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March 17th, 2008 23:00
Wireless browsing problems
Ok, don't know much tech stuff so forgive any blunder (all self taught on strictly need to know) but here's the problem that's now been causing me grief for the last 72 hours ... (have search forum here and elsewhere for answers but no joy)
Got new Inspiron 1525. OS - Vista Home Premium. Uses Dell 1395 wlan card. Have Zyxel 660hw -t1 router. Can connect fine through wired lan. Have had to transfer from wpa to wpa2 encryption to get it to connect wirelessly. Will download email fine via Outlook and no problem accessing Gracenote through Winamp but when it comes to browsing via IE or Firefox will not load most pages - will open my homepage but not allow me to access pages beyond that, will open frontpages of BBC or Virgin Media but won't go further, can't access places like Facebook or Last FM. Will do all this with no problems when hardwired or connecting through another wireless (unsecured) network. Have re-installed and re-downloaded latest wlan card driver, turned firewalls and mcafee and all security settings on and off, checked all the internet option settings, turning power management to max, checked wlan card settings, done stuff in regedit that found on microsoft and zyxel sites, checked ping in cmd ... my girlfriend's having no problems with her XP OS laptop and I've no problems connnecting with my Palm TX.
Is it something bleeding obvious? I have lots of hair and wish to keep it that way and just want to sit on my sofa with the cats and play online poker.
Thanks
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kikomatsing
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March 17th, 2008 23:00
most likely theres a program blocking you to access the internet intermittently... heres what you can do
1. check for EMI/RFI near your modem and move it away.. ex. flourescent lamps or speakers
or
2. go to safemode w/networking try to surf there and see if theres any changes at all.. if it all goes well then you can conclude that there a program conflicting on your system... that should be removed or disabled...
or
3. go back to normal mode and open cmd prompt type this commands netsh int ip reset filename.txt and netsh winsock reset then restart your pc...
do that using hardwired connection first if it all goes well then you can use wireless connection afterwards...
Malarki
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March 18th, 2008 21:00
Thanks but no joy. have tried all suggested solutions twice. Moved phone point, moved laptop around, done cmd stuff, removed all added programmes ... in safe mode with networking would not allow any connection to internet, wired or unwired - any significance? Tried this before and after removing software (surely up-to-date Office and Norton apps can't cause problem?).
Any more suggestions other than installing XP?
kikomatsing
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March 18th, 2008 22:00
Malarki
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March 19th, 2008 17:00
It's letting me ping the router and most websites - but not all (notably not my online bank) - without any loss.
Feels like sometime is blocking wireless access to most sites just on this connection with the Zyxel - but all a bit random. Can access www.chairkickers.com, www.barbican.org.uk, bbc, google and microsoft sites but not www.organicdelivery.co.uk, www.co-operativebank.co.uk, www.facebook.com and many others. But all accessible via next doors unsecured wireless network.
??????
Malarki
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March 19th, 2008 18:00
Right looks like it's an issue of compatibility with routers WPA encryption - have switched off encryption and just running WEP. Everything now works. Not as secure as I'd like though - going to contact Zyxel about it and see if they've a solution.
Thanks for your time kitomatsing.
kikomatsing
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March 20th, 2008 01:00