Wireless Adapter Problem? Can't hold connection

A couple days ago while my laptop would say I was connected to my network and had Internet access I couldn't even ping Google, even though I had been using Internet for the past hour or so. My roommate and my phone have no problem connecting to the Internet, it only seems to be my laptop. It's been on and off but it's getting worse now, I can only access the Internet through a wired connection while my roommate, his phone, and my phone have no difficulties. It says I'm connected with Internet access, but I can't access anything apart from something that's intra-network.


Any suggestions? I feel like it's my wireless adapter (built in) giving me problems, I've tried a system restore to before the problem started, it didn't work. I also uninstalled the adapter from device manager and restarted my laptop so it could install again. It did install again, but there hasn't been a change. I've also tried changing my IP address on the router.


My laptop is an Acer 5741G, the network adapter is a Broadcom 802.11n Network Adapter. The router is a linksys WRT54G v2.0.
Thanks for any suggestions.

2xg said:

Hello ravalos,

You might want to verify if you have the latest driver for your Broadcom WiFi adapter to be found from the Manufacturer's site.

If that didn't help please post an ipconfig /all output for review.

Also, please list all your AV/Firewall/Security Software installed.

Hi 2xg,

Sorry for the delayed reply, since it's been off and on I couldn't really tell if the latest driver had worked till now when I'm at the same problem. Right now it disconnected me from my network and when I try to reconnect it says Windows was unable to. I've restarted as well right now and I can't connect to any wireless network at the moment.

The only Firewall I have is the one that comes with Windows 7, my AV is Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2011.

My ipconfig /all output is as follows:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Ravalos>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Ravalos
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mixed
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection 2:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : F0-7B-CB-22-74-43
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 802.11n Network Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : F0-7B-CB-22-74-43
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetLink (TM) Gigabit Ethernet
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 70-5A-B6-CF-BC-78
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::4566:c8e4:df57:a82e%10(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.108(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : September-29-11 1:33:38 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : September-30-11 1:50:41 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 242244278
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-13-3D-F0-79-70-5A-B6-CF-BC-78

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter isatap.vf.shawcable.net:

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 Reusable ISATAP Interface {B3CA6DB3-389F-44C0-8383-21CA40E7F904}:


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 Local Area Connection* 11:

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. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:4137:9e76:20b1:d26:e709:f15c(Prefe
rred)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::20b1:d26:e709:f15c%22(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter isatap.{EB112CCF-0FE6-4CBF-A8E5-30033E1DEC24}:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #11
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Reusable ISATAP Interface {27591E5D-D585-457C-9E26-37A64686C823}:


Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #4
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Reusable ISATAP Interface {B5A27842-BAC4-4B0A-919D-8F0E64A8E910}:


Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #9
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.{1C48EF26-6DA9-4916-81BB-75609E972A9E}:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #8
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.{C4A45463-C1F9-41EB-A3A1-B02CCD2AF28F}:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #12
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.{037C3988-F9DE-474C-9699-6ADB32526283}:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes


Thanks