Can't connect to Internet

Hi Windy George

You're right; it had changed the workgroup name but I still had the same
problem after I corrected that. It turned out, after I went to the trouble of
doing a clean install, that the Vodafone 3G card was somehow conflicting with
the wireless connection. Not sure why that is, given they now have a Vista
compatible driver for these cards, but there it is. So if anyone else uses
these cards on Vista, prepare for problems!!! (that won't come as a shock to
Vodafone users!)

"Windy George" wrote:

> Hi Pom:
> After you did the upgrade to Vista I'll bet you checked for upgrades to the
> new Vista install. Often when any Windows version gets upgrades the
> "workgroup" name gets changed to the default. Even though you may have been
> using the defaults under XP SP2 check for the current name under Vista
> [Control panel, system] and check the firewall for allowed connections.
>
> Windy George
>
> "Pom" wrote:
>

> > I upgraded to Vista Home Premium yesterday from XP SP2, and although my
> > wireless connection worked at first, it suddenly stopped working and I find I
> > can't connect via broadband either. The network map shows limited network
> > access - Local, and looking at the properties both IPv4 and IPv6 show
> > limited. Anyone have any ideas? I should caution I know very little about
> > networking, so would appreciate simple replies for my simple mind!!!

I'm using vista home basic 64bit and I can't connect to internet because I
just can't find the slots to put my subnet mask and gateway. In XP these
slots use to be right underneath the slot where you put the IP-adress but in
Vista they just ain't there and I wonder if anyone could help me with this?

Posting back with result of ipconfig /all may help.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"Anna" <Anna@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news2B46CBE-8BB9-401C-AC41-DA45322BCCF6@microsoft.com...
I'm using vista home basic 64bit and I can't connect to internet because I
just can't find the slots to put my subnet mask and gateway. In XP these
slots use to be right underneath the slot where you put the IP-adress but in
Vista they just ain't there and I wonder if anyone could help me with this?

I just got my first Vista box (Home basic I think) and I put in a wireless card and I was up and running with my existing unsecure (MAC address filtering sometimes) home network.

After a reboot (not the first one) it has suddenly stopped connecting to the internet. I can see my router on its map, and there is a line with a red X between the internet and the outside world.

I configured the network to be "private" but I'm still not connected. I can highlight the name of the network ("unindentified") but it won't let me type a new name.

Under XP I've had a lot of problems getting WLAN IP addresses assigned (using several different routers) so I manually assigned an address in range, but that didn't help.

Is there a troubleshooting list that will actually allow me to fix this?

Given the nature of the computer and the network, security is not a concern.

(I learned about "elevating" my DOS prompt -- is there any way to turn off the "Are you sure?" confirmation on every damned administrative action?)

EggHeadCafe - .NET Developer Portal of Choice
http://www.eggheadcafe.com

1. what wireless card and what driver?
2. what router and does it have the most recent firmware
3. no, you can't turn off the prompt for this unless you turn off
UAC completely (not recommended)

4. is there more than one wireless network with the same name ? if
you didn't change the default on the router, this is likely

5. please post the text output of ipconfig /all from an elevated
command prompt

On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 07:55:43 -0700, David Chesler wrote:

>I just got my first Vista box (Home basic I think) and I put in a wireless card and I was up and running with my existing unsecure (MAC address filtering sometimes) home network.
>
>After a reboot (not the first one) it has suddenly stopped connecting to the internet. I can see my router on its map, and there is a line with a red X between the internet and the outside world.
>
>I configured the network to be "private" but I'm still not connected. I can highlight the name of the network ("unindentified") but it won't let me type a new name.
>
>Under XP I've had a lot of problems getting WLAN IP addresses assigned (using several different routers) so I manually assigned an address in range, but that didn't help.
>
>Is there a troubleshooting list that will actually allow me to fix this?
>
>Given the nature of the computer and the network, security is not a concern.
>
>(I learned about "elevating" my DOS prompt -- is there any way to turn off the "Are you sure?" confirmation on every damned administrative action?)
>
>EggHeadCafe - .NET Developer Portal of Choice
>http://www.eggheadcafe.com

--

Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/

Prior to a couple of weeks ago, I was able to connect wirelessly to the
internet. since then, I haven't been able to wirelessly or with a cable. The
diagnosis states " There may be a problem with the DNS". I've tried resetting
the router, disabling IPv6, disabling NetBIOS over DHCP, and disabling
antivirus and software programs. Nothing seems to work. Here is my
ipconfig/all:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Gary>ipconfig/all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Gary-PC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : caprock.net

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : caprock.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 802.11g Network Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-19-7D-BE-E2-E8
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::a118:1ae:fe8:5763%9(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.104(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, October 23, 2007 1:14:37 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, October 24, 2007 1:14:37 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 151001469
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated
Controlle
r
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-D4-C7-96-F6
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : caprock.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.caprock.net
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.1.104%16(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 6TO4 Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 12:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . :
isatap.{439D2219-93AD-495A-AD91-5D24CD231
645}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.1.100%15(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Also, the nslookup displays default server unknown.

Thanks for any help!!!

Assuming this is DNS, can you ping a public IP, for example, ping 4.2.2.1?

--
Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
http://www.HowToNetworking.com


"Gary" <Gary@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
newsD5F6692-E982-4987-A01A-A25C4AA41463@microsoft.com...

> Prior to a couple of weeks ago, I was able to connect wirelessly to the
> internet. since then, I haven't been able to wirelessly or with a cable.
> The
> diagnosis states " There may be a problem with the DNS". I've tried
> resetting
> the router, disabling IPv6, disabling NetBIOS over DHCP, and disabling
> antivirus and software programs. Nothing seems to work. Here is my
> ipconfig/all:
>
> Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000]
> Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
>
> C:\Users\Gary>ipconfig/all
>
> Windows IP Configuration
>
> Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Gary-PC
> Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
> Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
> IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
> WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
> DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : caprock.net
>
> Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:
>
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : caprock.net
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 802.11g Network Adapter
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-19-7D-BE-E2-E8
> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::a118:1ae:fe8:5763%9(Preferred)
> IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.104(Preferred)
> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
> Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, October 23, 2007 1:14:37 PM
> Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, October 24, 2007 1:14:37
> PM
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
> DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 151001469
> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
> NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
>
> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
>
> Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated
> Controlle
> r
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-D4-C7-96-F6
> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
>
> Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:
>
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : caprock.net
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.caprock.net
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . :
> fe80::5efe:192.168.1.104%16(Preferred)
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
> NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
>
> Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:
>
> Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 6TO4 Adapter
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
>
> Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:
>
> Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
>
> Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 12:
>
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . :
> isatap.{439D2219-93AD-495A-AD91-5D24CD231
> 645}
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . :
> fe80::5efe:192.168.1.100%15(Preferred)
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
> NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
>
> Also, the nslookup displays default server unknown.
>
> Thanks for any help!!!

I have the same problem. I can ping and i tried pinging 4.2.2.1. I
do get a reply but I can't connect with my browser. This is driving
me CRAZY!!!