IPCONFIG says media disconnected

[maddyken]

Please someone help. Tried ipconfig but it says cannot complete any operation while WLAN media is disconnected. Tries ipconfig /release, renew. Still nothing. Any help apprecciated. Thanks!

 

[zigzag3143]

Please someone help. Tried ipconfig but it says cannot complete any operation while WLAN media is disconnected. Tries ipconfig /release, renew. Still nothing. Any help apprecciated. Thanks!

What were you trying to do by using ipconfig?

 

[maddyken]

set up wireless networl for this laptop

When I try to setup a wireless connection the wizard doesn't show anything. ipconfig said media disconnected for connection 1 and 2. Now is says:

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : iGeek-PC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection :
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 06-17-C4-E7-79-F3
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Atheros AR5B93 Wireless Network Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-17-C4-E7-79-F3
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::c8aa:72e4:df1c:bec%11(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.109(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, January 16, 2012 3:02:08 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, January 17, 2012 3:02:07 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 184555460
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-16-15-52-AE-00-17-C4-E7-79-F3
I still son't know what to do.

 

[Ztruker]

It looks like you have a good ip address though: IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.109(Preferred)

What happens if you ping 192.168.1.1 which should be your router address.

My router address is 192.168.2.1 and this is what I get:

>ping 192.168.2.1

Pinging 192.168.2.1 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.2.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.2.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.2.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.2.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64

Ping statistics for 192.168.2.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 1ms, Maximum = 1ms, Average = 1ms

Several possible fixes listed here: Media State Disconnected
Google has a lot more here: media state media disconnected