Wireless Network cutout with D-Link cable router

[dogsbody]

Yesterday I set up a wireless network with a Virgin Media bb connection via a D-Link router (DIR-301). There is a cabled connection going to 1 laptop (Vista Basic) and a wireless connection to another lappie (Vista Home Premium).

Manged to set it up after about an hour and a half, then suddenly last night, the wireless connection cut out. It still wont re-connect this morning. It was set up using D-link's own online wizard (naviagate to 192.168.0.1 and there is a wizard).

The network is a WPA2-Personal security type, with a TKIP encryption and set to connect automatically.

The router is working ok via a cabled connection, but despite having the wireless laptop right next to the router its not working properly. I'm also concerned as if it wont work next to the laptop, the chances are it wont work anywhere else in the house.

HELP!!!

[johnwill]

Hold the Windows key and press R, then type CMD to open a command prompt:

Type the following command:

IPCONFIG /ALL

Right click in the command window and choose Select All, then hit Enter.
Paste the results in a message here.

If you are on a machine with no network connection, use a floppy, USB disk, or a CD-RW disk to transfer a text file with the information to allow pasting it here.

[dogsbody]

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Matt
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 802.11g MiniPCI Wireless Network Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-13-D3-81-1E-61
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8168B/8111B Family PCI-E Gigab
it Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.0)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-17-50-28-4C
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 8:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 6TO4 Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 2:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 6TO4 Adapter
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 . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{0DC61C53-73A1-4295-B4B7-C9F92CC72
600}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 10:

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* 14:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{C88A6445-3875-4A69-873A-549D7D5DB
718}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

[johnwill]

Have you tested the machine with a wired connection? How about disabling all encryption on the router and trying to connect that way?

[dogsbody]

It does work with a cabled connection.

How do i set up the wireless network without the security - i was using the routers wizard last time.

It gets me that I didnt do anything to affect the operation of the network - i was just using my web browser - when it stopped working

[johnwill]

Perhaps just resetting the router and reconfiguring will get it working again. I'd also consider upgrading the firmware on the router to the latest available, which sometimes solves issues with them.