Solved Wireless connectivity problem !, Please Help

[bydejavuu]

My computer as of about a week ago has been having problems connecting to my router, it will still connect on occasion but if it does internet speed is slow and it will not stay connected for long and drops out, when i run trouble shoot network problems it tells me both of these errors are detected "problem with wireless adapter or access point" and "wireless network connection doesn't have a valid ip". please help it would be much appreciated

 

[aem]

The symptom is like that of Limited or No Connectivity. Without going around the bush, can you provide details of your ipconfig /all?

 

[bydejavuu]

yeah i will provide the details soon, im at school at the moment.

 

[bydejavuu]

Ok this is what ive gotten from typing ipconfig / all
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Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\user>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : user-PC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 50-E5-49-5F-1B-BA
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WNDA3100v2 - RangeMax Dual Band Wireless-
N USB Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 30-46-9A-33-94-BA
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::b426:74fc:362d:ead4%11(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.11.66(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, 19 October 2011 4:28:52 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Friday, 21 October 2011 4:28:52 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.11.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 321930906
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-14-49-90-4D-00-25-22-5D-99-07

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.11.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter isatap.{4D1CE204-B7A4-447D-852D-B8A0078935F3}:

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.{20BA631D-8E08-4A38-B75D-C288F65DC637}:

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

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 17:

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.{98F9C08B-772B-4FB5-885D-E90FCFEEEF22}:

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

C:\Users\user>

C:\Users\user>

C:\Users\user>

 

[aem]

Looks like your DNS server ip is not correct. Your ISP should feed the DNS ips automatically and this is not the case. That 192.168.1.1 is your router's ip which is your gateway ip. Unless some settings has been implemented by your ISP you will not be able to get out to the internet.

Are you doing the ipconfig from when it's all working?

 

[bydejavuu]

well this line is from when its conneted, its connected now through luck here :

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

C:\Users\user>ipconfig / all

Error: unrecognized or incomplete command line.

USAGE:
ipconfig [/allcompartments] [/? | /all |
/renew [adapter] | /release [adapter] |
/renew6 [adapter] | /release6 [adapter] |
/flushdns | /displaydns | /registerdns |
/showclassid adapter |
/setclassid adapter [classid] |
/showclassid6 adapter |
/setclassid6 adapter [classid] ]

where
adapter Connection name
(wildcard characters * and ? allowed, see examples)

Options:
/? Display this help message
/all Display full configuration information.
/release Release the IPv4 address for the specified adapter.
/release6 Release the IPv6 address for the specified adapter.
/renew Renew the IPv4 address for the specified adapter.
/renew6 Renew the IPv6 address for the specified adapter.
/flushdns Purges the DNS Resolver cache.
/registerdns Refreshes all DHCP leases and re-registers DNS names
/displaydns Display the contents of the DNS Resolver Cache.
/showclassid Displays all the dhcp class IDs allowed for adapter.
/setclassid Modifies the dhcp class id.
/showclassid6 Displays all the IPv6 DHCP class IDs allowed for adapter
.
/setclassid6 Modifies the IPv6 DHCP class id.


The default is to display only the IP address, subnet mask and
default gateway for each adapter bound to TCP/IP.

For Release and Renew, if no adapter name is specified, then the IP address
leases for all adapters bound to TCP/IP will be released or renewed.

For Setclassid and Setclassid6, if no ClassId is specified, then the ClassId is
removed.

Examples:
> ipconfig ... Show information
> ipconfig /all ... Show detailed information
> ipconfig /renew ... renew all adapters
> ipconfig /renew EL* ... renew any connection that has its
name starting with EL
> ipconfig /release *Con* ... release all matching connections,
eg. "Local Area Connection 1" or
"Local Area Connection 2"
> ipconfig /allcompartments ... Show information about all
compartments
> ipconfig /allcompartments /all ... Show detailed information about all
compartments

C:\Users\user>

 

[bydejavuu]

Im sorry the above thread is inncorrect here it is

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

C:\Users\user>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : user-PC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 50-E5-49-5F-1B-BA
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WNDA3100v2 - RangeMax Dual Band Wireless-
N USB Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 30-46-9A-33-94-BA
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::b426:74fc:362d:ead4%11(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.11.66(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, 19 October 2011 4:28:52 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Friday, 21 October 2011 4:28:51 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.11.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.11.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 321930906
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-14-49-90-4D-00-25-22-5D-99-07

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.11.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter isatap.{4D1CE204-B7A4-447D-852D-B8A0078935F3}:

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.{20BA631D-8E08-4A38-B75D-C288F65DC637}:

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

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 17:

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.{98F9C08B-772B-4FB5-885D-E90FCFEEEF22}:

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

C:\Users\user>

 

[aem]

Just realized you are using this as your wireless connection.

WNDA3100v2 - RangeMax Dual Band Wireless-N USB Adapter.

Does the usb dongle come with a configuration software that you use to change settings. you might need to look it up cos your DNS setting might be the cause.

 

[bydejavuu]

yes it does come with a software called "Netgear wnda3100v2 smart wizard ", and do you want me to post my dns settings if i am able to find them ( i have no clue what dns means )

 

[aem]

Whether you are able to connect to the internet is largely depending on the DNS. Check in the Security section that you have selected the type of security that matches your wifi security for the router. Sometimes you think it's correctly set it might not be and drop outs can occur because of this.

ISP Modem --(DHCP)-- > Router----SSID/Security----> your pc.

Do you have another machine (laptop) that has built in wifi adapter that you could test the network with?

 

[bydejavuu]

ok well, i have a "buffalo router" and it says on the front box Enhanced multiple Security management (AES,TKIP,WEP), and no i dont have another laptop connected to the network, i do have about 3 ipod touches hooked up the the network, and all seem to be running alright, although the connection was alot quicker on the ipods (loading videos etc.) before i started having these problems with my connection on this computer, im starting to think it is a problem with the router :/

 

[bydejavuu]

ok im going to sum it up easily what im trying to say, pretty much what ever i connect to the wireless router either has incredible low speed or it drops out, my xbox used to connect to my router wirelessly, then it stopped, then a week later im having this problem with my computer

 

[aem]

The other factor could be inteferences causing dropouts. But yeh if you can't figure it out i'd say time for new hardware.

 

[bydejavuu]

thanks mate ill replace my router and wireless adapter, but would recoment a onboard pci adapter rather than a usb adapter?

 

[aem]

I fancy onboard/built-in definately. Where possible i always avoid using third party software too, just to eliminate any possibilities of conflicts. If you have money invest in a laptop for wireless connection and have your Pc as wired. G' luck with it

 

[bydejavuu]

thanks mate