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October 25th, 2005 02:00
limited or no connectivity
After downloading sp2 and other upgrades, my wireless connection finally worked for 2 weeks, then on Friday, my status was limited or no connectivity even though the signal was good. I read about this everywhere and have reloaded the intel prowireless 2100 driver 3 times, tried the winsock program and have literally spent hours trying to fix the problem. Is there a patch for this problem? I have the 8600 w/ 1.4 centrino.
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volcano11
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October 25th, 2005 02:00
I wasn't asking about the Windows firewall. Do you have any Norton or McAfee products running on your computer? Most Dell computers are shipped with one of these products.
As a troubleshooting step, can you connect to the internet through the router using a wired ethernet connection?
Steve
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volcano11
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October 25th, 2005 02:00
If it worked for 2 weeks after installing SP2, you can't blame SP2. Are you running any firewalls such as those provided by Norton Internet Security, McAfee Security Suite, or Zone Alarm? If so, is it possible that you somehow reconfigured the firewall to block the connection?
Steve
jayh3
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October 25th, 2005 03:00
I don't have norton or mcafee installed. Mcafee slowed things down, so I use AVG. It does connect to the internet thru the ethernet.
volcano11
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October 25th, 2005 03:00
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. Note that you should do this with the router turned on and the ethernet cable unplugged.
Steve
jayh3
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October 26th, 2005 05:00
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
C:\Documents and Settings\Jayh3>ipconfig /all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : z
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
MediaState . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0D-56-EB-F4-25
Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 2:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3A Mini PCI Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0C-F1-1E-9F-75
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.103
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.185.32.10
68.185.34.67
68.116.46.115
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, October 25, 2005 8:34:43 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, October 26, 2005 8:34:43
PM
C:\Documents and Settings\Jayh3>
P.S. I deleted all wireless drivers(5 different locations-same driver) and ran the intel program to install the latest driver. My wireless printer then connected fine. Then I shut down the computer, turned it on later and could not find the connection, but found the internet wireless connection, but it still won't connect even though it says it is connected.
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October 26th, 2005 13:00