Internet only working when connected using Ethernet cable. Wifi doesn't work

Hi guys,

I've been researching and trying to days to get this to work with no avail so I decided to post here for some help as I see this community is really active.

We've got 4 different laptops here and none of them can connect to the wifi anymore (it suddenly stopped working for the last whole week). We can connect to the internet through ethernet cables though. We only use one at a time (if ethernet, then wireless is disabled and vice versa).

Here is a copy of the ipconfig/all:
Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : PeterMai-HP
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : moolahd.local

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : moolahd.local
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : AC-16-2D-4B-ED-F2
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::ac08:5a6d:b124:582%14(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.100.163(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, 14 October 2013 2:42:55 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, 15 October 2013 2:47:55 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.100.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.100.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 430708269
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-17-57-FB-17-AC-16-2D-4B-ED-F2

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.100.1
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.100.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 4313GN 802.11b/g/n 1x1 Wi-Fi Ada
pter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 08-ED-B9-6D-88-FD
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::6c0f:e3e3:70b1:fc1f%11(Preferred)
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.252.31(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 235466169
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-17-57-FB-17-AC-16-2D-4B-ED-F2

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 12:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft 6to4 Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.optusnet.com.au:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 13:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #5
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 . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #4
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.moolahd.local:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #6
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Reusable ISATAP Interface {CE4FC2E8-52F4-4C9C-9D60-1D462EBEC297}:


Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #7
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.{5DDFAF1D-364B-4592-AA0A-DBE3508BA29F}:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #9
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Reusable ISATAP Interface {2E6ED677-8099-48A1-BB59-FB39FA99F31F}:


Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #11
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
And here is a copy of the route print:
Interface List
14...ac 16 2d 4b ed f2 ......Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
11...08 ed b9 6d 88 fd ......Broadcom 4313GN 802.11b/g/n 1x1 Wi-Fi Adapter
1...........................Software Loopback Interface 1
16...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 Microsoft 6to4 Adapter
18...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
22...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #5
21...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #4
24...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #6
25...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #7
26...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #9
28...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #11
===========================================================================

IPv4 Route Table
===========================================================================
Active Routes:
Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.100.1 192.168.100.163 11
127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 On-link 127.0.0.1 306
127.0.0.1 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 306
127.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 306
169.254.0.0 255.255.0.0 On-link 169.254.252.31 281
169.254.252.31 255.255.255.255 On-link 169.254.252.31 281
169.254.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 169.254.252.31 281
192.168.100.0 255.255.255.0 On-link 192.168.100.163 266
192.168.100.163 255.255.255.255 On-link 192.168.100.163 266
192.168.100.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 192.168.100.163 266
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 On-link 127.0.0.1 306
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 On-link 169.254.252.31 281
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 On-link 192.168.100.163 266
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 306
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 169.254.252.31 281
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 192.168.100.163 266
===========================================================================
Persistent Routes:
None

IPv6 Route Table
===========================================================================
Active Routes:
If Metric Network Destination Gateway
1 306 ::1/128 On-link
11 281 fe80::/64 On-link
14 266 fe80::/64 On-link
11 281 fe80::6c0f:e3e3:70b1:fc1f/128
On-link
14 266 fe80::ac08:5a6d:b124:582/128
On-link
1 306 ff00::/8 On-link
11 281 ff00::/8 On-link
14 266 ff00::/8 On-link
===========================================================================
Persistent Routes:
None
Thank you!!
 
You have an IP on your LAN, but none on your wifi. Check your router to make sure DHCP for wifi is turned on and you have enough available addresses.
 
Disable the Ethernet if you want WiFi and disable WiFi if you want wired ethernet - - you can only One or the other but not BOTH ad the same time.
 
Hey peterm777. Sounds like a router gone bad to me. I would power off all the pc's, then reset the router to factory specs. See if you can connect wirelessly to the default SSID of the router. If you can't, see if there is a firmware upgrade for your router. The firmware upgrade process only takes a few minutes and the process is not difficult if followed correctly. I had an older Linksys that the client and her ISP rep said was bad, and when I looked at it,it sure appeared dead. I had nothing to lose so I downloaded a firmware upgrade and applied it. It worked in both modes after that, so I secured it and haven't heard from her since (over a year).
 
Hey guys, thanks for getting back to me.

You have an IP on your LAN, but none on your wifi. Check your router to make sure DHCP for wifi is turned on and you have enough available addresses.

I could only get on the net using the ethernet cable at the time and I checked the wifi to make sure there is enough available addresses for the DHCP.

Disable the Ethernet if you want WiFi and disable WiFi if you want wired ethernet - - you can only One or the other but not BOTH ad the same time.

I've tried that and still the same problem

Hey peterm777. Sounds like a router gone bad to me. I would power off all the pc's, then reset the router to factory specs. See if you can connect wirelessly to the default SSID of the router. If you can't, see if there is a firmware upgrade for your router. The firmware upgrade process only takes a few minutes and the process is not difficult if followed correctly. I had an older Linksys that the client and her ISP rep said was bad, and when I looked at it,it sure appeared dead. I had nothing to lose so I downloaded a firmware upgrade and applied it. It worked in both modes after that, so I secured it and haven't heard from her since (over a year).

