[scott.g]

Ok, I will not rant on Vista, but... I repetitively get IP address conflict message when re-connecting to saved wireless network profiles.

To solve these problems I have re-configured the wireless router(s) for a totally new lan address, tried the pc with both DHCP then Static address, always deleting the previous connection entry, and always on reconnect I get a message of IP address conflict, even though this is the ONLY computer on the network.

It seems once I connect to any wireless network, disconnect then re-boot the pc it will seldom ever connect again.

the machine is a Dell Laptop inspiration, Vista (shi*) Business

Thanks for any help, this is my last try before having vista stripped off and going to XP or Linux.

Thanks,

[JohnWill]

Please supply the following info, exact models of the equipment please.

The name of your ISP and country of residence.
Make/model of the broadband modem. If dial-up, please specify.
Make/model of the router (if any).
Connection type, wired, wireless.
Make/model of network card or wireless adapter.

[scott.g]

Thank you for your time and help!
Bellsouth, US
Modem is westell 6100 series in bridged mode
Router, Sonicwall TZ150W VPN
set to WPA and DHCP 802b/g mixed
Dell Inspiration E1705
I do have this problem elsewhere connecting to other wireless routers. The wireless connections have always been quite flakey and many routers my Dell/Vista is not able to connect to, it just times out or I get an IP Conflict, are the two that come to mind.

Thanks again for your help.

[JohnWill]

Let's see this from the computer in question.

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.

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.

[scott.g]

Ok, I have the wireless card, dell 1390, set up static with the following settings hard coded, and IPv6 is disabled in all connections.
-my manual configuration entries-
IP address 192.168.219.20
Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0
Gateway 192.168.219.1

ipconfig info, other network connections are disabled so I am just going to type in the ipconfig for wireless, all others show "media disconnected"

Connection-specific DNS suffix..... :
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address... :169.254.128.16 <---- here is the problem!
Subnet Mask ............................ :255.255.0.0 <--- screwed up
Default Gateway ....................... : 192.168.219.1 <---- correct

I have repaired and repaired the connection, so where the he** is Vista getting the 169. address from!

Thanks again for your help.

[JohnWill]

I actually want to see ALL of the IPCONFIG, especially the part that comes before the data you edited out.

You can try this repair too.

TCP/IP stack repair options for use with Windows Vista.

Start, Programs\Accessories and right click on Command Prompt, select "Run as Administrator" to open a command prompt.

Reset WINSOCK entries to installation defaults: netsh winsock reset catalog

Reset IPv4 TCP/IP stack to installation defaults. netsh int ipv4 reset reset.log

Reset IPv6 TCP/IP stack to installation defaults. netsh int ipv6 reset reset.log

Reboot the machine.

[scott.g]

Wow thanks for the great tips John, I will try these once I get home from work. The netconfig info that I posted is all that was displayed, all else said "media disconnected". Also I noticed my firewall is stopping the Laptop's login attempts as "IP Spoof Attack" because of the alien IP. There are ways around this but I would be sacrificing some security.

Will post my results later, Scott