[JohnWill]

Let's see this with a wired connection using a known working cable and router port.


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.

[xXbernisXx]

C:\Documents and Settings\xp>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : dell-d520
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connectioni-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 440x 10/100 Intergrated Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1C-23-B0-59-48
Dhcp Enabled . . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 169.254.63.233
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 169.254.63.233

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Media State . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-Card
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1E-8C-31-8C-71

C:\Documents and Settings\xp>

[JohnWill]

Try this stack repair again, you seem to have a network stack issue.


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, each followed by the Enter key:

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.




Continue to use the wired connection until we get that working, no sense in introducing wireless into the mix yet.

[xXbernisXx]

sadly same results.

[JohnWill]

Does this laptop connect to any networks?

[metalmadness]

Originally Posted by xXbernisXx

hi everyone, please help me with this network issue.
ive seen couple of simillar issues but the solutions apply only to them.

my cousin has been trying to access my wireless network, when we
connect from his laptop and type in the key for my router it perfectly connects
but then his wireless connection says "limited or no connectivity"

MY WIRELESS NETWORK AND MY PC info:
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\bernis>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

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

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : gateway.2wire.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Eth
ernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-11-09-F5-DD-ED
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.65
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. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, October 25, 2009 10:28:56 PM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, October 26, 2009 10:28:56 PM


C:\Documents and Settings\bernis>

HIS LAPTOP info:
system: Microsoft Windows XP Proffesional Version 2002 Service pack 3

C:\Documents and Settings\xp>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : dell-d520
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 440x 10/100 Intergrated Controller

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1C-23-B0-59-48

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . . . . . . . . . . . :
Description . . . . : Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-Card
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1E-8C-31-8C-71
Dhcp Enabled . . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 169.254.164.79
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 169.254.164.79



C:\Documents and Settings\xp>

and he uses DELL WIRELESS WLAN CARD UTILITY

APIPA addressing, ftw.

Did you try to change any of the settings from your router, bernis? Sometimes if the router's local IP address shares the same IP range as your broadband cable/DSL modem, they'll not work and give you all sorts of headaches. For example:

Router IP: 192.168.1.1
Modem IP: 192.168.1.254
Subnet(s): 255.255.255.0

You won't get far in connecting to the Internet, especially with Linksys routers. The WRT54G and WRTxxxN series do have this problem where you have a very strong signal but you only have local/limited connectivity.

The fix here would be:

Router IP: 192.168.2.1
Modem IP: 192.168.1.254
Of course, their subnets will use the 255.255.255.0 range.


But then, before you tweak anything, can you post your router settings first?

[xXbernisXx]

,my router's current settings

Private Network
Router Address: 192.168.1.254
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
DHCP Range: 192.168.1.64 - 192.168.1.253
Allocated: 5
Available: 185
Device List
PC xXbernisXx 192.168.1.65 <mypc>
PC 192.168.1.64 192.168.1.64 <unknown>
PC 192.168.1.66 192.168.1.66 <unknown>

[metalmadness]

Originally Posted by xXbernisXx

,my router's current settings

Private Network
Router Address: 192.168.1.254
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
DHCP Range: 192.168.1.64 - 192.168.1.253
Allocated: 5
Available: 185
Device List
PC xXbernisXx 192.168.1.65 <mypc>
PC 192.168.1.64 192.168.1.64 <unknown>
PC 192.168.1.66 192.168.1.66 <unknown>

That's the problem here. I see that you have a 2Wire router, and its IP range clashes with your modem. This happens because many of these so-called "modems" are actually combination modem + router devices, such as my Netopia 2214, that has its default IP address of 192.168.1.254, in which won't connect to the internet if I had my Linksys WRT300n wireless router set to its default IP address of 192.168.1.1. Couple that with DHCP, and voila, you're in for a nice surprise - "I haz broken ur intertubez" *insert random cat picture here*.

Fire up your browser, type in 192.168.1.1 in the URL box. It'll open up your router's setup page. For the sake of reference, the folks at DSLReports have a better description of the whole thing: http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r226...nge-IP-address

In the setup page, find the "Private Network" field, click on "Configure Manually", and enter the following (keep in mind that you should configure your router with a wired connection) :

Router Address: 192.168.2.1
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

And click on "Save Settings", or something similar along those words. The setup page will go blank, but don't worry. If you don't get connected to the Internet, go back to the command prompt and type in ipconfig /release. When done, type in ipconfig /renew. Connections will be back in a short time.

If done reconfiguring your router, try connecting with your laptop and see what happens.

Post back your results here.

[xXbernisXx]

didnt solve da problem it works with my pc and everything but i still get the limited no connectivity on the laptop