i had the same problem, I went to control panel.

then network and sharing center

-then i clicked on view status
-wireless properties
-then security
I made sure everything was correct
-and typed in my password again ( the one that you set up for your wireless)
and it worked xD!

hope this works for you

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Hi guys if you have both WIFI and Cable LAN you may have a conflict over where your
PC should obtain internet access from. Remove the Default Gateway from your cable
LAN, if you have set any but set static IP, and set the WIFI connection to DHCP
Enabled. This should help.

Turn off computer. Disconnect router, and modem from power source
for 30 seconds.
Power them back on.
Restart computer.

If that doesn't work, bypass router, and connect computer straight to

the modem.

If that doesn't work...

Go Start>Run (Start search in Vista), type in:
cmd
Click OK (in Vista, while holding CTRL, and SHIFT, press Enter).

In Command Prompt window, type in following commands, and hit

Enter after each one:
ipconfig /flushdns
ipconfig /registerdns
ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew

Restart computer.

If that doesn't work...

Go Start>Run (Start search in Vista), type in:
cmd
Click OK (in Vista, while holding CTRL, and SHIFT, press Enter).

At Command Prompt, type in:

netsh int ip reset reset.log
Hit Enter.
Type in:
netsh winsock reset catalog
Hit Enter.

Restart computer.

1. Turn on your internal wireless card?

If your wireless card is built in to your computer, there may be a switch on

computer that turns the card off and on. When new from the store, these
switches are often in the "off" position. They can also accidentally get switched
off during use. Find the switch (often near a symbol that looks like a microphone
or radio tower emitting radio signals), and turn it on. The card should now find
wireless networks in the area and connect.

2. Plug in your external wireless card properly?

If you do not have a wireless card built into your computer, you will need to get
one to use the wireless internet. Check to make sure that your have plugged it in
correctly to the proper slot and that you have installed the proper drivers.

3. Install the proper drivers for your wireless card?

Computers with built-in wireless cards usually have the proper software drivers
installed. External wireless devices often come with software drivers that must be
properly installed for the wireless card to work. Also, if you ever need to re-install
operating system software because of a major computer crash, you will need to
reinstall the software for your wireless device as well.

The following tips are primarily for Colville Public Library Wi-Fi users, but
some tips may be helpful to all users

4. Find the scrldcolville network?

If your wireless device is properly installed, your computer should automatically

start scanning for networks in the area and will inform you that there are wireless
networks present. If not, you can scan for networks in the area manually.
*To bring up the Wireless Network Connections menu, go to the Start Menu (in
the lower left-hand corner of your screen, choose "Settings," then chose
"Network Connections," and finally, choose "Wireless Network Connection."
Clicking on this option in the menu should bring up a window. In the upper left
hand corner of the window under the heading of "Network Tasks" there should be
an option that says "Refresh Network List." Click on this option to search for
wireless connections. Choose scrldcolville, hit the "Connect" button in the lower
right hand corner and enter the passkey to connect.

5. Connect to the correct wireless network?

Other wireless networks in the area have limited or no connectivity. However,

some computers may connect to these other networks by default. If not
connected to scrldcolville, you will need to disconnect from the network you are
on and connect to scrldcolville. Follow the steps above (in answer *4) to bring up
the Wireless Network Connections menu. When the available networks are
displayed, make sure you are on scrldcolville network. If you are not, disconnect
from your current network. Click on your current connected network. A button in
the bottom right hand corner of the window should read "Disconnect." Click on
this button. Once disconnected from that network connection, the computer
should scan automatically for new connections. When the list has refreshed,
chose scrldcolville and hit the "Connect" button in the lower right hand corner of
the window. Enter the passkey to connect to the network.

6. Enter the passkey correctly?

If the passkey is entered incorrectly, the computer will appear to connect to the
internet, but will not actually connect. If you think you may have entered the
passkey incorrectly, disconnect from the scrldcolville network (see steps above in
#5) and then reconnect. Often, as you manually reconnect to the network, the
computer will remember the passkey and a small window will pop up, showing
the password as a line of dots. Re-enter the passkey correctly before connecting.
(#6, cont.): Sometimes, your computer will not allow you the option of re-entering
the passkey when you reconnect to the network. If this happens, bring up the
Wireless Network Connections menu (see #4, above). Click on the "Change
advanced settings" option under the "Related Tasks" heading. Another window
saying "Wireless Network Connection Properties" should pop up. Click on the
"Wireless Networks" tab at the top of the window. Under the "Preferred
Networks" heading, there is a box that lists all wireless connections your
computer has ever used. Click on the scrldcolville network to select it. Now hit
the "Remove" button just below the box, then hit the "Ok" button. This will make
your computer forget the scrldcolville network and the bad passkey. Bring up the
Wireless Network Connections menu again and connect to scrldcolville (see #4).
Be sure to enter the passkey correctly.

