Wireless Problems

[Pageman]

Dell Studio 1555 with 64 bit Windows 7

Spent 6 hours with tech today trying to work out wireless problem. Just bought computer ten days ago and haven't been able to connect to any router, including the open source at the local Panera Bread shop. Sees the network, won't connect. Is there possibly just a connectivity problem with Windows 7 64 bit not being widely used at this point? I am beginning to wonder if most routers simply are not being updated to work with the new OS. I have already updated the firmware on my router (Westell 327W) but nothing. The tech also tried all the things previously suggested in these posts. I just want to send it back to Dell at this point....

 

[Skibumtx]

All,
As much as I feel sorry for everyone buying new laptops and having wireless problems I do see a possible silver lining. Maybe if Dell, HP, Lenovo, Toshiba tech support gets swamped with calls and returns Microsoft will get off it's hands and FIX this issue.

Ski

 

[Pageman]

Wireless Problems with Windows 7

Doing my best to get the word out there. I hope there is something that can be done. I find it hard to believe that I have had three techs spend over eight hours trying to get my new Dell Studio 1555 with Windows 7 to connect to a wireless router!!! This is progress?

 

[mathieupeters]

Coincidence! I've got a brand new Dell Studio 1555 as well (with intel 5100 wifi adapter). Didn't have any problem connection it to my router, wifi internet works like a charm. But unfortunately i've got big problems with networking and filesharing. Terrible speeds (nowhere near wifi b/g, i'm talking 84kbs while transferring a 1,5 gb file), connection drops and bumps etc. I'm still figuring out if the problem is Windows 7, the 64 bits or my new router. I'll let you know as soon as i find out what's wrong.

 

[markdd2404]

Cant get my wireless to work

I've just been talking to both microsoft and my ISP trying to resolve my problems with connecting to my wireless, neither has the answer, Microsoft say my computer is configured fine, ISP says my connection is fine.

Was just reading the comments/advice on here, haven't tried any of it yet but will do, recently had a new computer using Linksys WUSB600N adapter and trying to connect to BT Home hub V1.5 wirelessly, used to work fine on my old computer with XP and works fine when i had it in the room with the router connected with ethernet cable.

I've had problems with the Homehub before, i think its pretty useless, wondering if anyone knew any specific problems with compatibility or anything before i tried to other advice ?

 

[Storm faction]

I recently upgraded to Win 7, and at first everything with my wireless connection was fine, but recently, my connection has been very twitchy. It stays at a consistent 3-4 bars, but for increasingly long periods of time, no data is being transferred. I've also tried most of the things suggested here, but nothing really improved. What's going on? (i'll get system specs if you need em)

 

[dra5017]

TO EVERYONE WHO WAS HAVING INTERMITTENT CONNECTION PROBLEMS: I believe I have found the solution, at least for those of us with REALTEK adapters. I was running windows 7 64 bit with a realtek 8185L adapter. Windows 7 indicated that this driver was UP TO DATE in the adapter properties window when I selected "Configure->Driver->Update driver" THIS WAS NOT THE CASE. I went to the realtek support website for my adapter (Realtek) and downloaded the windows 7 driver package. I've installed and everything has worked fine since then. I hope this helps!

 

[mbooth]

I am having a slightly different issue, I can see the networks with a newly installed gigabyte gn-wp01gs pci wlan card but windows cannot connect to any of them including the unsecured one and the one I have a key on, I have attached the ipconfig, the driver details and the router details, does anyone have an idea of how to deal with the issue, I have messed with ipv6, static ip address, new drivers, removing and re-adding the network disabled firewall. The computer will not say anything different all it will show is 'windows was unable to connect to ...' when I have another pc connecting with the exact same network settings that were loaded on a flash drive and then transferred over

 

[hungdaemon]

Cross-over cable solution

NOVEMBER 2005 Use a cross-over cable!!!

Backdrop....What a roller-coaster ride! My initial Netgear G router would crash continually once I hooked up my new Dell Inspiron 15 running Windows 7. It would even kill the hard-wired connection to a PC I have. A hard reset was required every time. After doing some research, all signs pointed to 'non-supported router' so I bought a Belkin N router.

I literally replaced the router (didn't swap out cat5 cables) and the craziest thing kept happening. At first glance, it worked just fine. I was able to configure my wireless connection no problem. After using it for a while, or after waking the laptop up from sleep mode, the connection no longer worked. It didn't even pick up on the broadcasted SSID. Although this time, the PC still worked. No changes on the NIC made a difference. But after troubleshooting this for days, I saw a pattern in the wireless connectivity. When the wireless connection died, I would go to the PC and fire up a browser (which still worked). After which, the wireless connection light on the router would turn on and the laptop was connecting again just fine. I could reproduce this error every single time! Further, when both machines were connected, if I unplugged the hardwired computer from the back of the Belkin, the wireless connection would drop.

Long story short, I went into the Belkin packaging and replaced my current cat5 with the one supplied by Belkin. Sure enough, it worked! It required a cross-over cable!

