Wireless association failure

[Rachel2204]

I just bought a new dell inspiron 1520 laptop and have a wireless connection
setup in my home, all three other computers connect to the internet fine. The
laptop is finding my home network but when i try to connect an error message
reads "wireless association failed due to an unknown reason". Can anybody
help with this?

 

[Barb Bowman]

please post the text output of

ipconfig /all

run from a command prompt.

what router (model, hardware revision, and firmware version)?

do you have the latest driver for the wireless? check the Dell site.

what kind of security are you using? check to make sure the router
and the computer are configured with the same security.

I just bought a new dell inspiron 1520 laptop and have a wireless connection
setup in my home, all three other computers connect to the internet fine. The
laptop is finding my home network but when i try to connect an error message
reads "wireless association failed due to an unknown reason". Can anybody
help with this?

--

Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/

 

[SarahAnderson21]

I see the same thing, hp presario 700F laptop with atheros ar5007 wireless.

Unknown result code ??

Wired ( direct to linksys wrt52g ) works just fine.
Wireless, no security (public) I get this same error. All windows updates
done.

Any clues? I have spent hours googling and give up.
Here is ipconfig:



Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Owner-PC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : hsd1.mn.comcast.net.

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Atheros AR5007 802.11b/g WiFi Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1E-4C-93-80-6D
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : hsd1.mn.comcast.net.
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1B-24-F2-51-5C
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::c180:ea89:f2b8:25fd%8(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.106(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, January 20, 2008 6:11:57 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, January 21, 2008 6:17:37 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 201333540
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.87.77.130
68.87.72.130
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : hsd1.mn.comcast.net.
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.hsd1.mn.comcast.net.
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.1.106%13(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.87.77.130
68.87.72.130
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 11:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 6TO4 Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . :
isatap.{6E299022-5A5B-4FA8-AF65-14A14E3381AB}
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 . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

 

[Barb Bowman]

do you mean WRT54G? which hardware revision and what firmware and is
it the latest available firmware?

1. Make the network private
2. Turn on WPA2 or at least WPA
3. Unbind IPv6
http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.com/ipv6-how-to-unbind-from-a-nic-in-windows-vista/

4. if the above does not work, try
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/928233/en-us

what is the status after performing the above?

did you change the default SSID from Linksys to something else? If
not, please do so. Also try changing the channel on the router - use
1, 6, or 11 (whichever it is not set at)

I see the same thing, hp presario 700F laptop with atheros ar5007 wireless.

Unknown result code ??

Wired ( direct to linksys wrt52g ) works just fine.
Wireless, no security (public) I get this same error. All windows updates
done.

Any clues? I have spent hours googling and give up.
Here is ipconfig:



Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Owner-PC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : hsd1.mn.comcast.net.

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Atheros AR5007 802.11b/g WiFi Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1E-4C-93-80-6D
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : hsd1.mn.comcast.net.
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1B-24-F2-51-5C
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::c180:ea89:f2b8:25fd%8(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.106(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, January 20, 2008 6:11:57 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, January 21, 2008 6:17:37 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 201333540
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.87.77.130
68.87.72.130
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : hsd1.mn.comcast.net.
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.hsd1.mn.comcast.net.
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.1.106%13(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.87.77.130
68.87.72.130
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 11:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 6TO4 Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . :
isatap.{6E299022-5A5B-4FA8-AF65-14A14E3381AB}
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 . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

--

Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/

 

[SarahAnderson21]

I'm sorry, I was SURE I responded to this.

Your pointer to the DHCP variable fix in the registry did the trick!

Now works a treat.

Thanks very much,
Sarah Anderson

 

[Barb Bowman]

Sarah,
thanks for the update (and good news)!

I'm sorry, I was SURE I responded to this.

Your pointer to the DHCP variable fix in the registry did the trick!

Now works a treat.

Thanks very much,
Sarah Anderson

--

Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/

 

[Swahili]

I have the same problem. Tried everything maybe this works for me.

I quote:
In this registry path, click the (GUID) subkey that corresponds to the
network adapter that is connected to the network.

How do I know whats the right interface?

Because I have 3 subkeys located....

 

[Barb Bowman]

right click Interfaces, select Export key. Save with a TXT
extension. Open with notepad, copy to clipboard and paste in as a
reply.

I have the same problem. Tried everything maybe this works for me.

I quote:
In this registry path, click the (GUID) subkey that corresponds to the
network adapter that is connected to the network.

How do I know whats the right interface?

Because I have 3 subkeys located....

--

Barb Bowman
MS-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/