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From: Al-hphdx on 18 Jan 2010 14:46 I've had this problem when the signal was weak. Connect ok, but no internet. Can you get online with a cat5 cable? Al "jinxy" <willandsue(a)rogers.com> wrote in message news:021996e2-ccb3-44d7-9d03-3fadb7ba6216(a)k17g2000vbm.googlegroups.com... On Jan 17, 7:59 pm, Paul <nos...(a)needed.com> wrote: > jinxy wrote: > > On Jan 16, 10:20 pm, Mike Easter <Mi...(a)ster.invalid> wrote: > >> jinxy wrote: > >>> Mike Easter > >>>> LG has Marvell LAN drivers at their site for the onboard LAN for > >>>> R405-A.C226E -- but I don't know which sub-R405 model you have > >>>>http://snipr.com/u3uecProductSupport for R405-A.C226E - > >>>> [LAN/XP/Vista] LG Notebook OnBoard Marvell LAN Driver > >>> OS is Vista Home Premium. > >>> The sticker on the underside says-model# LGR40 config-R405- > >>> A and M/N-R405-CPO3A9. > >> It is exceedingly awkward to search for discontinued products at LG > > >> Here is the drivers page for the... > > >> Product Support for R405-A.CP03A9 > > >> notice that is the same as your modelno > > >> (are you working on this problem at all at the LG site?) > > >> Please click this link http://snipr.com/u3vssanddemonstrate that you > >> know what the LG support pages look like. > > >> <snip> > >> [LAN/XP/Vista] LG Notebook OnBoard Marvell LAN Driver > > >> Details for: > >> [LAN/XP/Vista] LG Notebook OnBoard Marvell LAN Driver > >> LAN.zip > >> Download this File > >> Size: 19,754K > >> Operating System(s): Windows XP , Windows Vista > >> Marvell Yukon Ethernet Controller Driver > > >> This is Marvell Yukon Ethernet Controller Driver. > >> Driver Ver. 10.21.5.3 > > >> [ Application model ] > >> . Marvell Ethernet Controller is applied LG Notebook > >> . Windows XP / Vista > > >> [ Caution ] > >> ? LG Electronics recommend to use Windows XP or Vista. > >> Installation Other OS may cause functional problem, and it will not be > >> covered by product warranty. > > >> - If you install this driver to other product, it may cause functional > >> defect, so, please be make sure the "Applied Model". > > >> - Installation process may be different according to user's > >> environment. > > >> [ Installation Process ] > >> 1. Download file. > >> 2. Extract file, and it will make folder. > >> 3. Execute "LAN\\SetupYukonWINC_5X6N.EXE " > >> </snip> > > >> -- > >> Mike Easter > > > I had already obtained that driver from the Marvel site. Installed a > > few days ago. The network controller , under "other devices" seems to > > be the culprit. As far as I can determine it is a Ralink product. > > Still no luck in even finding my network or any others in the area. > > This is starting to become redundant. Frustrated > > -J > > Ralink have drivers here. > > http://www.ralinktech.com/support.php?s=1 > > Paul- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - After spending some time going back and forth with this problem, I decided to start over. I uninstalled the Marvell driver and installed the latest ver.10.70.5.3. When I did this a blue screen appeared, when I rebooted a windows repair open and ran. I guess this was like a "last known good configuration". Now the laptop is finding and connecting to wireless networks. But I am still unable to get online. In Device manager under "Network Adapters" the sub heading "other devices" is gone. " The only conflict is with an 802.11N wireless USB adapter. This device cannot start code 10. It says Arcadyan Tech Corp, driver v 2.1.0.0 . I will see if I can find a driver and try to update. results to follow. -J
From: Mike Easter on 18 Jan 2010 14:50 "jinxy" > After spending some time going back and forth with this problem, I > decided to start over. I uninstalled the Marvell driver and installed > the latest ver.10.70.5.3. When I did this a blue screen appeared, when > I rebooted a windows repair open and ran. I guess this was like a > "last known good configuration". > Now the laptop is finding and > connecting to wireless networks. But I am still unable to get online. OK then. Major step forward. > In Device manager under "Network Adapters" the sub heading "other > devices" is gone. " The only conflict is with an 802.11N wireless USB > adapter. You dont't /have/ such a usb adapter that you have told us anything about. A wireless usb adapter is a gizmo that plugs into one of your usb ports, which is a potential solution if your onboard wireless is broken - a condition we have not established. In that device section, it should have listed the Marvell and whatever is the ethernet wired adapter. In Vista, the name of the place where you can examine your wireless connectivity is Network and sharing center/ which shows a graphical of the connection (which presumably shows the Marvell connecting wirelessly) and the option to select View status and in that section there is a Details button - that information would be most useful here, but unfortunately Vista can't copy it except with a screenshot, so I guess you should jot down the result of these lines: DHCP enabled (yes/no) IPv4 IP address IPv4 DHCP server IPv4 DNS servers -- Mike Easter
From: jinxy on 19 Jan 2010 15:12 On Jan 18, 2:50 pm, "Mike Easter" <Mi...(a)ster.invalid> wrote: > "jinxy" > > > After spending some time going back and forth with this problem, I > > decided to start over. I uninstalled the Marvell driver and installed > > the latest ver.10.70.5.3. When I did this a blue screen appeared, when > > I rebooted a windows repair open and ran. I guess this was like a > > "last known good configuration". > > Now the laptop is finding and > > connecting to wireless networks. But I am still unable to get online. > > OK then. Major step forward. > > > In Device manager under "Network Adapters" the sub heading "other > > devices" is gone. " The only conflict is with an 802.11N wireless USB > > adapter. > > You dont't /have/ such a usb adapter that you have told us anything about.. > > A wireless usb adapter is a gizmo that plugs into one of your usb ports, > which is a potential solution if your onboard wireless is broken - a > condition we have not established. > > In that device section, it should have listed the Marvell and whatever is > the