Wireless connection barely works

rybo1290 · 12-11-2008, 08:22 PM

i have a dell inspirion 1000 and i use a wireless connection for internet....we recently just got a new router and my connection says "excellent" and at a speed of 54 mbps. But even though it says that, it is always either connected or has limited/no connectivity....i have even plugged the internet router cable into the backk of my computer and it has a speed of 100 mbps and still has bad connectivity.

I have read many previous posts and tried but none seem to help. my brother also has a dell laptop, and his connection works amazing. i am the only one in the house that can handle computer problem and i am even stumped.

Can someone please help me??

vanderman · 12-11-2008, 09:36 PM

Interesting problem. You might see if resetting the card helps to fix it. Get to Network Connections in Control Panel and then Disable/Enable wireless adapter.

If that doesn't work, then you might see if there is another program running your wireless connection. A lot of times, Dell allows another program to be set to run the internet. You can tell if this is happening to you if, when you go to select a wireless network from the windows status bar, it gives you a message similar to "Windows is not currently set as the provider of wireless support."

If neither of these works, post back and we can try something else.

**johnwill** · 12-12-2008, 08:41 AM

TCP/IP stack repair options for use with Windows XP with SP2/SP3.

Start, Run, CMD to open a command prompt:

In the command prompt window that opens, type type the following commands:

Note: Type only the text in bold for the following commands.

Reset TCP/IP stack to installation defaults, type: netsh int ip reset reset.log

Reset WINSOCK entries to installation defaults, type: netsh winsock reset catalog

Reboot the machine.

After that, connect with a cable and post the following.

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:

Note that there is a space before the /ALL, but there is NOT a space after the / in the following command.

IPCONFIG /ALL

Right click in the command window and choose Select All, then hit Enter to copy the contents to the clipboard.
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.

rybo1290 · 12-13-2008, 12:11 PM

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\user>IPCONFIG /ALL

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : user-2a9dee4662
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : gateway.2wire.net

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Dell Wireless 1350 WLAN PC Card
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-90-4B-CA-A0-A9
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.69.125
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : gateway.2wire.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : SiS 900-Based PCI Fast Ethernet Adap
ter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-11-43-3C-21-18
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.254.103
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.254.254
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.254.254
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.254.254
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, December 13, 2008 2:00:16
PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, December 14, 2008 2:00:16 PM

C:\Documents and Settings\user>

i connected a yellow ethernet cable into the back of my computer, was tha alright or is it another one??

**johnwill** · 12-13-2008, 12:30 PM

Looks fine to me. With that wired connection, let's see this.

Register at DSLReports and run their Line Quality Tests. It's best to run this test with a direct wired connection to eliminate any wireless issues from the results. It's useful many times to run this test several times, and we'd like to see each of the results. Post the results link from the top of the test display page for each test run here.

The link to post is near the top of the page and looks like:

If you wish to post this result to a forum, please copy/paste this URL
http://www.dslreports.com/linequality/nil/2357195 <- sample only, yours will obviously be different!
and your IP will be disguised.

Copy/paste that link here.

Note: You will have to enable PING (ICMP) request response either in your router (if you have one), or in your computer's firewall for direct modem connections. This is very important to get the most important part of the test to run.

rybo1290 · 12-13-2008, 12:43 PM

figured it out!!!!!

i was messin around and in the wireles networks connection tab, it says that it is not the enabled to configure the connections. sooo i ran the wireless zero configuratio service and started it up....i have had this problem before but it has never came to mind. i put microsoft to configure the wirelss connections, and refreshed the list. then eneterd my network key to connect to my network!!!!

just one question, in the past when i ran the wireless zeron configuration, i have to go to click start to start it up every time i turn my computer to use it.. any ideas on how to let it automatically let it go on on startup???

