[george_gtl]

OK so i bought a laptop on boxing day and at my cousins house the wireless internet worked fine but when i use it with my router it doesnt work that good at all. It sometimes says Little or no conectivity and my other computer that runs from wireless works perfecty good just my laptop doesnt. The router i have is a D-Link DI 524.

 

[TheMatt]

Hi George,

How far away from the router is the laptop? Also, check these router settings:

Does the router have anything like MAC address filtering or encryption set? Try disabling it.

Is the router set to broadcast its (E)SSID? Make sure it is.

Make sure it is set to obtain the IP address automaticly (DHCP is enabled).

When you get a limited connection, try repairing the connection by right clicking on the wireless icon in the system tray and selecting Repair.

 

[george_gtl]

well the signal strength is always exellent. and the router set to broadcast its (E)SSID is enabled, and it is set to obtain the IP address automaticly, and wen the little conectivity come on i try to repare it but it doesnt work.

 

[TheMatt]

OK. I will move you to the networking forums.

 

[george_gtl]

ok thank you, and also when i disable my wireless connection on my other computer then the internet and stuff will work on my laptop.

 

[johnwill]

It sounds like you have the broadband modem connected to one of the LAN/Network ports of the router, not the WAN/Internet port of the router. Please do this:

Start, Run, 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.

 

[george_gtl]

Ok here it is:

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

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

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : PC106391367623
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : bc.hsia.telus.net

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-36-BE-73-B9

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : bc.hsia.telus.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-14-A5-DE-FB-0A
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.101
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 154.11.128.59
154.11.128.187
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, January 15, 2007 3:21:01 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, January 22, 2007 3:21:01 PM

C:\Documents and Settings\George>

 

[johnwill]

Is the modem connected to the WAN/Internet port?

 

[george_gtl]

Yes it is in the WAN port.

 

[muggy]

what is the make and model of the router? also have you by any chance limited the number of IPs the router can give out?

 

[george_gtl]

The model is a D-Link DI-524.

 

[johnwill]

What level of encryption are you using? Does it work properly if you turn off encryption on the link?

 

[george_gtl]

My encryption is off. and its still screwy. and my the router is on channel 6.

 

[johnwill]

Did you try other channels? I'd start with 1, 6, and 11 as my first tests.

 

[george_gtl]

well i finaly fixed it. well i dont know wat the problem was but i turned mac filtering on and enter my computers mac addresses and now it work perfectly fine.

 

[johnwill]

FWIW, the only thing I ever configure on a wireless link is encryption. SSID hiding, MAC filtering, etc., only make it harder for you to use your network.