T8b4whatoktnx

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March 17th, 2012 18:00

New Dell laptop says it is connected to the wireless network but It isn't.

My wife just bought a new Dell Intel Centrino. I can't seem to get it to connect properly to the wireless router/modem. It is a Netgear cg814wg v2. The wireless status shows that the computer is connected to the internet. But yet the only thing I can seem to do is searches on Google. Any other site that I try to visit does not open. If I plug the laptop into the modem directly with a Ethernet cable it works flawlessly. So it seems that the laptop can communicate with other computers on the network, but I just don't have any internet. Or very limited internet. And I've tried this in both IE and Google Chrome.

I'm not a computer/wireless network genius, but I've spent hours trying to troubleshoot this issue with no success. I've reset the modem. Unplugged the modem. Typed config/all and all the other ones I found suggested online in the command prompt. Checked the settings on the modem itself and on the laptop. I Still can't seem to get it to work. I have 3 other computers in my house that all work just fine wireless. They are all older computers with XP on them. I also found out that the wireless adapter in the laptop is a N 1030 adapter. But I don't know if that is compatible with my modem or not.

Well I became convinced that the problem was with the Netgear itself and I needed a newer model. I contacted Comcast whom supplies the modem for me and told them my situation. She basically told me that I needed to contact Dell Technical Support to see if the laptop was set up or equipped with what it needed to be used with my Netgear setup. Well, she said something that sounded a lot better than that. But that was the gist of it. But I really dislike talking on the phone, so I thought I would throw my problem out here first and see if anyone could help me before I suck it up and give Dell a call.

So if anyone out there would like to help me I would greatly appreciate it.

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PudgyOne

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March 17th, 2012 22:00

T8b4whatoktnx,

When you installed the Netgear router, did you set it up first?

Hit the Windows Key and the R keys at the same time. Type

systeminfo.txt

REMOVE THE PRODUCT ID and post the rest of the information back here. (Preferred)

or an ipconfig /all log and maybe it will reveal something.

Rick

T8b4whatoktnx

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March 17th, 2012 23:00

This is what I found.

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]

C:\Users\Leanne>systeminfo.txt

'systeminfo.txt' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Leanne>systeminfo

Host Name: LEANNE-PC

OS Name: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium

OS Version: 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601

OS Manufacturer: Microsoft Corporation

OS Configuration: Standalone Workstation

OS Build Type: Multiprocessor Free

Registered Owner: Leanne

Registered Organization:

Original Install Date: 3/13/2012, 4:04:14 PM

System Boot Time: 3/18/2012, 1:09:29 AM

System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.

System Model: Inspiron N5110

System Type: x64-based PC

Processor(s): 1 Processor(s) Installed.

[01]: Intel64 Family 6 Model 42 Stepping 7 GenuineInt

el ~2501 Mhz

BIOS Version: Dell Inc. A09, 9/30/2011

Windows Directory: C:\windows

System Directory: C:\windows\system32

Boot Device: \Device\HarddiskVolume2

System Locale: en-us;English (United States)

Input Locale: en-us;English (United States)

Time Zone: (UTC-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)

Total Physical Memory: 6,051 MB

Available Physical Memory: 4,619 MB

Virtual Memory: Max Size: 12,101 MB

Virtual Memory: Available: 10,404 MB

Virtual Memory: In Use: 1,697 MB

Page File Location(s): C:\pagefile.sys

Domain: WORKGROUP

Logon Server: \\LEANNE-PC

Hotfix(s): 82 Hotfix(s) Installed.

[01]: 982861

[02]: KB971033

[03]: KB2393802

[04]: KB2397190

[05]: KB2425227

[06]: KB2459268

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Network Card(s): 5 NIC(s) Installed.

[01]: Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network)

Connection Name: Bluetooth Network Connection

Status: Media disconnected

[02]: Realtek PCIe FE Family Controller

Connection Name: Local Area Connection

Status: Media disconnected

[03]: Intel(R) Centrino(R) Wireless-N 1030

Connection Name: Wireless Network Connection

DHCP Enabled: Yes

DHCP Server: 192.168.0.1

IP address(es)

[01]: 192.168.0.2

[02]: fe80::5165:2bc0:4ef3:cf

[04]: Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter

Connection Name: Wireless Network Connection 2

Status: Media disconnected

[05]: Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter

Connection Name: Wireless Network Connection 3

Status: Media disconnected

C:\Users\Leanne>

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

or...

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]

C:\Users\Leanne>ipconfig/all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Leanne-PC

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

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

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

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

DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : chn.comcast.net

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection 3:

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

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

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

2

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 4C-EB-42-25-90-DC

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

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection 2:

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

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

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

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 4C-EB-42-25-90-DC

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

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : chn.comcast.net

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Centrino(R) Wireless-N 1030

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 4C-EB-42-25-90-DB

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

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5165:2bc0:4ef3:cf%14(Preferred)

IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.2(Preferred)

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, February 09, 1876 6:41:35 PM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, March 18, 2012 1:06:31 AM

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 357362498

DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-16-EC-3F-13-24-B6-FD-25-CF-EF

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.87.75.194

68.87.64.146

192.168.0.1

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

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

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

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : chn.comcast.net

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe FE Family Controller

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 24-B6-FD-25-CF-EF

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

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Bluetooth Network Connection:

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

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network)

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 4C-EB-42-25-90-DF

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

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.chn.comcast.net:

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

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : chn.comcast.net

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter

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

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

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

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. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:4137:9e76:34ec:1061:51ce:c10(Prefe

rred)

Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::34ec:1061:51ce:c10%17(Preferred)

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

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

C:\Users\Leanne>

PudgyOne

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March 17th, 2012 23:00

T8b4whatoktnx,

Try reading...

Intel® WiFi Products — Power Save Polling (PSP) causes connection issues with some access points

I think this is the model that members have been disabling the bluetooth on the Intel(R) Centrino(R) Wireless-N 1030

Are you using these Recommended Wireless Router Settings in your wireless router, I use channel 11. I would make a new SSID to make connecting easier.

You are NOT using Mac Address filtering, correct?

Rick

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March 19th, 2012 17:00

Hi Rick,

Sorry for the delay in response and thanks for the suggestions. I tried everything you suggested and it did not work. And no I am not using Mac Address Filtering. I ended up doing some more reading online and logged into my router and changed from WPA Encryption to unsecured to see if my laptop would get a connection then. And it did. So then I changed it to WEP. Set up the Router and the laptop to correspond. (Trying to learn all this as I go). And the laptop works now. But I don't understand why it would not work with WPA and it will with WEP. I know enough to know that the WEP is not as secure of a connection. So I'd prefer not to use it. And I didn't even have an option to go to the WPA-2 I was reading about. So yeah I don't know. I know the laptop works for now. And my wife is happy. And I'm tired. haha

PudgyOne

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March 19th, 2012 18:00

T8b4whatoktnx,

It's good your wife is happy! :emotion-21: I have read where some members were turning off the bluetooth for a better connection using this adapter. NOT sure why you cannot connect with WPA-PSK(TKIP) Security (Personal) I use this all the time in my home.

Take care,

Rick

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