7. Enable your browser to connect without using dial-up?

If you use dial-up at home, your browser (e.g., Internet Explorer) may be set to
only use the internet through a dial-up connection. To enable your browser to
work on the wireless network, open the browser and click on "Tools" in the
toolbar. Select "Internet Options." When that window opens up, go to the
"Connections" tab. If your options are set to "Always dial my default connection,"
you can change that by selecting "Dial whenever a network connection is not
present" and hitting the "Apply" button. This will allow your browser to use the
library's wireless network, but your browser will dial a connection at home when
the wireless network is not available.

8. Allow your computer to obtain an IP address automatically?

Be sure that your computer is set to obtain IP addresses automatically and that it
does not have one assigned manually. To do this, bring up the Wireless
Networks Connections menu (see #4). Click on the "Properties" button. Here,
you will see a list under the heading "This connection uses the following items."
Scroll down the list until you see an item named "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)."
Select this item and hit the "Properties" button just below the list. This will bring
up a new window. In order to connect with the library's wireless device, you must
have the option "Obtain an IP Address Automatically" selected (ditto for the DNS
server address). If you are set with a manual IP address, you can click the button
to obtain your IP address automatically (ditto for the DNS server address.) Be
aware that this changes how your computer interacts with other networks. If you
need a static IP address on other networks, you may have to reset your IP
address again later. However, your computer cannot connect to the library's
wireless network unless it obtains its IP address automatically from the library's
wireless device.

9. Make the Windows wireless configuration your default configuration?

Some external wireless cards default to their own settings when installed,
preventing any of the above changes from taking effect. In many computers,
Windows acts as the default wireless network configuration program. However, if
you have an external wireless card, or if your computer has a secondary program
enabling it to connect to the wireless network, you may discover Windows will not
recognize your wireless connection program and visa versa. Sometimes, if you
have a non-Windows program that runs your wireless card (for example, a
Linksys driver for an external Linksys wireless card), the non-Windows program
will connect to the wireless device, but Windows will not recognize that this
secondary program has connected. You will need to allow Windows to control the
wireless configuration in order for your computer to fully recognize the wireless
connection. On way to solve this problem is to tell the secondary program to
"stand down," as it were.
On some computers, an icon for your secondary wireless program will appear in
the lower right-hand corner of the taskbar on your desktop. You can click on this
icon to open the program options. Certain programs will give you the option to
switch to Windows as the default manager of your wireless connection. This will
allow you to use the Windows Wireless Network Connections menu to make
changes to your wireless connection. However, each secondary program is
different, and the ability to make Windows the default connection varies from
computer to computer. This solution may not work for all computers.
Nevertheless, this is a common problem to be aware of.

10. If all else fails...

Try repairing the connection. This is like a restart button for the wireless
connection. Right-click on the wireless icon in the lower right hand corner of your
screen (the one that looks like a computer emitting green radio waves). When
given the option, select "Repair." Sometimes, that's all it takes.

I had a similar issue as well. I looked all over the net reading through
all these forums and posts and called tech support to no avail. No
matter how many times i changes my setting and reset stuff on both
dekstop and laptop nothing worked. Finally, someone had an idea that
worked like magic and was very simple! The problem was not with the
computers, hardware, or the ip settings... the problem was actually
with the linksys software. I know this sounds crazy, but what i was
told to do was:

uninstall the software, reboot, let your computer automatically detect

the new hardware, the install wizard will pop upand ask you if you
have the linksys cd, pop the cd into your laptop and only use it to
install the drivers. just reboot again and you should be good to go!

hope this helps...

I have just had a similar problem to yourself; What i did find in my

case was an issue with Static ip's for the various devices that being
both the router and the cable modem. Resolution: What you can try is
to change the static IP of the linksys router to a different address.
lsomethinlike 192.168.2.1 ; once you have done that go and doa
ipconfig /release and then ipconfig /renew on the emachine this should
help with the connection problem.
Another thing that you might want to make sure and that is that the
other machine that you are using make sure to connect that pc to a
ethernet connection on the router and not to the cable modem
ethernets connection.
Try this and hopefully it will help
Had the same problem, wireless connection but no Internet
connection.
Go to a cmd prompt. Type IP config and see if you have an @ssigned
IP in the range setup in the router. If not try C:\ipconfig\release then
C:\ipconfig\renew Likely that this won't work.
The steps I took were:
1.) Go to Start/Control Panel/Network Connections. Right click on the
wireless connection. Go to TCP/IP in the components section and click
the properties button. Make sure Obtain IP and DNS address are both
set to automatically.
2.) I had WEP enabled, make sure your wireless card and the router
are both set to the same encryption 64 or 128 and make sure they are
both on the same channel.
3.) Try C:\ipconfig\release then C:\ipconfig\renew again and hopefully
you'll get an IP address.

This fixed it for me, based on posts here seems like many possibilities!

