A lot more information about your connection would be helpful.

Jmwills

Thanks for responding.  What additional connection information do you require?  Here are some details about my connection.

ADSL, 802.11g, WPA, Linksys ADSL modem and WRT350n router

Interestingly I noted that McAfee will download auto updates successfully while I am not able to load internet pages or connect to Skype.   Vista shows its connected but Explore will not load internet.  When I select or ask Vista to diagnose the connection it frequently says there’s no problem.  It’s after about 3 requests that it will ask if I want to reset the adapter.  Resetting seems to correct the problem a little more than 50% of the time.  Sometimes I’ve had to attempt several resets over the course of 30 – 45 minutes before I final establish a connection.  

So you have an N series router, a G card, and running Vista.  You like a challenge, don't you?  At least we know that the system is connected and it sounds as though it may be as simple as a firewall blocking you.  Norton or McAfee running.

 

 

Try turning off IPv6 also.  Please post the results of an ipconfig /all and the result of a ping to yahoo.com

 

Thanks

C:\Users\Don>ping yahoo.com

 

Pinging yahoo.com [216.109.112.135] with 32 bytes of data:

 

Reply from 216.109.112.135: bytes=32 time=305ms TTL=44

Reply from 216.109.112.135: bytes=32 time=392ms TTL=46

Reply from 216.109.112.135: bytes=32 time=310ms TTL=44

Reply from 216.109.112.135: bytes=32 time=299ms TTL=44

 

Ping statistics for 216.109.112.135:

    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

    Minimum = 299ms, Maximum = 392ms, Average = 326ms

 

Jmwills,

 

Turning IPV6 resulted in no improvement.  Here’s the other data you requested.  I also saw a recent post for a driver update:

 Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection

Will try this too.

 Windows IP Configuration

    Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Don-PC

   Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . :

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

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

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

 Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

    Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection

   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-19-D2-CA-EB-EE

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

   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::1431:308b:f03c:171b%10(Preferred)

   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.20.11(Preferred)

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

   Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, August 17, 2007 2:48:54 AM

   Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, August 18, 2007 2:48:54 AM

   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.20.1

   DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.20.1

   DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 167778770

   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.20.1

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

 Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

    MediaState . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller

   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-18-8B-C2-41-1D

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

   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

 Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

    Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

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

   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01

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

   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

   IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:4136:e38a:30bc:31ab:3f57:ebf4(Preferred)

   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::30bc:31ab:3f57:ebf4%8(Preferred)

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

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

 Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:

    Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

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

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

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

   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.20.11%13(Preferred)

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

   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.20.1

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

 Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 10:

    MediaState . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :

   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{59B4F9E9-0CCF-4AF7-A8B2-6C22208BE01A}

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

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

   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

 

After further investigation I believe the issues ties back to Mcafee.  I know my pc was connected to internet but there was a web browser issue that would not display web pages.  I found a notice on Mcafee website that indicates a recent product release caused some problems, specifically web browsing.   I removed Mcafee and reinstalled and for now no problems.  Just turning off Mcafee didn’t resolve the problem, I had to remove it & reinstall.

 

Hi,

 

Did the relationship of the problem with mcafee get confirmed?

 

My M1210 running Vista has been getting progressively worse and now I have to turn off the wireless adaptor physically each time I start the machine. I've noticed that the first thing that happens after a startup is mcafee downloads updates and installs them. I've also noticed that if I leave the machine for 30 minutes without trying to do anything then access to the Internet is often possible without restarting the adaptor.

 

Regards,

 

A.

Even though I reinstall McAfee which I thought would solve the problem I still continued to experience problems with the internet connection.  I gave up on McAfee and uninstalled it and bought a copy of norton interent security.  After I did that no problems with my internet connection.  Works great... Hate to say but I think McAfee is junk and a bit surprised that dell continues to install it.

 

good luck.