Small back ground story: Boss comes to me with a problem of his internal wireless network card not working on his HP. He said he read that a lot of people are having this issue with this model. I recommended a few things; none of which worked. He bought a Belkin N300 micro USB wireless adapter to see if that would fix it. He told me it had been working for him up until about a week ago when the Belkin stopped working as well. I currently have his HP and am trying to figure out what has gone wrong.
All drivers for all of the network adapters are current drivers. I just re-installed them all over last night.
SPECS:
HP Pavilion dv2000
Window Vista Home Premium SP2 32-bit
Intel(R) Core 2 Duo T5250 @ 1.50GHz
2gb of ram
Ethernet Adapter: Marvel Yukon 88E8039 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller
Built-in Wireless Adapter: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection
USB Wireless Adapter: Belkin N300 micro
I have checked each one individually by disabling the 2 that I wasn't working on.
First the ethernet adapter when plugged in and enabled just says 'local area connection' with an IP address of 169.254.22.8 or something similar and tells me it is on an 'unidentified network'. So I restarted the adapter like it suggests. Same information comes up. After which I went into the IPv4 setting gave it a static IP for my network and a DNS. At this point the computer reads the network but still says 'local area connection.' I do a restart of the adapter again and this time it comes up with 'cannot communicate with primary dns' the one that I gave to it. Another repair is done by the computer and still the same thing. So I went into the advanced settings under IPv4 and added another DNS that matched my router IP like was suggested in another forum with a person who had a similar problem, but nothing changed. I set everything back to default and disabled the ethernet adapter.
I moved on to the built-in wireless adapter starting with default setting like the ethernet adapter and I got a similar IP. Then I went through the same steps as I had done with the ethernet adapter and got the same results. Set the built-in back to default and disabled.
Last I did the same thing with the Belkin wireless USB adapter and still had the same results.
The ipconfig /all with all the adapters enabled is as follows with everything set to default:
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Admin-PC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection 2:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Belkin Wireless Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 08-86-3B-01-F4-F2
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Con
nection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1C-BF-47-2D-E2
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::b8f8:e106:43e0:de08%11(Preferred)
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.222.8(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 184556735
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-11-45-8A-AD-00-16-D3-FC-D3-AA
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 156.154.70.1
156.154.71.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8039 PCI-E Fast Ethernet
Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-D3-FC-D3-AA
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{0DF09B9E-707B-48D2-9238-F2B307B21
99D}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 11:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 12:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.hsd1.in.comcast.net.
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 21:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{0204DE4A-3651-4990-832F-F369CA078
ABE}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 22:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{7C190516-6087-4B27-BBA4-8637CD517
3D6}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
If there are any suggestions that could help me that would be great since normally I don't have any problems finding what I need to fix the problems people bring to me.
Thanks in advance.
All drivers for all of the network adapters are current drivers. I just re-installed them all over last night.
SPECS:
HP Pavilion dv2000
Window Vista Home Premium SP2 32-bit
Intel(R) Core 2 Duo T5250 @ 1.50GHz
2gb of ram
Ethernet Adapter: Marvel Yukon 88E8039 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller
Built-in Wireless Adapter: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection
USB Wireless Adapter: Belkin N300 micro
I have checked each one individually by disabling the 2 that I wasn't working on.
First the ethernet adapter when plugged in and enabled just says 'local area connection' with an IP address of 169.254.22.8 or something similar and tells me it is on an 'unidentified network'. So I restarted the adapter like it suggests. Same information comes up. After which I went into the IPv4 setting gave it a static IP for my network and a DNS. At this point the computer reads the network but still says 'local area connection.' I do a restart of the adapter again and this time it comes up with 'cannot communicate with primary dns' the one that I gave to it. Another repair is done by the computer and still the same thing. So I went into the advanced settings under IPv4 and added another DNS that matched my router IP like was suggested in another forum with a person who had a similar problem, but nothing changed. I set everything back to default and disabled the ethernet adapter.
I moved on to the built-in wireless adapter starting with default setting like the ethernet adapter and I got a similar IP. Then I went through the same steps as I had done with the ethernet adapter and got the same results. Set the built-in back to default and disabled.
Last I did the same thing with the Belkin wireless USB adapter and still had the same results.
The ipconfig /all with all the adapters enabled is as follows with everything set to default:
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Admin-PC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection 2:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Belkin Wireless Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 08-86-3B-01-F4-F2
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Con
nection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1C-BF-47-2D-E2
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::b8f8:e106:43e0:de08%11(Preferred)
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.222.8(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 184556735
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-11-45-8A-AD-00-16-D3-FC-D3-AA
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 156.154.70.1
156.154.71.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8039 PCI-E Fast Ethernet
Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-D3-FC-D3-AA
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{0DF09B9E-707B-48D2-9238-F2B307B21
99D}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 11:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 12:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.hsd1.in.comcast.net.
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 21:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{0204DE4A-3651-4990-832F-F369CA078
ABE}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 22:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{7C190516-6087-4B27-BBA4-8637CD517
3D6}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
If there are any suggestions that could help me that would be great since normally I don't have any problems finding what I need to fix the problems people bring to me.
Thanks in advance.