What worked for me:

-open the router page in a browser (http://192.168.1.1)

-click the "Wireless" tab and then click the circular icon with the lock
on it
-a dialog will open asking you to start the reconfiguration on the router

-hold down the "Cisco Systems" button (to the left of the power light)
until it starts flickering white
-go back to the dialog box and click OK

after a long configuration, it will bring you back to the wireless page
and it will look like nothing changed, but I was then able to run
simultaneously P2P-ware, 128bit WEP, QoS protocol, etc.

Hopefully other people will notice an improvement too...

Had a similar issue. Just posting here in case this helps.

HPDV1000 laptop
Broadcom wireless card(integrated)
Realtek NIC
Linksys Router

Could connect to internet if I was physically connected to the Linksys router(which

was connected to a Speedstream 4100 router) and I could see the wireless router in
my list, but when I tried to connect it would not connect(just cycled)

I DISABLED the Realtek NIC(apologies to anyone going "duh" right now) and it
connected to the router like a charm.

Hope that helps.

-J

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10-18-2007, 01:47 PM
Join Date: Oct 2007
scoobysteve Posts: 5
Junior Member

OK I didn't read all of your problem, but it sounds like you may be on the wrong
subnet or IP range, If you knwo your AP needs to be 192.168.01 set your wireless
adapter manually to 192.168.0.100 and make sure your subnet is set to the routers
default maybe 255.0.0.0
Then try and connect again and browse your router.
You are not getting your DNS address for some reason it may be not set to automatic
on your wireless devide settings.

the main thing is that you can browse the AP home page then you are on the same
network range then you can look at the settings.

I still think your main problem is lack of your primary DNS

For wireless connections:

1. Hold the Windows key and press the R key, type services.msc and press Enter or
click OK. This should open a new window - services local.
2. Look for Wireless Zero Configuration on the list in the right pane. The list is
alphabetical, so you should be able to locate it maybe third from the bottom.
3. Double-click it to open it.
4. Click on the STOP button to stop it (lower left). If it is not highlighted or is grayed
out, then the service is stopped. (it should also say that the SERVICE STATUS is
stopped).
5. Look for STARTUP TYPE drop-down menu. Change it from AUTOMATIC to
DISABLED. then click on APPLY (lower right).
6. Then just change it right back from disabled to automatic and click on apply again.
7. Click on START button (right beside the STOP button) on the same window to
start the service.

--- We are essentially restarting the windows wireless service. What we did just
turned it off and on again ---

8. Close the services local window.

9. Go to Start and then Control Panel. Network Connections. If you don't see
Wireless Network Connections or Local Area Connection after opening Network
Connections, kindly look for Network Connections again (it maybe on the lower
right).

--- We need to be on the page where you have the wireless network connections
icon. ---

11. Right-click on the icon for Wireless Network Connections then left-click on
Properties.
12. You should have several tabs. Click on Wireless Network Connections tab (near
the top of the window).
13. Make sure you have a checkmark on where it says, "Use windows to configure
your wireless connections..." or something like that.

--- Before going into the next step. Kindly make sure first that you have the
following CORRECT information: (1) your own SSID; (2) Network key (if you have
one) - WEP or WPA or whichever encryption you are using. If you don't know these
information, kindly secure these information first or better yet, try calling your router
manufacturer to help you out on this ---

14. Then on the list that shows on the same window, remove everything on the list.
That list shows all the wireless networks that you have been connected to before.

--- Don't worry about deleting it. The next time that you connect to the wireless
network, it will be automatically added back into this list ---

15. Once everything is removed. Kindly close the window.

16. Go back to where you have the Wireless Network Connections icon again.
17. Right-click again the icon and left-click on View Wireless Network Connections.
18. If your wireless router is broadcasting your SSID, then you should be able to see
it on the list of wireless network(s) that will appear on the screen.
19. Select your SSID and hit Connect.
20. It should be asking for your network key. Type it in. In might ask you to confirm
the network key. Just type it in again.
21. It will attempt to connect it. And you will get a notification that you are
connected.
22. Once you are connected, go back to the window where you have the Wireless
Network Connections icon we were working on before.
23. That icon should say that it is connected.
24. Double-click it. It should open a new window.
25. You should have a General tab and a Support tab.
26. General tab should say it is connected.
27. Click on the Support tab.
28. Now confirm if your IP Address says 192.168.x.x. where x can represent any
number. Example: 192.168.0.100
29. If you have these confirmed. Kindly try to see if you can now get into the
internet or into your network.
30. Enjoy!

Is the USB adapter enabled? It may been disabled - go to Start --> Settings -->
Network Connection and right-click on your connection.

It's always worth updating the adapter's drivers when you experience intermittent
connectivity issues - go to Netgear's website and download.

If the adapter came with its own software, go to the Start Menu and find it and check
all looks well there too. Sometimes the radio gets turned off inadvertantly.