[paulmarkj]

My wireless network fails intermittently. When it fails, I repair the wireless network and it works fine for a while, then it fails again (after 10-90 mins – at the moment I am repairing every 10 minutes). There are never any error messages, except to say that the there is no connection and ipconfig give a 'Media disconnected' message.

My two laptops (XP & Vista) always connect without problem.

I am running XP SP3, I have a BThomehub.

I have tried everything: I have reset the BThomehub to factory settings, I tried a static IP address (which ran excellently for 1 week, then started failing). I changed the hub’s channel. I have reset IP (with ResetTCPIP.msi) and I restored XP to a time prior to the problems. None have worked.

I phoned the BT helpline, who tried a few things then declared the BThomehub to be ok, and said it was my PC.

At the DOS prompt I got the following IPCONFIG information

When the network isn’t working ipconfig is:

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : YOUR-C9544E84FB
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-15-58-52-4A-20

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 2:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Belkin Wireless G Plus MIMO USB Network Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1C-DF-11-F9-ED


When the network runs, ipconfig is:

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : YOUR-C9544E84FB
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : home

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-15-58-52-4A-20

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : home
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Belkin Wireless G Plus MIMO USB Network Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1C-DF-11-F9-ED
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.64
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 06 June 2009 08:25:19
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 07 June 2009 08:25:19

Any ideas?

[JohnWill]

Connect with a cable and see if this is just a wireless issue or a general computer networking issue.