Wireless Network not connected - but it is?!!

[Adam]

Hi,

I have been using Vista for some time now, and I connect to the internet via
a wireless router, which, up until today, has worked fine.

However, my Media Sharing has stopped working (I stream music to an xbox via
Windows Media Player) and when I go to look at the Media Sharing settings, it
tells me that "sharing is disabled as the computer is not connected to a
network".

I then go to the Network and Sharing Centre, which also tells me that I am
Not Connected to a network.

If I look in the taskbar, I do have the little netowkr icon, with a globe on
it, indicating that I am connected to the network - however, if I hover the
mouse over it, it tells me that I am not connected.

However - I clearly am connected, as I can browse the internet just fine! I
have done an ipconfig, and I have a valid IP address, and I can access my
router wirelessly, and see that all is well!

So - for some reason, Vista does seems to connect, but then doesn't seem to
realise that it has connected, and tells itself that it isn't connected,
which is ultimately preventing me from running Media Sharing. Any ideas as
to what could be wrong?

 

[Adam]

Hi,

No, I've checked all my firewall settings, and they're OK. I think the
problem is something more fundamental than Media Player.

I am currently connected to the internet via my wireless connection -
definitely, I am surfing the web as we speak. However, if I look in the
Network and Sharing Centre, it says that I'm not connected to any network -
so it looks like some part of Vista isn't telling some other part of Vista
when it connects to a network - hence, Media Player won't start sharing as it
can't find a network to share on?

Any more ideas welcome!?

PS - I have tried restarting a few times, but it hasn't helped :-(

 

[Jack \(MVP-Networking\).]

Hi
To rule out Player or Network try another player.
Jack (MVP-Networking).

 

[Adam]

Done - it isn't media player. Network and Sharing Centre says I'm not
connected to any network - but I know I am. But Network and Sharing Centre is
telling all my applications that I'm not.

 

[Adam]

Does anyone else have any ideas? I'm totally stuck - short of reinstalling
Vista and starting again, I can't think of anything :-(

 

[Jack-MVP]

Hi
Some Router are Not compatible with Vista. May be yours is one of them.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932134
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928233
Jack (MS, MVP-Networking).