12-11-2008, 08:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
rybo1290 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 3 OS: xp	Wireless connection barely works i have a dell inspirion 1000 and i use a wireless connection for internet....we recently just got a new router and my connection says "excellent" and at a speed of 54 mbps. But even though it says that, it is always either connected or has limited/no connectivity....i have even plugged the internet router cable into the backk of my computer and it has a speed of 100 mbps and still has bad connectivity. I have read many previous posts and tried but none seem to help. my brother also has a dell laptop, and his connection works amazing. i am the only one in the house that can handle computer problem and i am even stumped. Can someone please help me??

12-11-2008, 09:36 PM	#2 (permalink)
vanderman Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 1 OS: XP Pro SP 3	Re: Wireless connection barely works Interesting problem. You might see if resetting the card helps to fix it. Get to Network Connections in Control Panel and then Disable/Enable wireless adapter. If that doesn't work, then you might see if there is another program running your wireless connection. A lot of times, Dell allows another program to be set to run the internet. You can tell if this is happening to you if, when you go to select a wireless network from the windows status bar, it gives you a message similar to "Windows is not currently set as the provider of wireless support." If neither of these works, post back and we can try something else.

12-12-2008, 08:41 AM	#3 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 41,921 OS: Windows 7, XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Re: Wireless connection barely works TCP/IP stack repair options for use with Windows XP with SP2/SP3. Start, Run, CMD to open a command prompt: In the command prompt window that opens, type type the following commands: Note: Type only the text in bold for the following commands. Reset TCP/IP stack to installation defaults, type: netsh int ip reset reset.log Reset WINSOCK entries to installation defaults, type: netsh winsock reset catalog Reboot the machine. After that, connect with a cable and post the following. 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: Note that there is a space before the /ALL, but there is NOT* a space after the / in the following command.* IPCONFIG /ALL Right click in the command window and choose Select All, then hit Enter to copy the contents to the clipboard. 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. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

12-13-2008, 12:11 PM	#4 (permalink)
rybo1290 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 3 OS: xp	Re: Wireless connection barely works Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp. C:\Documents and Settings\user>IPCONFIG /ALL Windows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : user-2a9dee4662 Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : gateway.2wire.net Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Dell Wireless 1350 WLAN PC Card Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-90-4B-CA-A0-A9 Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.69.125 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : gateway.2wire.net Description . . . . . . . . . . . : SiS 900-Based PCI Fast Ethernet Adap ter Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-11-43-3C-21-18 Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.254.103 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.254.254 DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.254.254 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.254.254 Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, December 13, 2008 2:00:16 PM Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, December 14, 2008 2:00:16 PM C:\Documents and Settings\user> i connected a yellow ethernet cable into the back of my computer, was tha alright or is it another one??

12-13-2008, 12:30 PM	#5 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 41,921 OS: Windows 7, XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Re: Wireless connection barely works Looks fine to me. With that wired connection, let's see this. Register at DSLReports and run their Line Quality Tests. It's best to run this test with a direct wired connection to eliminate any wireless issues from the results. It's useful many times to run this test several times, and we'd like to see each of the results. Post the results link from the top of the test display page for each test run here. The link to post is near the top of the page and looks like: If you wish to post this result to a forum, please copy/paste this URL http://www.dslreports.com/linequality/nil/2357195 <- sample only, yours will obviously be different! and your IP will be disguised. Copy/paste that link here. Note: You will have to enable PING (ICMP) request response either in your router (if you have one), or in your computer's firewall for direct modem connections. This is very important to get the most important part of the test to run. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

12-13-2008, 12:43 PM	#6 (permalink)
rybo1290 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 3 OS: xp	Re: Wireless connection barely works figured it out!!!!! i was messin around and in the wireles networks connection tab, it says that it is not the enabled to configure the connections. sooo i ran the wireless zero configuratio service and started it up....i have had this problem before but it has never came to mind. i put microsoft to configure the wirelss connections, and refreshed the list. then eneterd my network key to connect to my network!!!! just one question, in the past when i ran the wireless zeron configuration, i have to go to click start to start it up every time i turn my computer to use it.. any ideas on how to let it automatically let it go on on startup???