Suddenly No Connections Available

I've been running Windows 7 and connecting to my wireless router for a few months with absolutely no problems at all. Suddenly a couple of days ago the wireless stopped working and it can't see any connections. There used to be a few it could see, but now not even one!

I know the router is ok because I can access it wirelessly with my iPhone. I also know the hardware is ok on the laptop because I swapped the hard drive with an old XP one and the wireless worked perfectly.

What else I've checked/done...
Checked the wireless card is on at the switch and the Tosh function key setting
Checked the adapter is enabled
Checked the device...Windows says its working normally
Updated the adapter drivers
Looked at any Windows updates, there didn't appear to be any at that time that could be causing problems
Switched off the firewall/virus checker
Ran a malware and virus scan.
Logged on as a different user
...none of which have sorted it.

Any suggestions? My next step is to rebuild from scratch, but I'm obviously keen to avoid this if possible.

I'm running a Toshiba A210 with Atheros AR5007EG Wireless Network Adapter.

paghef said:

I've been running Windows 7 and connecting to my wireless router for a few months with absolutely no problems at all. Suddenly a couple of days ago the wireless stopped working and it can't see any connections. There used to be a few it could see, but now not even one!

I know the router is ok because I can access it wirelessly with my iPhone. I also know the hardware is ok on the laptop because I swapped the hard drive with an old XP one and the wireless worked perfectly.

What else I've checked/done...
Checked the wireless card is on at the switch and the Tosh function key setting
Checked the adapter is enabled
Checked the device...Windows says its working normally
Updated the adapter drivers
Looked at any Windows updates, there didn't appear to be any at that time that could be causing problems
Switched off the firewall/virus checker
Ran a malware and virus scan.
Logged on as a different user
...none of which have sorted it.

Any suggestions? My next step is to rebuild from scratch, but I'm obviously keen to avoid this if possible.

I'm running a Toshiba A210 with Atheros AR5007EG Wireless Network Adapter.

Please type cmd in search>then ipconfig /all. Please upload the output.


Thanks

Ken

zigzag3143 said:

Please type cmd in search>then ipconfig /all. Please upload the output.


Thanks

Ken

Here you go. IP Config output (with the ethernet cable in)...

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : AHB02
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : lan

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : lan
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8101E Family PCI-E Fast Ethern
et NIC (NDIS 6.20)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1B-38-3D-73-B1
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::add2:81a4:41a5:e1ea%11(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.64(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 08 July 2010 23:34:04
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 10 July 2010 08:08:08
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 234887992
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-12-EE-26-CF-00-1B-38-3D-73-B1

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter Reusable ISATAP Interface {8BE85CF8-93AC-4A3C-BAEF-BBFB689ECC0E}:


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

Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

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
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:5ef5:73bc:2076:3ff4:a13c:323(Prefe
rred)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::2076:3ff4:a13c:323%16(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter isatap.lan:

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

Should the wireless card be in here? because it doesn't appear to be!

Thanks for any assistance

Dinesh said:

Do a system restore.

It would appear the only one I have is after the Windows update this morning! Hence after the problem appeared...grrr

Thanks anyway

okayyy i had the same problem just like a moment ago haha.
i seriously tried everything the internet told me. update the drivers or use the command prompt. so the thing that i did and read in this page, was that i went to control panel>system and security>system>device manager
search for network adapters and right clicked atheros ar9285 and click properties.
i uninstalled that and all of the sudden my battery ran out so it reboot or restart, when it restart, my atheros driver re install again and my connection worked again so anyone who reads this should try it i hope it helps good luck