Wireless internet problem

**HistoryGirl** · #1 3rd Sep 2007, 12:16

Some files on my brothers PC were corrupt and he had reinstall xp which was fine. Then he wanted to delete some backup files (which he still has by the way) someone suggested rebooting in safe mode and deleting (which did not work) seem then however the internet has not worked. He needs access to the internet. The signal is fine but it says limited or no connectivity. He has had this problem and using rebooting the router or re-entering the router code does the trick, this time however it has not.

This has only happened since he rebooted his PC in safe mode. HELP. He has rebooted his PC in safe mode with networking that did not work. He also reset the router I also suggested the firewall settings which he has also done adding mozilla firefox to the allowed list and yet when it loads firefox it says come up saying the server is not responding.

The internet on the other PC in the study works fine. Not sure if this will help but the router is the Netgear DG834G and his adapter is USB WG111T.

Any ideas would be great

Thanks

HG

**Mike0001** · #2 3rd Sep 2007, 12:57

Go to the start menu, then Run and type cmd

In the command shell type

ipconfig /all

and see what IP address you are getting. If it is 169.254.x.y then you are not being configured correctly.

If it is 192.168.x.y, try

ping www.thecomputerforums.co.uk

and see what happens.

With 169.254 addresses, do a restart in this order:

Shut down PC and router
Start router and wait a minute
Start PC and wait 5 minutes

See what happens. I have known this happen many times on WiFi networks. If all fails, try reinstalling the wireless card software.

**HistoryGirl** · #3 3rd Sep 2007, 13:38

That was problem I believe when he clicked on it and tried to repair the connection it could not renew the IP address.

EDIT: What do you mean by 'ping'?

**HistoryGirl** · #4 3rd Sep 2007, 14:28

Sorry for double post but he has managed to get the USB wireless adapter installing and working fine on the old pc. He has connected his PC to the router via ethernet cable. This is what it says about the wireless network connection:

He has tried uninstalling and reinstalling the adapter with no success.

chriscalpin · #5 14th Sep 2007, 08:43

try entering a manual ip address summin like 192.168.0.12 or somthing like so they dont clash this needs to be done in the network cards settings

**Mike0001** · #6 14th Sep 2007, 10:41

Or, is DHCP switched off on the router? Do you have 2 devices on your network both running DHCP?

**HistoryGirl** · #7 18th Sep 2007, 12:30

DHCP? There is the main PC in the study (where router is situated) which has been, my brothers PC and occasionally my old laptop which my dad now has.