Pls help with "limited or no connectivity" via DSL

22 Jul 2006 8:53 AM

rainydaze

Hi all...I'm new, and I've learned alot from other posts...hope someone can
help!

I have a new computer (hp Pavilion slimline s7530n PC running Windows XP
Media Edition SP2) and DSL (sbc-provided wireless 2WIRE 1701HG Gateway
router), but "little or no connectivity" on my "wireless network connection"
in the "network connections" window. I was on the phone for over an hour
with sbc-now-att tech support last night and was able to connect to internet
via USB cable plugged from computer to router (not exactly wireless!) b/c I
didn't have the ethernet cable.

IPCONFIG says:

Ethernet adapter Local Area connection:
Media State: Media disconnected

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix: gateway.2wire.net
IP Address: 192.xxx.x.xx (do you really need all the #'s? :)
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 192.xxx.x.xxx (almost same # as IP address, last 3 are
different)

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix: (blank here)
Autoconfiguration IP Address: 169.254.xxx.xxx (do you really need all the
#'s? :)
Subnet Mask: 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway: (blank here)

Let me know if you need more info...hoping to get wireless capability b/c I
want to move the computer to another room w/o having to use an extra long
yellow cable (doesn't go with my decor!) or USB (I need to save my $ for
gas!). Thank you!

22 Jul 2006 9:31 AM

Jeff

I am no expert but I've been in your situation. Here are some of the things
I found to be problems in my case:

1. Do you have a firewall installed? Make sure that the LAN IP is not being
blocked. I have Zone Alarm. Go to its alerts screen and see what is being
blocked. If they are IPs belonging to your LAN PCs add them to your trusted
zone. Add the router to your trusted zone. Open a command prompt and run
ipconfig /all. The DHCP and DNS IPs that appear are the router's IP. Add it
to the trusted zone.

2. Do you have a router? If so check its firewall and the IPs are allowed.
If you have the SSID set to not broadcast, allow it to broadcast as that can
cause such problems.

These solved my problem with limited connectivity and loss of internet after
hibernation.

[This of course assumes that the rest of your settings (ipconfig /all) are
correct.]

Jeff

rainydaze wrote:
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> Hi all...I'm new, and I've learned alot from other posts...hope
> someone can help!
>
> I have a new computer (hp Pavilion slimline s7530n PC running Windows
> XP Media Edition SP2) and DSL (sbc-provided wireless 2WIRE 1701HG
> Gateway router), but "little or no connectivity" on my "wireless
> network connection" in the "network connections" window. I was on
> the phone for over an hour with sbc-now-att tech support last night
> and was able to connect to internet via USB cable plugged from
> computer to router (not exactly wireless!) b/c I didn't have the
> ethernet cable.
>
> IPCONFIG says:
>
> Ethernet adapter Local Area connection:
> Media State: Media disconnected
>
> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix: gateway.2wire.net
> IP Address: 192.xxx.x.xx (do you really need all the #'s? :)
> Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
> Default Gateway: 192.xxx.x.xxx (almost same # as IP address, last 3
> are different)
>
> Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix: (blank here)
> Autoconfiguration IP Address: 169.254.xxx.xxx (do you really need
> all the #'s? :)
> Subnet Mask: 255.255.0.0
> Default Gateway: (blank here)
>
> Let me know if you need more info...hoping to get wireless capability
> b/c I want to move the computer to another room w/o having to use an
> extra long yellow cable (doesn't go with my decor!) or USB (I need to
> save my $ for gas!). Thank you!