[LokiDucks]

Hey All. New to the forum. I searched for this problem, but came up with no results, so if it's already here, please just let me know. I also Googled pretty extensively, but didn't find any solutions. I'm going to try to provide every detail of information I can here for my problem in hopes that we can find a solution that will help everyone with the issue...

Basically my issue is that, with Vista Extreme Edition SP1 the little icon in the task tray says that i'm "Not connected to any networks." And yet, here I am browsing the internet just fine.

When I click "Connect to a Network," I am told on the next screen that none can be found. Clicking "Show Network computers and devices" shows my computer and a "Residential Gateway Device" that is my wireless router (Linksys WRT54G).

In the Network and Sharing Center, Network Discover, File Sharing, Printer Sharing, and Password Protected Sharing are all toggled "On." Public folder sharing and Media Sharing are toggled "Off."

Running a diagnostic on the connection usually turns up the message "Windows did not find any problems with your Internet connection." But sometimes it'll tell me that "No wireless internet adapter is installed," even though i'm trying to connect exclusively via LAN.

I tried connected the modem directly to my computer without the router in between, but that does not help the case.

I have tried keeping IPv6 enabled. I have since disabled it.

That's all I can think to include at this time. If anyone out there has any suggestions, please let me know!

[scriptcoder]

Can you ping using the command prompt? Does Internet Explorer see the Internet or are you using a different browser?

[hikarii]

Hi Lokiducks
sounds a little like you are confusing your wireless network interface with your ethernet interface. I've seen this quite a bit when users are not using a wireless connection. Best thing to do is turn it off (under devmgmt.msc >network cards) if you are not using it and only using a lan card (adaptor).

[dlsayremn]

Could you give a discription of your LAN setup, such as.

Modem( wireless router) connected to router.
Computer 1 (Vista - desktop) connected to router.
Computer 2 (XP - desktop)) connected to router.
Computer 3 (Vista - laptop) connected wireless to modem


Remembered something from when I first got Vista last year. May be your problem.

Link-Layer Topology Discovery (LLTD).
Vista has problems seeing XP computers because of it. Xp compuetrs did not have it and need to have Link-Layer Topology Discovery Responder installed to be visible to Vista computers. Also, LLTD may cause Vista to have problems seeing other network members across routers.

See wikipedia Article.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link_La...logy_Discovery


MS Link-Layer Toplogy Discovery Responder download for XP SP2
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...1-37f485fa34ea

LLTD was not included in SP3

[LokiDucks]

Thanks for your responses, guys! Here are some answers to your questions for me:

dlsayremn:

Modem is supplied by Comcast (DPC2100 Series by Scientific Atlanta)
connected to..
Wireless Router by Linksys (WRT54G)
connected via ethernet to..
Desktop PC running Vista Extreme Edition w/ SP1
also connected wirelessly to router..
Laptop PC running XP w/ SP2

I'm not sure that the LLTD is my issue, as I can usually see the XP machine, just can't connect to it because my Vista machine tells me i'm not even connected to the network

Hikarri:

I don't have a wireless card installed on my desktop that is giving me the problem--so it's even more confusing why it would tell me to install one, when I have it connected via ethernet cable.

Scriptcoder:

Not quite sure how to ping in the command prompt, but both IE and Firefox can see/access the internet. I primarily use FF.

Thanksfor the help so far!

[dlsayremn]

Ping and tracert (trace route) a two useful tools. A description of how to do them and examples below.

To open a command window, hold down the key with Windows logo and hit r. The Run box will come up. Type cmd in the box and click ok button. A window with a black screen will come up called C:\windows\system32\cmd.exe. At the top of the black screen will be something like this. (I need to learn to do screenshots)

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6001]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\SayrePC>

To do a ping: after > type ping(space) name or IP of the target. enter
To do a traceroute: after > type tracert(space) name or IP of target

To copy the results to a post: Right click the cmd screen and select all. Press ctrl and c to copy to your clipboard. Right click the post message screnn and paste.
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6001]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.


Pings: first to www.yahoo.com, second to my modem 192.168.0.1
C:\Users\SayrePC>Ping www.yahoo.com

Pinging www.yahoo-ht3.akadns.net [209.191.93.52] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 209.191.93.52: bytes=32 time=65ms TTL=52
Reply from 209.191.93.52: bytes=32 time=63ms TTL=52
Reply from 209.191.93.52: bytes=32 time=63ms TTL=52
Reply from 209.191.93.52: bytes=32 time=63ms TTL=53

Ping statistics for 209.191.93.52:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 63ms, Maximum = 65ms, Average = 63ms

C:\Users\SayrePC>Ping 192.168.0.1

Pinging 192.168.0.1 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=255
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=255
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=255
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=255

Ping statistics for 192.168.0.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 1ms, Average = 0ms

Ping sends a small packet to the target and gets a response. Problem indicaters are packet losses, inconsistant times, and high time values. Total time is primarily affected by distance and quality of the equipment. If you live in the US and ping a US target time should be under 100 ms. A target outside the US will usually be over 100 ms.

65 ms to Yahoo in Dallas from Minneapolis is about average.
Anything over 1 ms to your router and/or modem would indicate a possible problem. Usually something like a bad cable, cables coiled, modem/router sittng to close to strong EMF source.


Tracert to www.yahoo.com
C:\Users\SayrePC>tracert www.yahoo.com

Tracing route to www.yahoo-ht3.akadns.net [209.191.93.52]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms home [192.168.0.1]
2 34 ms 33 ms 35 ms mpls-dsl-gw07-199.mpls.qwest.net [207.225.140.199]
3 34 ms 34 ms 33 ms mpls-agw1.inet.qwest.net [65.103.30.49]
4 34 ms 35 ms 35 ms min-core-01.inet.qwest.net [205.171.128.129]
5 * 43 ms 44 ms cer-core-01.inet.qwest.net [67.14.8.202]
6 44 ms 44 ms 43 ms chp-brdr-02.inet.qwest.net [205.171.139.114]
7 44 ms 50 ms 52 ms 63.146.26.250
8 64 ms 68 ms 72 ms Vlan5.icore2.DTX-Dallas.as6453.net [206.82.141.30]
9 63 ms 64 ms 62 ms if-5-0-0-31.core2.DTX-Dallas.as6453.net [66.198.2.37]
10 63 ms 64 ms 64 ms ix-4-2.core2.DTX-Dallas.as6453.net [66.198.2.14]

11 64 ms 62 ms 66 ms ae1-p101.msr1.mud.yahoo.com [216.115.104.99]
12 65 ms 66 ms 66 ms te-9-1.bas-c2.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.193.11]
13 64 ms 64 ms 64 ms f1.www.vip.mud.yahoo.com [209.191.93.52]

Trace complete.

Three larger packets are sent. Each switching station is identified. The times between each station and any packet (*) loss is listed. The only "problems" are the packet loss at hop 5 and the inconsistant times in hop 7; and those are not really bad.

Hop 1 is from my computer to my modem.Hop2 is modem to Qwest DSLAM.
If I had a route,r hop1 would be computer to router, hop 2 router to modem, hop 3 modem to ISP.


Long, but hope it helps.

[Oily]

If you can still connect to the internet then I wouldn't worry about the icon but read on...

If you are using Vista Extreme Edition....then it is a hacked version of Vista and as such there is no way to know what services etc have been removed/added or altered... and so could cause all sorts of problems.

Also I don't think we are allowed to offer help with hacked software,sorry... but you might be safer with a genuine copy of Vista.