Not connected to network?

[Mick]

Hi all,

Hope someone can help me with an irritating problem. I have a PC running
vista home premium which is wired to a Belkin ADSL modem/wireless router.
Have two further PC's making up the network via wireless connections, (one
vista home premium, the other XP Pro). Thanks to helpful posts and threads in
this community I have progressively developed the network such that all
machines can see each other, share files and access the internet. So
everything seems to work fine but there is one irritation.
Despite the fact that I can see other machines, share files and access
internet the Network and Sharing centre on the wired machine says I am not
connected to any networks. How can this be?
Similarly the network map on this machine indicates a problem with the link
from the PC to the gateway and the link from the gateway to the internet.
"Click to diagnose" returns no problem found on either link yet the
connections remain displayed with red crosses. Surely these should show as
healthy?
Thanks in advance for any help or guidance.

 

[Robert L. \(MS-MVP\)]

What do you mean "Despite the fact that I can see other machines, share
files and access
internet the Network and Sharing centre on the wired machine says I am not
connected to any networks" Do you mean you get access is denied when you try
to access others?

--
Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
http://www.HowToNetworking.com

 

[Mick]

Hi Robert and thanks for prompt response.

No access is not denied. On the contrary, there seems to be absolutely no
problem with access to any of the other machines. Everything seems to work
fine.
It's just that if I go to the Network and Sharing Centre page it says "Not
connected" in bold (next to little PC icon) and underneath it says "you are
currently not connected to any networks". It's the strangest thing because
then if I go to "view computers and devices" in the task bar on the LHS of
the very same page I can clearly see, and access, the other machines on the
network.

Regards
Mick

 

[Robert L. \(MS-MVP\)]

Interesting. Please post back if you figure it out.

--
Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
http://www.HowToNetworking.com

 

[liambrown89]

HAHA, its a killer problem, installed AIM or Viewpoint or other IM
lately? haha.


This is a problem many people are having, you should check this out:


http://forums.microsoft.com/technet...&siteid=17&sb=0&d=1&at=7&ft=11&tf=0&pageid=23

 

[Grape]

I have the same problem and I have not installed AIM. In fact, my machine is
a clean install except for Mozilla.

 

[Chris H]

I have the same problem as well. My internet works fine, except I cannot see
my other machines on the network anymore because it says I'm not connected to
a network when in fact I really am. If anyone knows of a fix please email m
at (e-mail address removed)