Vista Wireless Internet Connections

Ok, there seem to be a lot of people that are having problems with Vista Home
Premium and wireless internet connections...myself included. I have a new
laptop that was working perfectly (even finding XP networks and other
computers...SOMETIMES), for some reason all of a sudden, my laptop can't get
past my router to the web. I have tried going through all of the
troubleshooters (network diagnostics) and still nothing. I am having the
typical DNS server issue as everyone else, though the DNS is not the case, I
know this because I fixed the problem by turning off my firewall. Now I have
tried again but I am back to the same point (and no my firewall is not back
on). My wireless router is recognized though it does not recognize it as a
secure connection (which it is) and will not get past the router to the
outside world.
I have gone to a hotspot and still nothing, I have even tried to connect
with a hard wire still nothing...I am at a loss and ready to uninstall Vista
and go back to XP until MS has worked out these issues. Though obviously
spending a couple of hours to fix this is better than formatting my harddrive
and reinstalling everything. Does anyone have any suggestions? (Microsoft
People...you have a lot of people who need help with this, Vista still has
some serious bugs in it) I haven't actually seen any solutions to this
problem on any of the previous postings though have seen several people
complain about the same issue.

what wireless card do you have and what driver? did you get an
updated driver just before you started having issues? did you try a
driver rollback?

On Sun, 15 Apr 2007 20:14:02 -0700, Boldrik
<Boldrik@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Ok, there seem to be a lot of people that are having problems with Vista Home
>Premium and wireless internet connections...myself included. I have a new
>laptop that was working perfectly (even finding XP networks and other
>computers...SOMETIMES), for some reason all of a sudden, my laptop can't get
>past my router to the web. I have tried going through all of the
>troubleshooters (network diagnostics) and still nothing. I am having the
>typical DNS server issue as everyone else, though the DNS is not the case, I
>know this because I fixed the problem by turning off my firewall. Now I have
>tried again but I am back to the same point (and no my firewall is not back
>on). My wireless router is recognized though it does not recognize it as a
>secure connection (which it is) and will not get past the router to the
>outside world.
>I have gone to a hotspot and still nothing, I have even tried to connect
>with a hard wire still nothing...I am at a loss and ready to uninstall Vista
>and go back to XP until MS has worked out these issues. Though obviously
>spending a couple of hours to fix this is better than formatting my harddrive
>and reinstalling everything. Does anyone have any suggestions? (Microsoft
>People...you have a lot of people who need help with this, Vista still has
>some serious bugs in it) I haven't actually seen any solutions to this
>problem on any of the previous postings though have seen several people
>complain about the same issue.

--

Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
Expert Zone & Vista Community Columnist
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/

I have exactly the same issue.

I have tried everything, nothing works. This is not a driver issue, this is
an issue apparently affecting many many Vista users, yet Microsoft are aware
and have done nothing.

I now have a laptop that is virtually useless. Never had any issues like
this with my mac, makes me wonder why I went back to microsoft!

When is something going to be done about this issue!?

"Boldrik" wrote:

> Ok, there seem to be a lot of people that are having problems with Vista Home
> Premium and wireless internet connections...myself included. I have a new
> laptop that was working perfectly (even finding XP networks and other
> computers...SOMETIMES), for some reason all of a sudden, my laptop can't get
> past my router to the web. I have tried going through all of the
> troubleshooters (network diagnostics) and still nothing. I am having the
> typical DNS server issue as everyone else, though the DNS is not the case, I
> know this because I fixed the problem by turning off my firewall. Now I have
> tried again but I am back to the same point (and no my firewall is not back
> on). My wireless router is recognized though it does not recognize it as a
> secure connection (which it is) and will not get past the router to the
> outside world.
> I have gone to a hotspot and still nothing, I have even tried to connect
> with a hard wire still nothing...I am at a loss and ready to uninstall Vista
> and go back to XP until MS has worked out these issues. Though obviously
> spending a couple of hours to fix this is better than formatting my harddrive
> and reinstalling everything. Does anyone have any suggestions? (Microsoft
> People...you have a lot of people who need help with this, Vista still has
> some serious bugs in it) I haven't actually seen any solutions to this
> problem on any of the previous postings though have seen several people
> complain about the same issue.

if it isn't a bad driver or a firmware issue in your router (and it
is hard to know what exactly you tried since you didn't give
details) you might try the broadcast flag fix here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928233

but it is again, hard to know what your issue is.

On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 04:24:00 -0700, jayandfoo
<jayandfoo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I have exactly the same issue.
>
>I have tried everything, nothing works. This is not a driver issue, this is
>an issue apparently affecting many many Vista users, yet Microsoft are aware
>and have done nothing.
>
>I now have a laptop that is virtually useless. Never had any issues like
>this with my mac, makes me wonder why I went back to microsoft!
>
>When is something going to be done about this issue!?
>
>"Boldrik" wrote:
>

--

Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
Expert Zone & Vista Community Columnist
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/

My issue is the same as a lots of other people are getting....one minute
connection is fine and the next, I am only getting Local Access only.

I tried regedit already, but that hasn't rectified the issue either.

