Connected to wireless network, packets sent, but little to no packets recieved.

[Aircross]

Hello,

I've been struggling to get my Dell Inspiron 8600 to work for the past two days. Everything was fine until it stopped receiving packets even when the wireless network was connected.

I have tried many things such as scanning for malware and running Norton WinDoctor.

The WinDoctor gave me an error that several system32 .dll files were missing, so I found those files and placed them in the system32 folder. The dell began to receive packets this morning and afternoon and seemed to work for most of the day, but then it stopped receiving packets a few hours later when I rebooted it.

Here's my ipconfig:

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

C:\Documents and Settings\Emergency.HXN-01.003>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : hxn-01
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : hsd1.mi.comcast.net.

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : hsd1.mi.comcast.net.
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Dell Wireless 1350 WLAN Mini-PCI Car
d
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0B-7D-06-D9-41
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.101
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.87.77.134
68.87.72.134
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, October 19, 2009 8:17:10 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, October 20, 2009 8:17:10 PM


Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Cont
roller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0F-1F-23-FE-69

C:\Documents and Settings\Emergency.HXN-01.003>



If you need any more information please let me know, and I'll be happy to provide it to the best of my abilities.

Also, I'm writing this post on my PowerBook G4, so the network itself is probably not the problem.

Many thanks in advance.

[johnwill]

Try these simple tests.

Hold the Windows key and press R, then type CMD (COMMAND for W98/WME) to open a command prompt:

In the command prompt window that opens, type type the following commands one at a time, followed by the Enter key:

NOTE: For the items below in red surrounded with < >, see comments below for the actual information content, they are value substitutions from the previous IPCONFIG command output! Do NOT type <computer_IP_address> into the command, that won't work. Also, the < and > in the text is to identify the parameters, they are also NOT used in the actual commands.

Do NOT include the <> either, they're just to identify the values for substitution.

IPCONFIG /ALL

PING <computer_IP_address>

PING <default_gateway_address>

PING <dns_servers>

PING 74.125.45.100

PING yahoo.com

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.

<computer_IP_address> - The IP Address of your computer, obtained from the IPCONFIG command above. (For Vista/Win7, the IPv4 Address)

<default_gateway_address> - The IP address of the Default Gateway, obtained from the IPCONFIG command above.

<dns_servers> - The IP address of the first (or only) address for DNS Servers, obtained from the IPCONFIG command above.

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.

[Aircross]

Hi, sorry for the late reply.

The problem resolved itself. I apologize if I wasted your time.

Many thanks.

[johnwill]

hat's what we're here for.