Windows 7: Wifi Connection Issue - Not your usual problem

Hi guys,

I'm running Windows 7 Home premium on an ASUS UL30A. When I try to connect to my home wifi the notification area says "Not connected - Connections are Available" even though I can access the net over the wifi. Additionally when I click on the notification I can see the wifi connected but with only "Limited Access".

I've tried everything I can think off and I very close to doing a full clean install.

Here is the output of a ipconfig /all
Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : LAPTOP
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : nsw.bigpond.net.au
System Quarantine State . . . . . : Not Restricted


Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 284:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Atheros AR8132 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller (NDIS 6.20) #285
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-64-B6-0F-00
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection 4:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter #3
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1E-64-19-A6-39
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : nsw.bigpond.net.au
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) WiFi Link 1000 BGN
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1E-64-19-A6-38
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::a0d9:16ac:62e:c31b%329(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.3(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, 11 February 2012 4:26:39 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, 12 February 2012 4:26:39 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 1224744548
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-12-74-07-2F-90-E6-BA-81-B4-8C
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 61.9.195.193
61.9.194.49
61.9.195.193
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 33:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.{7BD30F61-72C6-443D-BBFE-5C62DA605962}:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.nsw.bigpond.net.au:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #3
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Reusable ISATAP Interface {A91C4677-7B9D-42B8-A279-7FC311A4BD2F}:



Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : nsw.bigpond.net.au
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #5
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.{5F30F7FA-F57A-484D-902F-9052AD4A702A}:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #6
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes


Anyone know what is going on?

Update the LAN driver, if you haven't already. Also, for what ever reason, some wifi devices just loose connection and a hard reset of the router is needed. Worth a shot.

Drivers had all been updated and had numerous re-boots of both router and laptop.

I ended up finding a fix which required running the following commands

winmgmt /verifyrepository

winmgmt /salvagerepository


After a reboot all worked fine and I now have the notification showing the signal strength as it should and indicating a full connection.

Glad you got a fix for it. May I ask where you found that info from. If you could post a link to that info for future references for others that might have this problem.