problem connecting wireless to desktop.

[trinighal]

Hi, so I have been happily surfing the net for about a week or so, did some updates & everything was fine. Just decided to do some more updates, well I should have left well alone. All of a sudden I can't connect to the internet. This is from the lpatop running vista.
Please shed some light as to what I may have done or "undone".
Thanks much.

[johnwill]

Well, without knowing what updates and the exact symptoms, it's hard to say.

Let's see this again for the ailing machine.

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

In the command prompt window that opens, type 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.

[trinighal]

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Heads>IPCONFIG /ALL

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Heads-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 . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 802.11a/b/g WLAN
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1A-73-66-6A-E1
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::1c83:7a01:c3d3:5d9d%11(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1B-24-55-CB-34
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{CA07C8F6-35DC-4126-9658-C38AC5D01
1AF}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{EFC14176-A26F-4B19-8B0B-4D1960B7B
5DD}
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 . . . . . . . . . . . : 6TO4 Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

C:\Users\Heads>Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000]
'Microsoft' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Heads>Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
'Copyright' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Heads>
C:\Users\Heads>C:\Users\Heads>IPCONFIG /ALL
'C:\Users\Heads' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Heads>
C:\Users\Heads>Windows IP Configuration
'Windows' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Heads>
C:\Users\Heads> Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Heads-PC
'Host' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Heads> Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
'Primary' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Heads> Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
'Node' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Heads> IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
'IP' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Heads> WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
'WINS' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Heads>
C:\Users\Heads>Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:
'Wireless' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Heads>
C:\Users\Heads> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
'Connection-specific' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Heads> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 802.11a/b/g WLAN
'Description' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Heads> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1A-73-66-6A-E1
'Physical' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Heads> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
'DHCP' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Heads> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
'Autoconfiguration' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Heads> Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::1c83:7a01:c3d3:5d9d%
11(Preferred)
'Link-local' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Heads> IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1(Preferred)
'IPv4' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Heads> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
'Subnet' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Heads> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
'Default' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Heads> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
'DNS' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Heads> fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.

C:\Users\Heads> fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.

C:\Users\Heads> NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
'NetBIOS' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Heads>
C:\Users\Heads>Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
'Ethernet' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Heads>
C:\Users\Heads> Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
'Media' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Heads> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
'Connection-specific' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Heads> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce Networking C
ontroller
'Description' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Heads> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1B-24-55-CB-34
'Physical' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Heads> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
'DHCP' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Heads> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
'Autoconfiguration' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Heads>
C:\Users\Heads>Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:
'Tunnel' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Heads>
C:\Users\Heads> Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
'Media' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Heads> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
'Connection-specific' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Heads> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{CA07C8F6-35DC-4126
-9658-C38AC5D01
'Description' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Heads>1AF}
'1AF}' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Heads> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
'Physical' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Heads> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
'DHCP' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Heads> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
'Autoconfiguration' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Heads>
C:\Users\Heads>Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:
'Tunnel' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Heads>
C:\Users\Heads> Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
'Media' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Heads> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
'Connection-specific' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Heads> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{EFC14176-A26F-4B19
-8B0B-4D1960B7B
'Description' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Heads>5DD}
'5DD}' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Heads> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
'Physical' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Heads> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
'DHCP' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Heads> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
'Autoconfiguration' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Heads>
C:\Users\Heads>Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 10:
'Tunnel' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Heads>
C:\Users\Heads> Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
'Media' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Heads> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
'Connection-specific' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Heads> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 6TO4 Adapter
'Description' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Heads> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
'Physical' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Heads> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
'DHCP' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Heads> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
'Autoconfiguration' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Users\Heads>

C:\Users\Heads>C:\Users\Heads>
Hi, here is the info & thanks for your help once again

[johnwill]

Well, you have disable DHCP on the machine, so it's not getting a valid Default Gateway or DNS address.

Configure DHCP for Windows Vista.

1. Click on the Start menu, and select Control Panel.
2. Click on Network and Internet. (Skip this step if you do not see this Control Panel item.)
3. Click on Network and Sharing Center.
4. Click on Manage network connections.
5. Right click on Local Area Connection and choose Properties. If Windows say it needs your permission to continue, click Continue.
6. Select Internet Protocol Version 4(TCP/IPv4) and click Properties.
7. Select Obtain an IP address automatically.
8. Click OK to close the TCP/IP Properties window.
9. Click OK to close the Local Area Connection Properties window.
10. Click Close to close the Network Connections window.
11. Click Close to close the Control Panel window.
12. Restart your computer.

[trinighal]

Hi,
I went into that 4(TCP/IPv4), and the set up was exactly as you stated above. So, not sure what else to try.

[johnwill]

I'm having a real hard time with this indication if DHCP is enabled!

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

Check your Services are Started on all PCs:

• Computer Browser
• DHCP Client
• DNS Client
• Network Connections
• Network Location Awareness
• Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
• Server
• TCP/IP Netbios helper
• Workstation

Note: You can check the services in Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Services.

All of these services should be started, and their startup type should be automatic (or perhaps manual).

[trinighal]

Hi, so I checked the above on both my desktop & laptop, most are started automatically, a few manually. Basically that area looks ok.
I'm about ready to fling my laptop off the balcony!!!!!

[johnwill]

But, are they all RUNNING?

[trinighal]

Good morning, not sure how to tell if they are running. Saw that they are all started mostly automatically, a few manually.
Can you please tell me how to check to see if they are running.
Thanks for your patience & assistance.

[johnwill]

Same screen you looked at to see their startup status.

[trinighal]

They all seem to be running.