[clankfu]

I'm trying to connect a Sony Vaio laptop with Windows Vista to my wireless network. It connects to the network just fine but it says "Unidentified network" and I'm unable to surf any websites using any browser. It works fine with an ethernet cable.

ISP: Time Warner

Broadband connection: Cable

Make and Model of Modem/Router Combo: ASUS RT-N56U router / Cisco DPC2100R2 modem

Name of the Anti-Virus, Security or Firewall Software: Windows

Laptop: Sony Vaio VGN-NR260E

Wireless card: LAN-Express AS IEEE 802.11g PCI-E

OS: Windows Vista 32-bit

Network encryption: WPA2-personal, AES, 2.4Ghz

ipconfig /all output:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Windows\system32>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : eo-PC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : LAN-Express AS IEEE 802.11g PCI-E Adapter

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1D-D9-7A-7B-24
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::4106:1e6:25b9:d542%11(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.27(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, August 19, 2012 9:40:53 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, August 20, 2012 9:40:52 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 151002585
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : 24.29.103.16
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8039 PCI-E Fast Ethernet
Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1A-80-B5-6B-48
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{53E5DA51-37A7-4B07-8FF9-08DC13710
477}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.1.27%12(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.24.29.103.16
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

C:\Windows\system32>

[John95]

Try updating wifi card driver if that does not work try finding your modems settings page, there may be security blocking your IP address.

Btw, remove some of that information so a hack wont use it.

[clankfu]

Thanks for replying. What info should i delete? All of the ipconfig /all output?

And I've tried updating the wifi card driver via Sony's support site. I also looked in my router settings page and couldn't find anything out of the ordinary.

[etaf]

answered the post on the other techsupport forum, so before we have too many things running at once - lets see if my last post helps

Note the info from the link I posted

which appears to be a later version

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you should be able to just run (double click ) on the exe file downloaded

[shakilpharmacist]

I went through this menace during last two days couldnt find anything absolutely anything on internet to solve this problem for me. I called my internet service company helpline, the guy told me to connect the laptop through ethernet cable and allow him to take control, he thereafter just changed the name of network to one with less alphabets, password or phrase to a short pin of numeric ones, wpa-personal to wep and everything started working

[clankfu]

Originally Posted by shakilpharmacist

I went through this menace during last two days couldnt find anything absolutely anything on internet to solve this problem for me. I called my internet service company helpline, the guy told me to connect the laptop through ethernet cable and allow him to take control, he thereafter just changed the name of network to one with less alphabets, password or phrase to a short pin of numeric ones, wpa-personal to wep and everything started working

Yea, switching to WEP encryption's an easy fix. I'd prefer to stay on WPA2 though.

[lunarlander]

If changing from wpa-personal to wep made it work, then you need to upgrade your wireless network card/device to a newer one that supports wpa2. The older wep encrytion is breakable in 10 mins and tools for doing so is free on the internet.

[clankfu]

Got this solved in the other forum. Found the right driver for my NIC card. Thanks for all the help.