or the Intel(R) WiFi Link 1000 BG?

 

Start, control panel, network and sharing center. Click on change adapter settings. Right click on each setting, left click properties.

 

Look for TCP/IPv4 and TCP/IPv6 and click on properties for each. Have your settings match mine(please visit this thread for the image)

 

 

You may also try reading...

How to repair a connection

 

You can reset the winsock catalog from there.

 

Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Power Options\Create a Power Plan

Select High performance.

Start, control panel, device manager. Click on Network and then right click on your wireless adapter, left click properties, power management. Uncheck the box, allow computer to turn off this device to save power.

 

 

Rick

June 20th, 2012 19:00

Well I have never used mobile broadband but I changed the settings to the ones you showed me. WiFi works fine.

Tomorrow I will try the other solutions you proposed. I 'll post feedback.

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