[chinu555]

Hi,
Recently i have reformated my toshiba laptop with WinXP (earlier also it was winXP). Earlier my wireless was working fine in this laptop with my Linksys router. After reformating my Toshiba laptop, i am not able to connect net thru wireless. It gives error "limited or no connectivity". I could connect net if i plug directly from my Toshiba to Lynksys router. my other laptop wireless is working fine with this router.
Any suggestions to fif this error and work the wireless will be highly appreciated.

Thanks,
Chinu

[JohnWill]

Hold the Windows key and press R, then type devmgmt.msc

Please respond to all the following steps.

1. Under Network adapters, please tell me all the devices listed.
2. Are there any devices under Network adapters that have a red x displayed?
3. Also, are there any devices anywhere in the Device Manager display with yellow ? or ! displayed?

Let's see this as well.

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.

[chinu555]

Hello John,
Thank you very much for your intesrest to help me. i found the following in device manager.
Batteries
Bluetooth
computer
disk drives
display adapters
dvd/cd-rom drives
IDE ATA/ATAPI controller
IEE 1394 Bus host controllers
Infrared device
keyboards
mice and other pointing devices
modems
monitors
network adapters
PCMCIA adapters
port (com & lpt)
processors
SD digital host controllers
Sound video and game controllers
system devices
univesal serial bus controller

When I checked IP config with plugging wire from router and my computer i got the following.

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
C:\Documents and Settings\Chinmaya Panda>IPCONFIG /ALL
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : chinmaya
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : hsd1.wa.comcast.net.
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : hsd1.wa.comcast.net.
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit
Ethernet Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0E-7B-1A-CE-93
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.102
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.87.69.150
68.87.85.102
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, November 18, 2009 9:04:16
PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, November 19, 2009 9:04:16
PM
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Bluetooth Personal Area Network from
TOSHIBA
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-03-7A-2A-56-03
Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network
Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-15-00-33-AC-7D
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.215.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
C:\Documents and Settings\Chinmaya Panda>


When I checked IP config removing the wire from my computer i got the following.

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
C:\Documents and Settings\Chinmaya Panda>ipconfig /all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : chinmaya
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit
Ethernet Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0E-7B-1A-CE-93
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Bluetooth Personal Area Network from
TOSHIBA
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-03-7A-2A-56-03
Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network
Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-15-00-33-AC-7D
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.215.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
C:\Documents and Settings\Chinmaya Panda>

Please reply me how to proceed further,
Thanks,
Chinmaya

[JohnWill]

What level of encryption are you using, WEP, WPA, WPA2? What is the patch level of that XP system, SP1, SP2, SP3?

Are you SURE you're using the correct encryption key? Have you tried removing all encryption and MAC filtering from the router and connecting?

[chinu555]

Hell John,
Thank you very much for your clue.
Infact i was using the wrong encryption key.
Now my laptop is catching wireless nicely.
Thanks,
Chinmaya

[JohnWill]

Glad we could assist.


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