no connectivity or limited connection

Question

i have a dell inspiron E1505. i had this for about six month and now my wireless network is not working. it say that i have a limited or no connectivity. first i happened at my house where i wasn't able to connect to wireless connection. i thought something was wrong with the router. so i just went on and was using at my college. for 2 day it worked in the college and then now it has the same message as it use to at my house. can anyone help.

volcano11 · Answer

Have you tried temporarily disabling all firewalls running on your computer to make sure it is not a misconfigured firewall causing the problem?  Have you tried downloading the latest drivers for the wireless adapter (which one do you have?) then uninstalling the current drivers (in Add/Remove Programs) and installing the newly downloaded drivers?   Steve

zulfiqar · Answer

yes i have disabled all the firewall and tried the software called WinsockxpFix. well i haven't tried downloading the latest driver i don't know if there is a latest one. where should i go to find it should it be on the support.dell.com in drivers and download. well i have the Pro/Wireless 3945 ABG.

sm00x · Answer

http://ftp.us.dell.com/network/R138747.EXE   disable and uninstall the old driver, then run this file, overwrite if asked, done.

zulfiqar · Answer

yes i have already install the lastest driver that was on the dell's drivers and download link. well as i removed the checkmark which show that you limited or no connectivity i see that i am sending signal but recieving back none. However it shows that my signal strength is excellent. what should i do.

volcano11 · Answer

To help troubleshoot this problem, go to Start > Run and type cmd then click OK. In the command prompt window that opens, type ipconfig /all then hit the enter key. Write down the output from this command or select it and save it to a txt file, then copy this output into a reply to this message.   Steve

zulfiqar · Answer

Thanks guys i have fixed the problem i don't know how but it automatically did got fixed. Well i just took off the wires from my router and turned my laptop off. Then i just plugged everything back in and turn my laptop on. the wireless connection started to work. i don't how it happened but it did. my guess is probally the network wire got loose some how. i don't know. but i really appreciate all of help from you guys. Thanks once again.

zulfiqar · Answer

Sorry but i just have one question. i don't get how this is occuring. do you guys think that something is wrong with my router or the plug where you put the cable in?

Networking, Internet, & Bluetooth

no connectivity or limited connection

Was this post helpful?