I've got a bit of a puzzler on my hands. I'm helping a friend recover from years of neglect on a Toshiba Satellite with a Linksys WPC54GS PCMCIA wireless card.
Even after a repair install of Windows XP Home + SP3 and resetting the winsock entries and the TCP/IP stack I can't get onto the internet. I've disabled the firewall but still no luck.
The funny thing is that when I hooked up the system via ethernet there was no problem after I reset winsock and the TCP/IP stack.
Any help would be deeply appreciated. And the more detailed instructions the better.
As follows is the result of ipconfig /all
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
C:\Documents and Settings\MELODY>ipconfig /all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : PRIBESH
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Wireless-G Notebook Adapter WPC54GS
V2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-14-BF-D4-19-8B
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.117.166
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : ?
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : ?
?
?
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connecti
on
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-39-8E-75-DB
Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : ?
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
C:\Documents and Settings\MELODY>
I also noted the following when I tried to run a diagnostic
< selected entries >
Last diagnostic run time: 07/26/08 12:42:16
WinSock Diagnostic
WinSock status
info
Error attmpting to validate the Winsock base providers: 2
error
Not all base service provider entries could be found in the winsock catalog. A reset is needed.
info
Redirecting user to support call
Network Adapter Diagnostic
Network location detection
info
Using home Internet connection
Network adapter identification
info
Network connection: Name=Wireless Network Connection, Device=Wireless-G Notebook Adapter WPC54GS V2, MediaType=LAN, SubMediaType=WIRELESS
info
Network connection: Name=Local Area Connection, Device=Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connection, MediaType=LAN, SubMediaType=LAN
info
Network connection: Name=Dial-up Connection, Device=TOSHIBA Software Modem, MediaType=PHONE, SubMediaType=NONE
info
Network connection: Name=Broadband Connection, Device=WAN Miniport (PPPOE), MediaType=PPPOE, SubMediaType=NONE
info
Both Ethernet and Wireless connections available, prompting user for selection
action
User input required: Select network connection
info
Wireless connection selected
Network adapter status
info
Network connection status: Connected
HTTP, HTTPS, FTP Diagnostic
HTTP, HTTPS, FTP connectivity
warn
HTTP: Error 12007 connecting to www.microsoft.com: The server name or address could not be resolved
warn
HTTP: Error 12007 connecting to www.hotmail.com: The server name or address could not be resolved
warn
HTTPS: Error 12007 connecting to www.microsoft.com: The server name or address could not be resolved
warn
HTTPS: Error 12007 connecting to www.passport.net: The server name or address could not be resolved
warn
FTP (Passive): Error 12007 connecting to ftp.microsoft.com: The server name or address could not be resolved
warn
FTP (Active): Error 12007 connecting to ftp.microsoft.com: The server name or address could not be resolved
error
Could not make an HTTP connection.
error
Could not make an HTTPS connection.
error
Could not make an FTP connection.
Even after a repair install of Windows XP Home + SP3 and resetting the winsock entries and the TCP/IP stack I can't get onto the internet. I've disabled the firewall but still no luck.
The funny thing is that when I hooked up the system via ethernet there was no problem after I reset winsock and the TCP/IP stack.
Any help would be deeply appreciated. And the more detailed instructions the better.
As follows is the result of ipconfig /all
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
C:\Documents and Settings\MELODY>ipconfig /all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : PRIBESH
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Wireless-G Notebook Adapter WPC54GS
V2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-14-BF-D4-19-8B
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.117.166
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : ?
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : ?
?
?
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connecti
on
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-39-8E-75-DB
Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : ?
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
C:\Documents and Settings\MELODY>
I also noted the following when I tried to run a diagnostic
< selected entries >
Last diagnostic run time: 07/26/08 12:42:16
WinSock Diagnostic
WinSock status
info
Error attmpting to validate the Winsock base providers: 2
error
Not all base service provider entries could be found in the winsock catalog. A reset is needed.
info
Redirecting user to support call
Network Adapter Diagnostic
Network location detection
info
Using home Internet connection
Network adapter identification
info
Network connection: Name=Wireless Network Connection, Device=Wireless-G Notebook Adapter WPC54GS V2, MediaType=LAN, SubMediaType=WIRELESS
info
Network connection: Name=Local Area Connection, Device=Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connection, MediaType=LAN, SubMediaType=LAN
info
Network connection: Name=Dial-up Connection, Device=TOSHIBA Software Modem, MediaType=PHONE, SubMediaType=NONE
info
Network connection: Name=Broadband Connection, Device=WAN Miniport (PPPOE), MediaType=PPPOE, SubMediaType=NONE
info
Both Ethernet and Wireless connections available, prompting user for selection
action
User input required: Select network connection
info
Wireless connection selected
Network adapter status
info
Network connection status: Connected
HTTP, HTTPS, FTP Diagnostic
HTTP, HTTPS, FTP connectivity
warn
HTTP: Error 12007 connecting to www.microsoft.com: The server name or address could not be resolved
warn
HTTP: Error 12007 connecting to www.hotmail.com: The server name or address could not be resolved
warn
HTTPS: Error 12007 connecting to www.microsoft.com: The server name or address could not be resolved
warn
HTTPS: Error 12007 connecting to www.passport.net: The server name or address could not be resolved
warn
FTP (Passive): Error 12007 connecting to ftp.microsoft.com: The server name or address could not be resolved
warn
FTP (Active): Error 12007 connecting to ftp.microsoft.com: The server name or address could not be resolved
error
Could not make an HTTP connection.
error
Could not make an HTTPS connection.
error
Could not make an FTP connection.