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Ok. I am getting pissed right about now. Hopefully someone can help..
I just got a new Dell Studio 1537 laptop yesterday. It came with Vista Home Premium which I reformatted and put Ultimate on it. I downloaded all the respective drivers, set them all up, updated to SP1 and got all updates. The laptop is sharp and ready to go.....except for the wireless.
I have a DLink DIR-655 gigabit lan / wireless N. I have it setup on a 26 character WEP key, which I currently use just fine on my PS3 and two other laptops (one of the laptops being Ubuntu). For the life of me, I cannot figure out why I am getting an unidentified network "local access only" on the wireless after putting in the proper security settings/code to connect to my wireless
I ran into this problem once before with my other Dell 1521 laptop (which I posted a thread here). In that thread, I fixed it myself but uninstalling and deleting the drivers, restarting, and letting it reinstall the drivers. That worked that time....it did not work this time.
After googling, this seems to be a pretty common problem, but no real solution for it. Based upon what I said, and the results of my IPCONFIG /all below, what seems to be the problem and how can I fix it?
I have identified the problem....but I can't FIX IT (there is your SNL fix for the day).
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6001]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\Home>ipconfig /all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : MyLaptop
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : tx.rr.com
Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-21-5D-70-0C-8C
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::39fe:55b:e1e1:893c%11(Preferred)
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.137.60(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : tx.rr.com
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetLink (TM) Gigabit Ethernet
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-21-70-89-DD-75
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::a571:5927:9271:c410%8(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.182(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, February 10, 2009 3:04:01 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, February 11, 2009 3:04:00 AM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : tx.rr.com
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.tx.rr.com
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:4137:9e50:2468:389c:3f57:ff49(Pref
erred)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::2468:389c:3f57:ff49%9(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 11:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Might I add that the wireless card is the integrated Intel Wifilink 5100.
I just got a new Dell Studio 1537 laptop yesterday. It came with Vista Home Premium which I reformatted and put Ultimate on it. I downloaded all the respective drivers, set them all up, updated to SP1 and got all updates. The laptop is sharp and ready to go.....except for the wireless.
I have a DLink DIR-655 gigabit lan / wireless N. I have it setup on a 26 character WEP key, which I currently use just fine on my PS3 and two other laptops (one of the laptops being Ubuntu). For the life of me, I cannot figure out why I am getting an unidentified network "local access only" on the wireless after putting in the proper security settings/code to connect to my wireless
I ran into this problem once before with my other Dell 1521 laptop (which I posted a thread here). In that thread, I fixed it myself but uninstalling and deleting the drivers, restarting, and letting it reinstall the drivers. That worked that time....it did not work this time.
After googling, this seems to be a pretty common problem, but no real solution for it. Based upon what I said, and the results of my IPCONFIG /all below, what seems to be the problem and how can I fix it?
I have identified the problem....but I can't FIX IT (there is your SNL fix for the day).
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6001]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\Home>ipconfig /all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : MyLaptop
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : tx.rr.com
Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-21-5D-70-0C-8C
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::39fe:55b:e1e1:893c%11(Preferred)
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.137.60(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : tx.rr.com
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetLink (TM) Gigabit Ethernet
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-21-70-89-DD-75
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::a571:5927:9271:c410%8(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.182(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, February 10, 2009 3:04:01 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, February 11, 2009 3:04:00 AM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : tx.rr.com
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.tx.rr.com
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:4137:9e50:2468:389c:3f57:ff49(Pref
erred)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::2468:389c:3f57:ff49%9(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 11:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Might I add that the wireless card is the integrated Intel Wifilink 5100.