I can provide further details of my driver/router but I know that this isn't
the issue - we have an XP and a mac running off the same router just fine,
and I haven't had any driver updates.

I am amazed that Microsoft are aware of this huge issue that is affecting
many of their users, yet haven't issued a resolve.

"Barb Bowman" wrote:

> if it isn't a bad driver or a firmware issue in your router (and it
> is hard to know what exactly you tried since you didn't give
> details) you might try the broadcast flag fix here:
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928233
>
> but it is again, hard to know what your issue is.
>
> On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 04:24:00 -0700, jayandfoo
> <jayandfoo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>

> --
>
> Barb Bowman
> MS Windows-MVP
> Expert Zone & Vista Community Columnist
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
> http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
>

Am I right in understanding that you have local network access but not
internet? Could you try re-setting your router (there should be a little
hole on the back that you can push a tooth pick into) and setting it up
again. A friend had this problem after upgrading to Vista, I re-set her
router, and it sorted the problem out. Don't ask me why, still not sure, all
I know is it worked.

Best wishes,
Linda

"jayandfoo" wrote:

> My issue is the same as a lots of other people are getting....one minute
> connection is fine and the next, I am only getting Local Access only.
>
> I tried regedit already, but that hasn't rectified the issue either.
>
> I can provide further details of my driver/router but I know that this isn't
> the issue - we have an XP and a mac running off the same router just fine,
> and I haven't had any driver updates.
>
> I am amazed that Microsoft are aware of this huge issue that is affecting
> many of their users, yet haven't issued a resolve.
>
> "Barb Bowman" wrote:
>

Hello, my issue is similar. I had small network of my laptop and desktop.
Did a clean install of Vista. I was using Network Magic as my Network setup.
I had network connections for 3 weeks and suddenly I didn't have a network
nor could I get on line through my newer router.
Exchanged the router and then used a different router, all with the same
results. Sometimes I could get an internet connection for no longer than 3
minutes through the router. If I hook up either computer directly to my ISP
provider, there is no problem. Today I purchased a new network adapter but
that did nothing either.
Microsoft, you need to do something about this SOON please!

"Boldrik" wrote:

> Ok, there seem to be a lot of people that are having problems with Vista Home
> Premium and wireless internet connections...myself included. I have a new
> laptop that was working perfectly (even finding XP networks and other
> computers...SOMETIMES), for some reason all of a sudden, my laptop can't get
> past my router to the web. I have tried going through all of the
> troubleshooters (network diagnostics) and still nothing. I am having the
> typical DNS server issue as everyone else, though the DNS is not the case, I
> know this because I fixed the problem by turning off my firewall. Now I have
> tried again but I am back to the same point (and no my firewall is not back
> on). My wireless router is recognized though it does not recognize it as a
> secure connection (which it is) and will not get past the router to the
> outside world.
> I have gone to a hotspot and still nothing, I have even tried to connect
> with a hard wire still nothing...I am at a loss and ready to uninstall Vista
> and go back to XP until MS has worked out these issues. Though obviously
> spending a couple of hours to fix this is better than formatting my harddrive
> and reinstalling everything. Does anyone have any suggestions? (Microsoft
> People...you have a lot of people who need help with this, Vista still has
> some serious bugs in it) I haven't actually seen any solutions to this
> problem on any of the previous postings though have seen several people
> complain about the same issue.

Please post info on driver and router details

please post the output of ipconfig /all (run from an elevated cmd
prompt) on the afflicted machine.

On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 14:06:00 -0700, jayandfoo
<jayandfoo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>My issue is the same as a lots of other people are getting....one minute
>connection is fine and the next, I am only getting Local Access only.
>
>I tried regedit already, but that hasn't rectified the issue either.
>
>I can provide further details of my driver/router but I know that this isn't
>the issue - we have an XP and a mac running off the same router just fine,
>and I haven't had any driver updates.
>
>I am amazed that Microsoft are aware of this huge issue that is affecting
>many of their users, yet haven't issued a resolve.
>
>"Barb Bowman" wrote:
>

--

Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
Expert Zone & Vista Community Columnist
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/

I ppurchased a Linksys Gigabit Network Adapter which Microcenter said was
Vista compatible. I don't believe I updated my driver unless Windows update
did it automatically. I haven't tried a driver rollback.

"Barb Bowman" wrote:

> what wireless card do you have and what driver? did you get an
> updated driver just before you started having issues? did you try a
> driver rollback?
>
> On Sun, 15 Apr 2007 20:14:02 -0700, Boldrik
> <Boldrik@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>

> --
>
> Barb Bowman
> MS Windows-MVP
> Expert Zone & Vista Community Columnist
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
> http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
>

Good news!
I just uninstalled my latest Windows Updates and my networking and router
are working fine. I will now try reinstalling them one at a time to locate
the one which fouled my system. Thanks for your help Barbara.
"chiefy3" wrote:

> I ppurchased a Linksys Gigabit Network Adapter which Microcenter said was
> Vista compatible. I don't believe I updated my driver unless Windows update
> did it automatically. I haven't tried a driver rollback.
>
> "Barb Bowman" wrote:
>