Can't connect to internet.

[Matt]

Today I successfully installed Windows 7 Beta. However it is not being very kind to me in terms of connecting to the internet.

I am trying to connect to a wireless network in my home. I have a Linksys WMP54G v4 wireless PCI adapter. It recognizes it and says that the drivers are updated, but will not allow me to connect to the internet. My computer running on Windows Vista connects just fine to this network.

Does anyone possibly know a way to fix this?

 

[Gink]

I was having a similar problem. What I did was went on another computer, downloaded my mb's drivers onto my flash drive, then ran the driver's setup in emulation mode. I had to do this because 7 wouldn't read my driver.

If you're not sure how to do this:

Right Click on Flash Drive, click properties, go to Compatability tab, the check the box that says "Run this program in compatability mode for:" then pick an OS. That should solve your problems. Good luck!

 

[cgazsc]

Internal setting wrong?

I have a similar problem, but it's definitely not driver related. I have two user accounts, administrator and user with admin auth. When I log on as user, I can't connect to the Internet, although the adapter and all TCP/IP setting are correct. I even have an IP address and everything is "working properly". If I logon as administrator, I can connect to the web and all is well. I've tried disabling the firewall and all security settings that might have something to do with the problem, but nothing works.

It must be some setting in the user account but I am unable to figure it out. Not being very familar with either Vista or Windows 7 doesn't help, but I'm very Windows literate. I'll keep plugging at it but if anyone can give me a shortcut, it would be kindly appreciated!

 

[danielkh]

I have a similar issue. I got 7 loaded, everything was fine, internet was fine. I tried loading Virtual Clonedrive, which proceded to wipe out all my previous restore points. Then the computer wouldn't shut down. Took awhile figuring out what driver had to be removed in order to remove the clone scsi drivers (trying to uninstall or remove the driver through device manager just locked everything up).

Anyway, after I finally got everything back to working, I could no longer get on the internet. I'm running win7 and xp on the same machine (separate harddrives) and when I switch over to the XP drive everything is fine. Now here is the kicker...

Everything else talks to the internet. Upgrade, virus programs, media center, they all work, so the driver is good. Only Explorer doesn't work. I've checked parental controls and they are turned off, so I'm at a loss also.

 

[maccamac]

Again similar problems here -

I have just changed my router (my netgear failed) so after the change i can get local network only and not internet - unless I use the laptop (also on win7) and connect wirelessly - if i connect the ethernet bye bye internet.

 

[Matt]

Hey Glick, thanks for the help but I still can't figure it out. Where do I get the driver for this, and do I install it to the flash drive? I am confused. Thanks for the support.

 

[cgazsc]

I have solved my problem connecting to the Internet by going to the Security tab in IE8 and lowering its' slider to the bottom. Now I can connect. Avira still can't get updates but that may be a different problem.

 

[omar]

Check solution @ the below thread. It might work
Possible solution for unidentified network access

 

[sparkythelizard]

When i try to set up a connection - all i get is the broadband connection. It asks for my user name and password, which i never have to fill in on my xp, and on the xp its a LAN connection which is always on, so i dont understand. My router is a Netgear DG834G V2. I tried searching for drivers but couldnt find the right ones. HELP

 

[Orbital Shark]

Hi sparky, welcome to the forums.

ou might want to check 'Device Manager' and see if any devices are showing with a yellow exclaimation mark (lan devices). If so you will need to download the drivers from the manufacturer or right-click the devices & choose 'Update drivers software'

Hope this helps



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[sparkythelizard]

Ok thanks orbital! i'll give that a go. One more little detail - may be because i dont have the drivers or something, but on ipconfig, it says:

Ethernet Adapter - Local area connection
Media state. . . . . . . . . . . Media Disconnected

Tunnel adapter Isator (something something something
Media State. . . . . . . . . . . Media Disconnected

 

[sparkythelizard]

Ok i found out what the problem was! yay lol. My computer has 2 ethernet ports, a Realtek one, and this other one. The realtek one didnt work on xp for some reason, so i was using the other one, but the other one doesnt work on windows 7, but the realtek one does! lol random, but it works !!!!!!!!!

 

[donmorley]

I have solved my problem connecting to the Internet by going to the Security tab in IE8 and lowering its' slider to the bottom. Now I can connect. Avira still can't get updates but that may be a different problem.

just tried this and it worked also then reset back to default level but unticked the "enable protected mode" and now all is working

 

[bobj]

While on your admin account, which connects, you might try installing Firefox browser, and seeing it it then works on your user account. You will then be certain the problem is with your ie8 settings

 

[solonharitage]

I'm having problem connecting to internet with my new instalation of windows 7 Ultimate 64bit too.
Here my home network map: my pc(192.168.1.252 255.255.255.0(static), gateway and DNS is 192.168.1.254) connect by wire to a WRT-54GS wireless router running dd-wrt firmware(192.168.1.253 255.255.255.0),this router forms a wireless bridge with a 2wire wireless broadband modem(192.168.1.254 255.255.255.0) to connect to the internet

the WRT-54GS config is ip 192.168.1.252 255.255.255.0
-Gateway 192.168.1.254
-DNS 192.168.1.254

(1)Ping from my pc to the router WRT-54GS is ok
(2)Ping from router WRT-54GS to 2WIRE is ok
(3)Ping from PC to 2WIRE failed
i try change MAC address of my NIC,(3) ping ok but after 3 sec it failed again
Turn off firewall samething after 3 sec ping failed again

The same setting under windows Vista work fine, my other laptop can til connect wirelessly to the 2WIRE router and surf the web alright, from router WRT-54GS ping google.com ok.
Thx for help, if you need any more infomation i ll provide

 

[donfrench]

My solution was different

I couldn't connect my new W7 machine to my wireless router, like many others posting on this thread. But my solution was to change my router's settings, ever so slightly. My router was set up to use WEP security using a Shared Key. No matter what I did to make my W7 machine match these settings, nothing worked. I finally had to change the router setting from Shared Key to Automatic. Voila! Now it works.

 

[walt269]

Can't Connect to Internet Win7

All I did was uninstall Norton Anti Virus and was able to connect.
Done

 

[Amundtech]

Had this problem after I upgraded a clients HP Pavilion DV7 with Realtek NIC to Windows 7 from Vista.

Ran the Norton Removal Tool to fix the problem.

Download and run the Norton Removal Tool to remove your Norton 2006 product or later version

Reboot after running the tool!

Norton products = EPIC FAIL!

 

[sardonix]

IE for windows 7 can't connect

I have a new pc with windows 7 installed which has been working fine for about two months but starting yesterday IE displays the Connecting... message but never connects to the internet. After several minutes I have to click the X icon to close out at which point I get the Internet Explorer is not responding message.

Anyone have any idea what's wrong with it? I'd download a new version of IE but can't seem to find a place where I can do that.

Thanks in advance,

D.R.

 

[dixon26]

i know the trick
I.Restart Your PC
1.turn on your pc
2.connect to internet
3.then restart your pc
II. Connect first
1.connect to the internet first
2.wait all lamp in modem on
3.Turn on Your PC
i hope it working