ethernet wired adapter. > > In Vista, the name of the place where you can examine your wireless > connectivity is Network and sharing center/ which shows a graphical of the > connection (which presumably shows the Marvell connecting wirelessly) and > the option to select View status and in that section there is a Details > button - that information would be most useful here, but unfortunately > Vista can't copy it except with a screenshot, so I guess you should jot > down the result of these lines: > > DHCP enabled (yes/no) > IPv4 IP address > IPv4 DHCP server > IPv4 DNS servers > > -- > Mike Easter In device manager here is exactly what is listed, still no conflicts. - Netwok Adapters- >802.11n Wireless LAN card >Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network) #2 >Blutooth Device (RFCOMM Ptotocol TDI) #2 >Generic Marvel Yukon 88E8039 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller Here is the info. from "details" in the Network and Sharing Ctr. DHCP is Enabled Ipv4 IP Adress 192.168.1.106 IPv4 DHCP server 192.168.1.1 IPv4 DNS servers 64.71.225.198 Hope this helps solve the mystery. -J
From: Mike Easter on 19 Jan 2010 17:10 jinxy wrote: > "Mike Easter" >> In that device section, it should have listed the Marvell and whatever is >> the ethernet wired adapter. > In device manager here is exactly what is listed, still no conflicts. > - Netwok Adapters- > >> 802.11n Wireless LAN card >> Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network) #2 >> Blutooth Device (RFCOMM Ptotocol TDI) #2 so you do have bluetooth in your LT. >> Generic Marvel Yukon 88E8039 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller > > Here is the info. from "details" in the Network and Sharing Ctr. > DHCP is Enabled > Ipv4 IP Adress 192.168.1.106 > IPv4 DHCP server 192.168.1.1 > IPv4 DNS servers 64.71.225.198 I don't like that DNS server and I don't know where it came from. The good news in there is that you are accessing the router and getting a translated IP address, that 192.168.1.106 so you are networked. Your connectivity to GG to post here is via a Rogers cable in Ontario, maybe somewhere around Oshawa; but that DNS server is I don't know what. The IP doesn't rDNS, it doesn't show a port 53 which I would expect of a nameserver and it belongs to an outfit called webhosting.net which sounds like it would be in the business of webhosting :-) I can't imagine that rogers cable would assign a nameserver like that. A person can pick any public nameservice they like. When I get my nameservice from my connectivity provider earthlink, I am assigned their nameserver, but I don't like it, so I mostly use the free fast public one of opendns. Google recently started offering a free public dns server at 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 which I assessed with Steve Gibson's dns tool. The google one was faster than earthlink's but slower than open dns. In any case, I don't know where that DNS you have came from. If it was assigned by the cableco, I don't know why. Or maybe you are accessing GG googlegroups via some other connectivity than the laptop's router is on -- but I still don't understand the DNS picture. What can you tell us? If you don't know; I would just fix it. On my network, I can configure to get my DNS from my gateway and I can configure my router to get the dns however I like, such as earthlink's or opendns or google's. -- Mike Easter
From: jinxy on 19 Jan 2010 18:07
On Jan 19, 5:10 pm, Mike Easter <Mi...(a)ster.invalid> wrote: > jinxy wrote: > > "Mike Easter" > >> In that device section, it should have listed the Marvell and whatever is > >> the ethernet wired adapter. > > In device manager here is exactly what is listed, still no conflicts. > > - Netwok Adapters- > > >> 802.11n Wireless LAN card > >> Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network) #2 > >> Blutooth Device (RFCOMM Ptotocol TDI) #2 > > so you do have bluetooth in your LT. > > >> Generic Marvel Yukon 88E8039 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller > > > Here is the info. from "details" in the Network and Sharing Ctr. > > DHCP is Enabled > > Ipv4 IP Adress 192.168.1.106 > > IPv4 DHCP server 192.168.1.1 > > IPv4 DNS servers 64.71.225.198 > > I don't like that DNS server and I don't know where it came from. > > The good news in there is that you are accessing the router and getting > a translated IP address, that 192.168.1.106 so you are networked. > > Your connectivity to GG to post here is via a Rogers cable in Ontario, > maybe somewhere around Oshawa; but that DNS server is I don't know > what. The IP doesn't rDNS, it doesn't show a port 53 which I would > expect of a nameserver and it belongs to an outfit called webhosting.net > which sounds like it would be in the business of webhosting :-) > > I can't imagine that rogers cable would assign a nameserver like that. > A person can pick any public nameservice they like. When I get my > nameservice from my connectivity provider earthlink, I am assigned their > nameserver, but I don't like it, so I mostly use the free fast public > one of opendns. > > Google recently started offering a free public dns server at 8.8.8.8 and > 8.8.4.4 which I assessed with Steve Gibson's dns tool. The google one > was faster than earthlink's but slower than open dns. > > In any case, I don't know where that DNS you have came from. If it was > assigned by the cableco, I don't know why. Or maybe you are accessing > GG googlegroups via some other connectivity than the laptop's router is > on -- but I still don't understand the DNS picture. > > What can you tell us? If you don't know; I would just fix it. > > On my network, I can configure to get my DNS from my gateway and I can > configure my router to get the dns however I like, such as earthlink's > or opendns or google's. > > -- > Mike Easter I don't know what to tell you. The owners of the LT run on the Bell network and it won't connect for them and they live in Bancroft Ont. We have 4 LT's running off of our wireless router, plus 3 of the 4 ports are cabled and no one ever complains about connectivity problems. How do I go about fixing it without messing up all of the other units? Down the rabbit hole we go. -J |