Vista won't allow any wifi

[querimonious]

I recently bought a new Dell with Vista Home Premuim and have not been able
to connect to any of the six (6) wifi networks I've tried. Two home
networks, one at work and three public. On each occasion I have been able to
detect and where appropriate, provide security keys, but although it says
it's connected it will not go on the internet or do any network activity. I
do have a nice cheap Palm TX which connects to all of these networks, so I'm
thinking it's a Vista issue. Given I bought a laptop for the explict purpose
of using wifi, this is a rather expensive rock which is pretty much useless.
Seems like lots of people have the same problems, but haven't yet found any
solutions. What a surprise from Microsoft, eh?

 

[Mick Murphy]

1 Update your Network adaptor Drivers

2 Network connection> right-click and disable(unbind) TCP/IPv6

 

[Jack \(MVP-Networking\).]

Hi
This page was meant for XP but the general principles apply to Vista as
well.
http://www.ezlan.net/wireless.html
These two pages have specific instructions for Vista.
http://www.loughborough.ac.uk/computing/wireless/vista-guided.html
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb878035.aspx
BTW, Vista is not as bad as you think, the fact is that Millions of people
are successfully using Wireless with Vista.
Jack (MVP-Networking).

 

[querimonious]

Hi John,

Thanks for your reply, but I'm afraid I don't understrand much of it. I
don't have a degree in computing or else I wouldn't need your help! I do
have my laptop connected the router via an ethernet cable, which allows it to
work. This is what I got from the ipconfig /all with it connected to the
router via ethernet cable.

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Alison>ipconfig/all

Windows IP Configuration

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

Ethernet adapter Bluetooth Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Bluetooth Device (Personal Area
Network)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1F-3A-D6-E2-D7
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1F-3B-6A-E7-6F
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.2(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 14 June 2008 12:40:33
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 17 June 2008 14:22:06
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.0
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8040 PCI-E Fast
Ethernet
Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-15-C5-85-C2-6E
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::d91:9ab8:e525:9077%9(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.3(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 14 June 2008 12:40:21
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 17 June 2008 14:21:44
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 201332165
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

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:d5c7:a2ca:3478:3b98:3f57:fffc(Pref
erred)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::3478:3b98:3f57:fffc%8(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . :
isatap.{007F5D01-99C4-49E4-8BC7-812168738
ADE}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.0.2%15(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.0
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 10:

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

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 12:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . :
isatap.{0656990B-6CA0-4368-8D6C-D022BD0F1
D4D}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.0.3%14(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

C:\Users\Alison>