Dell Vostro 1500 LAN and Wireless Problem

freeuser · 07-22-2009, 01:47 PM

Hi. My wireless internet connection gets disconnected every 5 min. And it says the wireless drivers are not installed, and when I install them, sometimes it gets connected and again disconnects after a while. Moreover my ethernet port doesn't work. So I wonder if everything gets fixed if I change my network interface card(NIC).

**lorjack** · 07-22-2009, 05:35 PM

Supply the following information please.

OS running on all affected systems
Make & models of all equipment (routers, network cards, modems).
Wired or wireless?
What wireless encryption is in use? (WPA, WPA2, WEP, None)
Browsers being used (Firefox, IE, Safari, Opera,...)
What security software is installed? (Firewalls, AV, Spyware, Malware,...)

Open up a command prompt (Start > run > cmd)
Type the following bolded commands and post the results for each affected machine.

ipconfig /all
ping www.google.com
ping 74.125.53.99

Note: To post results of commands, alternate click on the top of the command prompt > edit > select all >
alternate click on the top of the command prompt > edit > copy > paste in a message here. If you are on
a computer that can't connect to the internet then paste the contents in a text document and save it to a
portable media like a flash drive, then use an internet capable machine to post the contents.

07-22-2009, 01:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
freeuser Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 1 OS: Xp	Dell Vostro 1500 LAN and Wireless Problem Hi. My wireless internet connection gets disconnected every 5 min. And it says the wireless drivers are not installed, and when I install them, sometimes it gets connected and again disconnects after a while. Moreover my ethernet port doesn't work. So I wonder if everything gets fixed if I change my network interface card(NIC).

07-22-2009, 05:35 PM	#2 (permalink)
lorjack TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Planet Earth Posts: 2,209 OS: Windows 2K, XP Pro sp3, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Ubuntu	Re: Dell Vostro 1500 LAN and Wireless Problem Supply the following information please. OS running on all affected systems Make & models of all equipment (routers, network cards, modems). Wired or wireless? What wireless encryption is in use? (WPA, WPA2, WEP, None) Browsers being used (Firefox, IE, Safari, Opera,...) What security software is installed? (Firewalls, AV, Spyware, Malware,...) Open up a command prompt (Start > run > cmd) Type the following bolded commands and post the results for each affected machine. ipconfig /all ping www.google.com ping 74.125.53.99 Note: To post results of commands, alternate click on the top of the command prompt > edit > select all > alternate click on the top of the command prompt > edit > copy > paste in a message here. If you are on a computer that can't connect to the internet then paste the contents in a text document and save it to a portable media like a flash drive, then use an internet capable machine to post the contents. __________________ Those who can't write, write manuals. Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you...