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Tue Sep 28, 2004 7:47 pm Post subject:
isp numbers config problem
I have a brand new laptop with wifi. It says it's getting a good signal strength, but when I click on INternet explorer, I get "can't open page/can't find server."
My daughter had this problem with her laptop in our house once before. She went to some window where it showed the various ISP numbers and clicked "repair." I do not know how to get to this window. If I just right click the wireless icon, and I get to a window where I can vaguely see that "repair" is an option, but it's not active -- you can't click repair, nothing happens However, I can see in that window that there are no ISP numbers.
How I get my new laptop to automatically set the ISP number and star working?
I suggest starting with the Network Setup Wizard. If you can't find how to start it, click on Start->Help and Support and search for network wizard. The instructions are all there.
If you are sure that you only want the repair option and you can't find it, click on Start->Run and type cmd and hit <enter>. At the command prompt, type ipconfig /release and hit <enter>. Type ipconfig /flushdns <enter>. Type ipconfig /renew <enter>.
These three commands replicate the action of clicking on repair.
The "This page cannot be displayed" can be the result of numerous different problems and is very common in Windows XP. The Network Setup wizard and the repair command are good places to start in fixing your network connection.
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Tue Sep 28, 2004 10:33 pm Post subject:
us netizen thanks but still isp problem
I'm getting closer. I was able to run the wizard and I was able to renew the isp number. But I still can't get on the internet. I think when my wife was first trying to get the computer up and running she told it to use a dial up connection as the default, and now I don't know how to change that.
Start->Settings->Control Panel. Double click in Internet Options.
On the Connections tab, click on Never Dial a Connection. While you're there, click on LAN settings. Automatically detect settings should be checked, but normally nothing else should be checked.
Click OK a few times and that part is done.
Ive got to go, so I'll get to the TCP/IP fix later.
Seems a bit odd that TCP/IP is not enabled by default. Anyway, Start->Settings->Control Panel. Double click on Network Connections. You should have a listing for Wireless Network 1 or Wireless Connection 1. Right click and hit properties. You should see a listing of installed Clients and protocols. Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) is installed by default and may be there already. Make sure that the box is checked.
If Internet Protocol is not listed, click on Install and Select Protocol and click Add. On the left, make sure Microsoft is selected. On the right, select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and click OK. The necessary Client will install automatically.
If Internet Protocol is present, click on it (do not uncheck the box). Then click on Properties. On the General Tab, you should have Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatially selected. If not, select them.
Click OK a few times to close everything out. Watch your Wireless Network icon to see if it is attempting to connect. If nothing happens, reboot.
If none of this is working, find the setup disk for your wireless network card and reinstall the software and drivers.
In some cases, I have found that the latest Windows wireless connection manager conflicts with manufacturer software. If nothing else is working, uncheck the box for Let Windows manage this connection in the wireless connection dialogue box.
Posted:
Wed Sep 29, 2004 10:14 am Post subject:
isp numbers config problem
Not yet.
Here's what's going on. When I go to "network connections," on the "title line" of that window are the words, "Network Bridge." (My ignorant mind thinks this is perhaps the problem). Anyway, there are for icons their. They are:
1394 connection
Enabled, Bridge to
1394 Net Adapter
And the fourth one is local Area Connection
Network cable unplugged
Intel(r) pro/100 ve network
And there is a red X through the last icon.
When I double click wireless Network Connection, I get a window that is called Wireless Network Connection Status. Both sent and received our active. When I open up Properties, I don't seem to get a window that you described. I get a Wireless Network Connection Properties window. In General Wallace says it is "connect using Wireless Network connection 2200 BG. " It then tells me that this "adapter is part of the network bridge." It then gives me instructions on how to remove the network bridge. Should I do this? We've never had something called a "network bridge" involved with out wireless network before.
For some reason, you have bridged your wireless NIC (IntelPro/wireless2200b/g) with a IEEE1394 NIC. Unless this is what you intended, scuttle the bridge and start over. Right click on your Network Bridge and click on Delete. Answer Yes to remove the bridge.
This should restore your wireless network to a normal configuration.
Now, right click on your Wireless Connection 1 and choose Properties. You should see a box with Client for Microsoft Networks, Intenet Protocol (TCP/IP), and others. Refer back to my previous post for the Internet Protocol settings.
If you have an icon in the system tray (next to the clock) showing your Intel wireless network (not the Windows icon, the Intel icon), then you are running a vendor wireless network manager. This may conflict with the Windows wireless network manager. You need to kill one of them.
One way is to choose the Wireless Networks tab in your Wireless Network Connection 1 properties window. Uncheck the box for Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings. Click OK and see if it works. You may need to double click on your Intel icon to bring up the manager and see what is happening. Try to reboot and watch your icon to see if it can connect.
If this doesn't work at all, re-enable the check box for Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings. Then exit the Intel manager by right-clicking the icon and choosing exit. If this works, you will need to prevent the Intel software from starting at the next reboot. Click on Start->Programs->Start Up and look for something like Intel Wireless. Right click and delete it.
Let me know what worked and what didn't and we'll go from there.
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Mon Nov 08, 2004 4:50 pm Post subject:
yes, this thread is TRUTH
I found this thread by googling "TCP/IP is not enabled" blah blah.
Deleting the bridge was indeed the solution to all of my problems. I had unwittingly installed it while configuring my home network -- I thought, gee, connecting everything together, how can THAT be bad?
I too had the same problem, but it was with my WIRED NIC on my desktop computer. Somehow the network bridge was present and I was getting the TCP/IP not enabled error message. Deleting the network bridge solved my problem. Anyone know how the bridge accidentally gets enabled?
I was trying to enable my onboard NIC just for the fun of it, because I had been using a PCI one for the longest time. I had the same problem, but with NO BRIDGE. The solution? Bridge two connections and delete the bridge. funny how that works. Thanks for this thread; it helped solve my problem.
I'm brand new to the board, and I found this board through google. Anyways, I'm having the similar problems, but I am on a hardline router. When I first installed the router, everything worked fine. I came home in a few days though, to find that my roommates' (the host computer) had some sort of error. They don't know a ton about computers, so I'm sure they just clicked the Okay Button a few times to get out of the error. Anyways, my computer, the client, is now unable to connect to the internet even if I plug the ethernet cord directly into the modem. I went through a lot of problems, and I think I've found what could be the problem. The host computer seems to completely ignoring the router, IE, when I try to reinstall the router, it says that it's not plugged in even though I'm sure that it is. I can see the lights on the router all matching up corresponding to it working correctly. The host computer, I have found when I go though trial and error, is in what is called a "domain," a term I'm unfamiliar with, and it's saying this is the reason why it can't connect. I'm not sure though. The main thing is the host computer is a previously used computer from my roommates' work, and I think the old settings are causing major havoc. I have my computer manually configured to the same settings (IP, DNS, Gateways, subnet) as the host, and when I run a "repair" on the connection, it says it repairs fine and if the problem persists to contact the ISP or network administrator.
Sorry if I left anything out, I would really appreciate any help because it's been frustrating me for days.
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