This is my first forum post and I'm not a computer expert by any means, so I hope I'm including all the necessary information.
For the past several months, I've had a spotty wireless connection at home. There were times it worked and times it didn't. Now, it won't work at all. Each time I try to load a page, I get the page could not load because DNS lookup failed. I've tried all of the suggested fixes included in the error message. None worked. I've looked at multiple forums and tried everything from updating my drivers, to purging my cache, to switching wireless routers, to deleting AVG. Nothing has worked.
My wife's computer and tv are both connected wirelessly to same network with no problems, and my computer connection works fine at work. There just seems to be a problem with my computer and the home network. After running the ipconfig /all, it appears to my uninformed mind that the problem is there is no default gateway? Problem occurs when using either Chrome or IE. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Specs:
Dell Inspirion 1545
Vista 64bit
Service Pack 2
Was running AVG (about to reload)
Firewall Disabled
WPA security
ipconfig /all:
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : BLC-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 . . . . . . . . . . . : Dell Wireless 1397 WLAN Mini-Card
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-22-5F-8E-02-3B
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::4cf2:4a81:ab52:da56%12(Preferred)
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.218.86(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-23-AE-31-73-59
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{E41DAA87-253E-494B-80C6-4EDC7F9AA6AD}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:
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
Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 11:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{F98CC25B-C91A-4BF4-A0BE-093F1902DFB5}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Ping Tests: (unable to complete first test as no gateway noted above)
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6001]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\BLC>ping google.com
Ping request could not find host google.com. Please check the name and try again
.
C:\Users\BLC>ping 209.183.226.152
Pinging 209.183.226.152 with 32 bytes of data:
PING: transmit failed, error code 1231.
PING: transmit failed, error code 1231.
PING: transmit failed, error code 1231.
PING: transmit failed, error code 1231.
Ping statistics for 209.183.226.152:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),
C:\Users\BLC>
For the past several months, I've had a spotty wireless connection at home. There were times it worked and times it didn't. Now, it won't work at all. Each time I try to load a page, I get the page could not load because DNS lookup failed. I've tried all of the suggested fixes included in the error message. None worked. I've looked at multiple forums and tried everything from updating my drivers, to purging my cache, to switching wireless routers, to deleting AVG. Nothing has worked.
My wife's computer and tv are both connected wirelessly to same network with no problems, and my computer connection works fine at work. There just seems to be a problem with my computer and the home network. After running the ipconfig /all, it appears to my uninformed mind that the problem is there is no default gateway? Problem occurs when using either Chrome or IE. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Specs:
Dell Inspirion 1545
Vista 64bit
Service Pack 2
Was running AVG (about to reload)
Firewall Disabled
WPA security
ipconfig /all:
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : BLC-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 . . . . . . . . . . . : Dell Wireless 1397 WLAN Mini-Card
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-22-5F-8E-02-3B
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::4cf2:4a81:ab52:da56%12(Preferred)
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.218.86(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-23-AE-31-73-59
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{E41DAA87-253E-494B-80C6-4EDC7F9AA6AD}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:
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
Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 11:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{F98CC25B-C91A-4BF4-A0BE-093F1902DFB5}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Ping Tests: (unable to complete first test as no gateway noted above)
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6001]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\BLC>ping google.com
Ping request could not find host google.com. Please check the name and try again
.
C:\Users\BLC>ping 209.183.226.152
Pinging 209.183.226.152 with 32 bytes of data:
PING: transmit failed, error code 1231.
PING: transmit failed, error code 1231.
PING: transmit failed, error code 1231.
PING: transmit failed, error code 1231.
Ping statistics for 209.183.226.152:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),
C:\Users\BLC>