andylumm

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February 26th, 2011 12:00

New WiFi card installed - no wireless networks detected.

I have recently moved house and have put my Del Studio XPS 435MT upstairs.

My wireless router works fine with everything including laptops, mobile phones, xboxs, etc.

This computer had no problems connecting with a cable.

So I bought a USB wireless "dongle" no wireless networks detected, then I bought a pci-E card thinking it was a USB problem, same result.

I have never succesfully connected this to a wireless network apart from currently through my Android phone on a USB cable then through wifi to my router downstairs - therefore not a signal problem.

Also tried disabling DHCP fix, no change.

P.S. I have downloaded every update / driver that is supposed to work with VISTA 64 bit.

Please help.

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6002]

C:\Users\Lumley>systeminfo

Host Name: LUMLEY-XPS-PC

OS Name: Microsoft® Windows VistaT Home Premium

OS Version: 6.0.6002 Service Pack 2 Build 6002

OS Manufacturer: Microsoft Corporation

OS Configuration: Standalone Workstation

OS Build Type: Multiprocessor Free

Registered Owner: Lumley

Registered Organization:

Product ID:

Original Install Date: 10/07/2009, 20:30:35

System Boot Time: 26/02/2011, 19:37:43

System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.

System Model: Studio XPS 435MT

System Type: x64-based PC

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

[01]: Intel64 Family 6 Model 26 Stepping 5 GenuineInt

el ~1600 Mhz

BIOS Version: Dell Inc. 1.1.2, 05/06/2009

Windows Directory: C:\Windows

System Directory: C:\Windows\system32

Boot Device: \Device\HarddiskVolume3

System Locale: en-gb;English (United Kingdom)

Input Locale: en-gb;English (United Kingdom)

Time Zone: (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time : Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon

, London

Total Physical Memory: 6,134 MB

Available Physical Memory: 3,939 MB

Page File: Max Size: 12,380 MB

Page File: Available: 9,923 MB

Page File: In Use: 2,457 MB

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

Domain: WORKGROUP

Logon Server: \\LUMLEY-XPS-PC

Hotfix(s): 239 Hotfix(s) Installed.

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Network Card(s): 2 NIC(s) Installed.

[01]: TP-LINK 150Mbps Wireless Lite-N Adapter

Connection Name: Wireless Network Connection 2

DHCP Enabled: Yes

DHCP Server: N/A

IP address(es)

[02]: HTC Remote NDIS based Device

Connection Name: Local Area Connection 3

DHCP Enabled: Yes

DHCP Server: 192.168.42.129

IP address(es)

[01]: 192.168.42.251

Responses(5)

PudgyOne

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February 27th, 2011 09:00

andylumm,

Below are the only network adapters that I see. Did you recently reinstall the operating system?

OS Name: Microsoft® Windows VistaT Home Premium

System Model: Studio XPS 435MT

System Type: x64-based PC

Input Locale: en-gb;English (United Kingdom)

Network Card(s): 2 NIC(s) Installed.

[01]: TP-LINK 150Mbps Wireless Lite-N Adapter

Connection Name: Wireless Network Connection 2

DHCP Enabled: Yes

DHCP Server: N/A

IP address(es)

[02]: HTC Remote NDIS based Device

Connection Name: Local Area Connection 3

DHCP Enabled: Yes

DHCP Server: 192.168.42.129

IP address(es)

[01]: 192.168.42.251

Rick

andylumm

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February 28th, 2011 03:00

The TP-Link is the one that isnt working.

Number 2 is my HTC Android phone which i am currently using to connect through my router to the internet.

Haven't touched operating system, apart from installed all current Windows updates.

I have disabled the Ethernet network card via the BIOS just incase it was casing the problem.

PudgyOne

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February 28th, 2011 10:00

andylumm,

Power off your isp modem/router. Power off your wirelessr outer(if any). Wait 60 seconds, then power on the ISP modem/router. Wait 15 seconds, then turn on your wireless router(if any). Restart your computer. Try to connect wireless. What happens?

Is your wireless router using these Recommended Wireless Router Settings, I use channel 11?

Try running WinSock XP Fix, this works for Vista. Click on the fix button and see if it resets the Winsock values.

Windows Vista cannot obtain an IP address from certain routers or from certain non-Microsoft DHCP servers

Rick

andylumm

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March 18th, 2011 07:00

Cheers for all the advice, finally fixed it.

Tried system restore, that had corrupted somewhere, so it "partly" restored and basically was a mess, ran slowly/didnt work.

Backed up essential stuff and used Dell factory image restore.

Instantly picked up wireless during setup and worked first time.

Basically something had messed up settings and I cant put my finger on it.

Possibly a virus/malware which i had not detected/removed but was only affecting Wireless and because i wasn't using it never noticed it.

I suppose you can say it is now "Solved."

PudgyOne

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March 18th, 2011 14:00

andylumm,

Glad you got it working! :emotion-21: Thanks for posting back.

Take care,

Rick

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