Laptop Wont Connect Wirelessly All The Sudden

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  1. Boxiom

    Boxiom Well-Known Member

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    I have a main desktop in my house that has the router , dsl box ,etc.

    I use my laptop and its wifi feature to connect and its been working for the past 6 months straight. My mom also uses her laptop.

    RANDOMLY recently my laptop stopped connected and my moms. I unplugged the dsl box for 30 seconds, and the desktop connected fine, and my moms laptop connected fine, but now my laptop wont connect.

    The wireless network shows up on my laptop, but it just WONT connect. (it says "connected!") though.

    I went into cmd.exe and typed in IPCONFIG and it said:


    <div class='codetop'>CODE</div><div class='codemain' style='height:200px;white-space:pre;overflow:auto'>Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

    Media State..............Media Disconnected

    Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection Connection:

    Media State..............Media Disconnected</div>

    then i typed in ipconfig /all and got:

    <div class='codetop'>CODE</div><div class='codemain' style='height:200px;white-space:pre;overflow:auto'>

    Windows IP Configuration

    Host name....................... : myhostname
    Primary DNS Suffix ............ :
    Node Type..................... : broadcast
    IP Routing Enabled.................. : no
    WINS Proxy Enabled.................: No

    Ethernet adapter Wireless network connection

    Media State................:Media disconnected
    Description.............: Intel <R> ---/wireless 2915ABG Network Connection
    Physical Adress...............: 00-15-60-B9-CO-DF

    Ethernet adapter Local Area connection:

    media state................:media disconnected
    description...............:Broadcom NetXtreme gigabit Thernet
    physical adress..........: 00-15-60-B9-C0-DF
    </div>

    help please!
    its a Compaq nc6230 running XP SP2
     
  2. .ZERO

    .ZERO Well-Known Member

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    disable the wireless connection in Control Panel\Network Connections then reenable it
     
  3. i4n1k8

    i4n1k8 Well-Known Member

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    What brand? Linksys?
     
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    That is irrelevant, the issue resides on the computer, not the router.
     
  5. Neuron

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    ipconfig /release

    ipconfig /renew
     
  6. i4n1k8

    i4n1k8 Well-Known Member

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    I did not realise that. However linksys tend to be problematic for me anyway...
     

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