Wireless connection enabled but not connecting
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From: Louis on 11 Apr 2010 10:57 "David Webb" wrote: > You should bring your OS up-to-date before any more trouble-shooting. SP3 > contains many hotfixes for wireless issues. > If your system only has SP1, it must be updated to SP3 in two steps. > > \quote (MS) > To install Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3), either Windows XP Service Pack 1a > (SP1a) or Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) must already be installed. > \end quote > > To obtain SP2: > http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=049C9DBE-3B8E-4F30-8245-9E368D3CDB5A&displaylang=en > > To obtain SP3: > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322389 > > Note: If Internet Explorer has been upgraded, uninstall it prior to installing > any of these updates so that IE6 is restored. You can upgrade again to IE7 or > IE8 after SP3 is stabilized. > > > "Mark" <Mark(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:C3460465-4175-4626-82F8-22DE868F3068(a)microsoft.com... > > I have a Gateway notebook model 6518gz that i wiped the hard drive with > > killdisk and loaded the XP OS from disk (service pack 1). I downloaded all > > the drivers for motherboard, audio, etc. as well as network drivers and > > adapter software. My notebook does detect wireless networks, it allows me to > > configure to them, and connect to them. The icons on the toolbar indicate > > connected to the specific network name and gives excellent signal strength. > > However, in the network connections window, the status is "enabled" and never > > moves on to "connected". A ping to the default gateway IP times out. Prior > > to wiping the disk, the notebook did connect to the network, so i doubt it is > > my card, but i can't come up with anything else to do here. Also, i have > > tried connecting directly to the ethernet DSL cable and that does not work > > either. HELP!!! > > Mark > > > . Hi I have done all of the above (pinged, switched firewall off, SP 3, etc) except I do not know how to “Make sure that the Intel Wireless Utility and Windows native Wireless utility are not both loaded up at start up”, but my notebook still does not connect to the internet. I am so frustrated! Hope someone can help me. My PC is connected to the router via ethernet cable and it connects to the internet with no problem – so do two other laptops in the house connect to the internet via wireless (using the same wireless network and router). There are no IP conflicts. I must also add that I have also tried to connect my notebook to the router via an ethernet capble and could also not connect to the internet!
From: Airman Basic on 11 Apr 2010 17:55
On 04/11/2010 9:57 AM, Louis wrote: > > My PC is connected to the router via ethernet cable and it connects to the > internet with no problem – so do two other laptops in the house connect to > the internet via wireless (using the same wireless network and router). > There are no IP conflicts. > > I must also add that I have also tried to connect my notebook to the router > via an ethernet capble and could also not connect to the internet! > Could it be a DHCP problem? |