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February 20th, 2005 13:00
Connected but no conneting ability...HELP!!!
I am running xp pro with sp2 on my Inspiron 8500 with a TM1300 wireless card.
Everything has been running just fine for 2 months now (since I installed sp2), until one day I started to get the "limited or no connectivity" warning. I went ahead and ran the winsock fix and the other
fix put out by microsoft but no dice. I also, ran spybot and turned off the firewall. My machine is getting a valid ip address from the router. It says I am connected, but I cannot get on the internet or run anything that requires a connection (updates, etc). I tried to go back to a restore point on the machine, but every one I tried could not make the changes.
I can't reinstall xp until I finish my thesis this semester, but I can't survive without internet
connectivity! I can still hook up via ethernet cable and nothing else is wrong with my machine.
I even reinstalled the driver 3 or 4 times.
Someone please tell me what is going on!!!!!
Any help you have would be greatly appreciated.
-Sharon
Message Edited by SSaint on 02-20-2005 07:25 PM
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jwatt
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February 20th, 2005 16:00
When you're connected via Ethernet, are you connecting to the router or the (DSL/Cable) modem? Given that the Ethernet connection works, we need to focus on the connection path from your system to the Internet. Can you describe the connection in detail, including the model numbers of the router and modem?
Jim
SSaint
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February 20th, 2005 18:00
Thanks Jim
I connceted to the router with full sucess. I didn't check the modem because it was ok with the router (dlink dl-614+). I could also make a wired connection with the server at work without issues.
It is important to note that everything was ok for a long time and then my wireless just stopped working.
-Sharon
jwatt
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February 20th, 2005 18:00
Sudden failure duly noted. The 1300 can get to but not through the 614+. One 614+ feature that's known to cause problems is the "4x" (turbo) speed setting in the router. Is that disabled? Here's a short thread on that topic. Is the 614+ firmware current? Is interference from another 2.4GHz device a possibility? Does the symptom change if you change the channel setting on the router? 1, 6, and 11 are worth trying.
What happens if you try to "tracert" using the wireless card? Try this. Open a cmd.exe window (Start/Run cmd.exe), and in the window that opens, type tracert dslreports.com. Do you get responses past the router?
(edit) I sent you a Private Message.
Jim
Message Edited by jimw on 02-20-2005 02:12 PM
SSaint
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February 27th, 2005 14:00