Wireless association failure
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>I just bought a new dell inspiron 1520 laptop and have a wireless connection--
>setup in my home, all three other computers connect to the internet fine. The
>laptop is finding my home network but when i try to connect an error message
>reads "wireless association failed due to an unknown reason". Can anybody
>help with this?
>I see the same thing, hp presario 700F laptop with atheros ar5007 wireless.--
>
>Unknown result code ??
>
>Wired ( direct to linksys wrt52g ) works just fine.
>Wireless, no security (public) I get this same error. All windows updates
>done.
>
>Any clues? I have spent hours googling and give up.
>Here is ipconfig:
>
>
>
>Windows IP Configuration
>
> Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Owner-PC
> Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
> Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
> IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
> WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
> DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : hsd1.mn.comcast.net.
>
>Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:
>
> Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Atheros AR5007 802.11b/g WiFi Adapter
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1E-4C-93-80-6D
> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
>
>Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
>
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : hsd1.mn.comcast.net.
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1B-24-F2-51-5C
> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::c180:ea89:f2b8:25fd%8(Preferred)
> IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.106(Preferred)
> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
> Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, January 20, 2008 6:11:57 PM
> Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, January 21, 2008 6:17:37 PM
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
> DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
> DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 201333540
> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.87.77.130
> 68.87.72.130
> NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
>
>Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:
>
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : hsd1.mn.comcast.net.
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.hsd1.mn.comcast.net.
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.1.106%13(Preferred)
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.87.77.130
> 68.87.72.130
> NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
>
>Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 11:
>
> 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* 6:
>
> Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . :
>isatap.{6E299022-5A5B-4FA8-AF65-14A14E3381AB}
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
>
>Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 14:
>
> 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
>
> do you mean WRT54G? which hardware revision and what firmware and is
> it the latest available firmware?
>
> 1. Make the network private
> 2. Turn on WPA2 or at least WPA
> 3. Unbind IPv6
> http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.c...windows-vista/
>
> 4. if the above does not work, try
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b/928233/en-us
>
> what is the status after performing the above?
>
> did you change the default SSID from Linksys to something else? If
> not, please do so. Also try changing the channel on the router - use
> 1, 6, or 11 (whichever it is not set at)
>
> On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 17:06:14 -0800, SarahAnderson21
> <SarahAnderson21@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>> >I see the same thing, hp presario 700F laptop with atheros ar5007 wireless.> --
> >
> >Unknown result code ??
> >
> >Wired ( direct to linksys wrt52g ) works just fine.
> >Wireless, no security (public) I get this same error. All windows updates
> >done.
> >
> >Any clues? I have spent hours googling and give up.
> >Here is ipconfig:
> >
> >
> >
> >Windows IP Configuration
> >
> > Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Owner-PC
> > Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
> > Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
> > IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
> > WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
> > DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : hsd1.mn.comcast.net.
> >
> >Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:
> >
> > Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
> > Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> > Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Atheros AR5007 802.11b/g WiFi Adapter
> > Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1E-4C-93-80-6D
> > DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
> > Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> >
> >Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
> >
> > Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : hsd1.mn.comcast.net.
> > Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller
> > Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1B-24-F2-51-5C
> > DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
> > Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> > Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::c180:ea89:f2b8:25fd%8(Preferred)
> > IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.106(Preferred)
> > Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
> > Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, January 20, 2008 6:11:57 PM
> > Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, January 21, 2008 6:17:37 PM
> > Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
> > DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
> > DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 201333540
> > DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.87.77.130
> > 68.87.72.130
> > NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
> >
> >Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:
> >
> > Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : hsd1.mn.comcast.net.
> > Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.hsd1.mn.comcast.net.
> > Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
> > DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
> > Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> > Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.1.106%13(Preferred)
> > Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
> > DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.87.77.130
> > 68.87.72.130
> > NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
> >
> >Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 11:
> >
> > 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* 6:
> >
> > Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
> > Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> > Description . . . . . . . . . . . :
> >isatap.{6E299022-5A5B-4FA8-AF65-14A14E3381AB}
> > Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
> > DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
> > Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> >
> >Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 14:
> >
> > 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
> >
>
> Barb Bowman
> MS Windows-MVP
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
> http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
>
>I'm sorry, I was SURE I responded to this.--
>
>Your pointer to the DHCP variable fix in the registry did the trick!
>
>Now works a treat.
>
>Thanks very much,
>Sarah Anderson
>
>
>
>
>
>
>"Barb Bowman" wrote:
>>> do you mean WRT54G? which hardware revision and what firmware and is
>> it the latest available firmware?
>>
>> 1. Make the network private
>> 2. Turn on WPA2 or at least WPA
>> 3. Unbind IPv6
>> http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.c...windows-vista/
>>
>> 4. if the above does not work, try
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b/928233/en-us
>>
>> what is the status after performing the above?
>>
>> did you change the default SSID from Linksys to something else? If
>> not, please do so. Also try changing the channel on the router - use
>> 1, 6, or 11 (whichever it is not set at)
>>
>> On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 17:06:14 -0800, SarahAnderson21
>> <SarahAnderson21@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>>> >I see the same thing, hp presario 700F laptop with atheros ar5007 wireless.>> --
>> >
>> >Unknown result code ??
>> >
>> >Wired ( direct to linksys wrt52g ) works just fine.
>> >Wireless, no security (public) I get this same error. All windows updates
>> >done.
>> >
>> >Any clues? I have spent hours googling and give up.
>> >Here is ipconfig:
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >Windows IP Configuration
>> >
>> > Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Owner-PC
>> > Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
>> > Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
>> > IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>> > WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>> > DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : hsd1.mn.comcast.net.
>> >
>> >Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:
>> >
>> > Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
>> > Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
>> > Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Atheros AR5007 802.11b/g WiFi Adapter
>> > Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1E-4C-93-80-6D
>> > DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
>> > Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
>> >
>> >Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
>> >
>> > Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : hsd1.mn.comcast.net.
>> > Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller
>> > Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1B-24-F2-51-5C
>> > DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
>> > Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
>> > Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::c180:ea89:f2b8:25fd%8(Preferred)
>> > IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.106(Preferred)
>> > Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
>> > Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, January 20, 2008 6:11:57 PM
>> > Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, January 21, 2008 6:17:37 PM
>> > Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
>> > DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
>> > DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 201333540
>> > DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.87.77.130
>> > 68.87.72.130
>> > NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
>> >
>> >Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:
>> >
>> > Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : hsd1.mn.comcast.net.
>> > Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.hsd1.mn.comcast.net.
>> > Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
>> > DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
>> > Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
>> > Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.1.106%13(Preferred)
>> > Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
>> > DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.87.77.130
>> > 68.87.72.130
>> > NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
>> >
>> >Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 11:
>> >
>> > 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* 6:
>> >
>> > Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
>> > Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
>> > Description . . . . . . . . . . . :
>> >isatap.{6E299022-5A5B-4FA8-AF65-14A14E3381AB}
>> > Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
>> > DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
>> > Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
>> >
>> >Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 14:
>> >
>> > 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
>> >
>>
>> Barb Bowman
>> MS Windows-MVP
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
>> http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
>>
I have the same problem. Tried everything maybe this works for me.> >> 4. if the above does not work, try
> >> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b/928233/en-us
> >>
> >> what is the status after performing the above?
>-->I have the same problem. Tried everything maybe this works for me.>> >> 4. if the above does not work, try
>> >> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b/928233/en-us
>> >>
>> >> what is the status after performing the above?
>
>I quote:
>In this registry path, click the (GUID) subkey that corresponds to the
>network adapter that is connected to the network.
>
>How do I know whats the right interface?
>
>Because I have 3 subkeys located....
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