It seems that I may have a bad router, I'm not too sure. The router is a Netcomm NB304N, I did a firmware update and reset the router to factory specs. I then tried to connect to the default SSID and had problems with it initially but after a few attempts it worked for a bit and then stopped working.

Another weird issue is that when I'm connected via ethernet cable only and wifi is disabled it still shows a yellow exclamation mark even though I can connect to the internet. In the diagnostic tests everything is a pass except for this:

Test ATM OAM F5 segment ping fail

Any thoughts?
 
I would go for a new router (or maybe borrow one for an hour or so, I have seen a few fail). 4 pc's that lose connection is not a problem with the pc's, especially if it will work using Ethernet but no wireless connectivity on either machine. You could lose a wireless signal and the pc could still show you as being connected to your SSID, but a balloon with your cursor over your wireless icon should show no internet access.
 
Hey OmkarPad. To use a Wi-Fi connection instead of using a "wired" (Ethernet) connection, just disconnect the Ethernet cable from the pc and allow the pc to view the available wireless network you want, then connect.
 
What do you mean by a secure connection, I don't understand..how do I know if the connection is secure or not? sometimes the wifi won't work on my mobile as well..is there something wrong with my wifi router? this is just a maze for me ...
 
I hope this will help you to solve my issue...I was connected to the wifi this time but after sometime or once when I restart the laptop I won't stay connected.

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Remote
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection 2:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : B2-00-4E-DA-22-AB
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 90-00-4E-DA-22-AB
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::3c4e:ec4:6358:87d8%14(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.101(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 15 March 2014 07:49:32
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 15 March 2014 10:13:23
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 361758798
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-15-D4-2E-BA-78-84-3C-E6-DD-BD

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
8.8.8.8
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Bluetooth Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 90-00-4E-DA-22-AC
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:9d38:6abd:2850:1510:3f57:ff9a(Pref
erred)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::2850:1510:3f57:ff9a%16(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter isatap.{B7EC022A-F13C-4EEA-8D5A-8CBCBB7436D4}:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.{9AE0C699-D0F4-472C-A239-E34F24DA4161}:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #4
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
 
When you first got the router, or at any time since, was it setup by someone to secure it where a name was given to your network and a password was created that you had to enter to be able to access your wireless network? That is what"s called securing your network
When you hold your cursor over your wireless icon in the system tray in the lower right corner< what is the name of the network shown?
 
Thanks Hawk for all the help...somehow my wifi is working fine on my laptop and mobile....I hope it stays this way....Thanks again
 
Disable the Ethernet if you want WiFi and disable WiFi if you want wired ethernet - - you can only One or the other but not BOTH ad the same time.

I disagree. We had both Wifi and Ethernet at the same time when this new HOMEDSL was installed. After a month, the Wifi just disappeared.
 
Interesting, because of the complications this creates with the routing table of TCP.
 
I recently had this issue where if I connected a certain desktop PC to the residential gateway (an NVG510 from AT+T) via ethernet, all wi-fi connections hang. You can see the SSID but it won't accept correct wi-fi passwords and won't connect to the internet. However, ethernet wired connection works. When I disable ethernet or unplug ethernet from this particular desktop PC, all wi-fi connections work again. After 2 AT+T technicians were sent out, no one could solve the issue. I posted the problem online and someone suggested I try disabling IPv6 in the NVG510 residential gateway's settings. I did and everything works again, both ethernet and wireless. It has also been stable instead of dropping every few hours/days like before.
 
Doing some CMD prompt instructions based on typing "Netsh" and then some command to reset things related to the adapter etc. have apparently solved the issue. Someone posted a Youtube video describing how it's done. Doing some of these seemed to have worked to fix this issue:
 
Doing some CMD prompt instructions based on typing "Netsh" and then some command to reset things related to the adapter etc. have apparently solved the issue. Someone posted a Youtube video describing how it's done. Doing some of these seemed to have worked to fix this issue:

Read the description of that video on Youtube for a list of commands.
 
I'm having the same problem with my pc but it works on phones and tablets and other pcs. What should I do?
 
Hello Tech Gurus
Thanks for your support for the ammatures present company included =)

Can some shed some light on this...I have a different issue but on the same lines

My lappy accepter direct ethernet connection service...but stopped accepting the wifi signal

Test processes so far as follows

Direct connection from wall modem - check
Direct connection from router - check

Each time I attempt to connect to wifi after each test it works for less than 60 seconds then switches off

Reset modem on wall -check
Reboot router - check
Reboot lappy - check
Restore point - check
Updated nic drivers - check
Running w7p updated - check
All other devices in the house using wifi work without issue - check...it just my lappy that is having this issue all of a sudden I might add

I asked a friend who is quite knowledgable in IT and he said it was wifi hardware suds (what are suds?)...can anyone confirm...explain in simple terms and or please provide a solution

*running w7p
Dell Latitude E6500
NBN 100Mbps
Modem NF17ACV

Important point is all other devices work on wifi...approx 10...have no issues...including phones...kodi box...just my laptop

Thanks in advance
 
Typically, we look for a newer WiFi driver - - NOT from Microsoft but directly from the chip maker.
Look for the make/model that fits your version of Windows.
 
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