I don't know if this is true of all wireless routers, but if you are not using a cross-over cable, try it! It has worked for me![FONT=&quot][/FONT]

 

[Bootz]

Good to hear you got it solved. Just for the record your right in that you will need a crossover cable to connect "unlike devices" such as computer to router. Strait-through cables are used to connect "like devices" or router to router.

 

[jt975]

More info on windows 7 wireless internet problem.

Several people have ponted out that under windows 7 they cannot access the internet wirelessly. I have the same problem. But I have some additional information.
1 - My wireless connection itself works fine. I can access all of the computers
in my hourse wirelessly.
2 - I can ping yahoo by its ip address. So my internet connectivity is fine.
3 - But I can't ping yahoo by name.
The problem is that I can't wireless contact the DNS server.
4 - I have tried this on two completely different wireless networks with the
same results.
5 - I have 3 co-workers who also bought the identical computer and OS that
I have. Of the four of us, 2 have the problem and 2 do not.
6 - In the first few days after starting to use windows 7, my wireless connection
worked fine on the internet. Then it suddenly stopped working.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[Oje]

Windows 7 wireless problem solved

This is how I solved the problem regarding wireless problem with Windows 7. It should also work for you.
1. I uninstalled the wireless driver on ma notebook pc (to do this, press windows+Pause keys on ur keyboard to show u ur system properties; you can alternatively do it by right-clicking on the Computer icon on ur desktop. Next select Device manager on the task panel. Once there click on the little arrow on Network adapters to xpand and right-click on ur wireless Network connction (eg. mine shows Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network connection) and select uninstall

2. go to www.intel.com to download thier generic wireless driver for windows 7. Install this driver and restart the pc; it should now work fine (as it did on mine).

if confused about anything reach me at [email protected]

 

[an6el0oo]

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[Oje]

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What's the nature of the problem?

 

[rhythmstick]

I've had the some problem. Can ping public IPs, can even resolve host names. This lead me to believe it was a winsock error. Try this:

open DOS as administrator, and type this command:
netsh winsock reset

reboot your computer.
This solved my problem, however, win7 still seems to be removing my wireless adaptor. ifIi find a fix for that, I'll post it.

 

[YakSipper]

Open the config page for your router, to the WAN tab. Set the preferred or main dns to the one on OpenDNS's page: 208.67.222.222

It will be faster than your ISPs anyhow.

I suspect you may also have the Bonjour service installed. Google for how to completely remove that from the system the proper way, if so. If you have mdnsresponder.exe in the task manager, you have it.

 

[Hyrljudet]

Wireless issues

I´m currently using a rather old laptop from dell but it is still going strong and does the work i need it to do. Upgrading from vista to 7 was the best thing ever. However lately some rather odd things has happened to my wireless connections. First at work the computer had problems with connecting to the wireless network. Changing the wep to wap and turning of the security didn't help. finally a firmware upgrade and a total reset of the router allowed me to access the wireless for a short while. After about a week the problem was back. Now after about 6 months with working wireless connection at home my laptop has the same problems here as well. And the same thing at another old location where it has always worked. The connection is established to the router but connectivity is limited and the connection doesn't have a valid ip-configuration. I´ve deleted and added the connection. Changed the name of the network. Changed channels etc but problem remains.

What is the most odd is that if i go to for example star bucks or any other connection for the first time it works great.

Has anybody experienced the same issue? As it is now Im using a hspda modem in order to connect to the Internet from places where i should be able to use the wireless connections. The routers are well compatible with windows 7 since our other computers are all running on windows 7 and they are having no troubles at all with connectivity.

Grateful for helpful answers

/Kristoffer

 

[i3eanpizza]

Hey guys, new here.. but having similar problems with my new desktop. So i am running window 7 with a belkin wireless adaptor. Unfortunately, my wireless network isnt showing up what-so-ever. I also have 2 other laptop with wireless setup on my router and they work fine (1 laptop on Window 7 and 1 on XP) I've try manually setting up the wireless and have no luck. Also, i dont see my wireless network on the "Available wireless network". can someone help me on this? Thanks!

 

[i3eanpizza]

PS: my router is netgear.

 

[Suring]

Ok i have done all of the above, but after 5 minutes problem persist! I am connected on a wlan network, its open, signal is maxed out, i have Edimax 150Mbps Wireless 802.11b/g/n USB Adapter, model EW-7711USn.
I have done every step from above and still no luck!

Before 2 days i installed dual XP enterprise x64 and its working like a charm, that wlan connection is working perfectly! When i try to connect it on win 7 i need to wait 5 mins for connection and than 5 mins that it let me on internet and again i get 5 mins of opening every page on mozilla or on iExplorer or any other browser.

I was looking on some other forums and i see lots of people have the same issue with wireless and windows 7... i dont know if win7 x86 have the same issues but i dont wanna buy pirated software and i have latest updates from microsoft... on other forums i was reading that Computer Browser on services is making problems with wireless but its never on, that process is never running even its on automatic... any help would be great or i need to dump win 7 and go on XP?! Win 7 is beautiful OS, and its so easy, my PC run so smooth with it and i can play any king of game on it with max-out gfx... it would be a shame that i need to delete it just becuase i cant use wlan on it