Hi please help, because my wireless network is driving me MAD!!
I have a Belkin wireless modem/router which I bought last December, and a Linksys Networking card for a laptop. When I originally inserted the card into the PCI slot it immediately found the router and after configuring the IP addresses for the router and card I was connected to the internet. However over Christmas I was using my laptop at another location, which unlike my home, was an ad-hoc network (mine is infrastructure) and again the card found the network quickly and easily.
My problems began when I began using the laptop at home, as the card was unable to detect the access point, i.e. my router, and as I have the router configured to have ESSID enabled, the card would instead roam and connect to an ad-hoc network which I think may be the desktop computer I also have connected to the network. I have no idea why the card suddenly seems unable to find the router as the IP addresses are still the same. I have tried re-installing it, re-booting the router and updating the drivers of the network card. I have also tried changing the SSID and channel on both the router and network card but still to no avail.
So I tried the ipconfig command but this comes up:
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
C:\Documents and Settings\Anna>ipconfig/all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : SNNECCI
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : linksys
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0D-5E-E4-A5-1F
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::20d:5eff:fee4:a51f%4
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 13 January 2005 21:45:22
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 19 January 2038 03:14:07
Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 2:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Linksys Instant Wireless Network PC
Card V3.0
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-06-25-02-8D-AF
Tunnel adapter Automatic Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : linksys
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Automatic Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : C0-A8-02-02
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.2.2%2
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. . . . . . . . : Disabled
I don't quite know why it says that the media is disconnected as when I check on the device manager it says that card is enabled and working properly with no conflicts. I really don't know what else to try, please help!!