Solved: Very strange network problem

i am not really sure what the problem is, i am on my wireless network now using my laptop, but my computer cannot connect (wired or wireless) it was working 4 hours ago i cannot connect to my wireless router via 192.168.2.1 either, any help would be appreciated.

 

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

Name of your ISP (Internet Service Provider).
Make and exact model of the broadband modem.
Make and exact model and hardware version of the router (if a separate unit).
Model numbers can usually be obtained from the label on the device.
Connection type, wired or wireless.
If wireless, encryption used, (none, WEP, WPA, or WPA2)
Version and patch level of Windows on all affected machines, i.e. XP (Home or Pro), SP1-SP2-SP3, Vista (Home, Business, Ultimate), etc.
The Internet Browser in use, IE, Firefox, Opera, etc.




Please give an exact description of your problem symptoms, including the exact text of any error messages.

• If you're using a wireless connection, have you tried a direct connection with a cable to see if that changes the symptoms?
• For wireless issues, have you disabled all encryption on the router to see if you can connect that way?
• Have you connected directly to the broadband modem to see if this is a router or modem/ISP issue?
• If there are other computers on the same network, are they experiencing the same issue, or do they function normally?

On any affected computer, I'd also like to see this:

Hold the Windows key and press R, then type CMD (COMMAND for W98/WME) to open a command prompt:

Type the following commands:

PING 206.190.60.37

PING yahoo.com

NBTSTAT -n

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.

 

First of all, thank you for trying to help me
My ISP is Virgin Media
I could not find much infomation on the cable box, only the name - Scientific Atlanta
This wireless router is a Wireless G Plus MIMO Router Belkin (model number f5d9230-4)
I switch between wired and wireless occasionally.

There was wireless encryption but when things started to go wrong, i panicked and resetted the router and this is where more serious issues occured. I believe it was WEP.
The desktop is Xp SP2 and the laptop is Vista home premium
I use firefox on both machines

1) yes i have, the problem still arises
2) i believe i have because i resetted the router but i could be wrong.
3) i cannot do this, i think it's because we use a cable connection
4) yes my laptop also has this problem

Ping status:

Pinging 206.190.60.37 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 206.190.60.37:
Packets Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100 loss),

ping yahoo.com
Ping request could not find host yahoo.com. Please check the name and try again.

nbtstat -n

Local Area Connection:
Node IpAddress: [0.0.0.0] Scope Id: []
No names in cache

Wireless Network Connection: Node IpAddress: [169.254.199.125] Scope Id: []

NetBOPS Local Name Table

PC (00) UNIQUE Registered
Workgroup (00) GROUP Registered
PC (20) UNIQUE Registered

All of ping status and nbtstat -n status came from the laptop (which is now not connecting to the internet)

Now for the symptoms
i cannot connect to the wireless router control panel from either machine
on the laptop i always get the Internet disconnected balloon pop up every 5 minutes or so.

And a new symptom, as soon as i turned my desktop on to check if everything was ok the laptop disconnected the same time the desktop connected.
and on the desktop i cannot renew the ip address when i click repair.

 

yes it is, but i don't believe that is the problem
and something else, when trying to connect to the wireless on my laptop i get this error
The connection to "name of network" was cancelled
this might be due to timeout or other user action
but i am connected to the wireless on my computer right now, i just cannot connect both at the same time

 

the desktop that can currently connect:


Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : your-718bgah9w9
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : SiS 900-Based PCI Fast Ethernet Adap
ter #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-04-61-6C-7D-F3
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 82.34.235.80
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 82.34.235.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 195.188.52.61
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 194.168.4.100
194.168.8.100
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 30 September 2008 16:24:18
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 05 October 2008 23:42:28

 

and the laptop that currently cannot connect:


Windows IP Configuration

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

Wireless LAN adapter WirelessNetwork Connection

Media state: media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS suffix:
Description: Atheros AR5007EG Wireless Network Adapter

Physical address: 00-1F-3A-08-CF-04
DHCP Enabled : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Connection-specific DNS suffix:
Description: Microsoft ISATAP adapter
Physical Address: 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP enabled: No
Autoconfiguration Enabled: Yes
Default gateway:
NetBIOS over Tcpip: Disabled

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

 

You appear to have the modem cable connected to a LAN/Network port on the router, not the WAN/Internet port where it should be connected. Fix that and restart ALL the devices, modem, router, then reboot the systems, I think you'll make more progress.

 

nothing changed, i'm still having problems

 

I did all of that when things started to mess up yesterday.

when i did this, i could no longer connect to "192.168.2.1" that was where i had access to my routers control panel, but now i get "The operation timed out when attempting to contact 192.168.2.1." display page.

 

ok thanks for your help, i'll try the disk that came with it, if no luck i'll just buy a new router.