Re: Wireless is Connected, but IE will not use it

OK, the problem machine is not getting an address and other settings from
the router. Also, it appears that there are or were more than one network
adapter in the machine and a bridge has been configured. Try:

1. On the problem machine, go to network connections, right click on any
Local Area Connections other than the one for the "mini-PCI card" and select
disable. If there is no Local Area Connection for the "mini-PCI card" check
Device Manager and make sure the device is working properly. Don't know if
you can disable a bridge - if a network bridge is listed, you may have to
delete it. Nothing you have told us indicates a need for a bridge.

2. Then on the problem machine, open a command prompt and run ipconfig
/renew.

3. If #2 does not succeed, we will try manually configuring the enabled
Local Area Connection for the "mini-PCI card", but this may not be necessary
if the other connections are disabled.

Doug Sherman
MCSE, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP

"Composer" <kevinraftery@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1120160419.503204.77370@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Thanks, Doug.
>
> Tried solution #1 and restarted. No luck.
>
> The results of #2 are:
>
> Windows IP Configuration
>
> Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : DELL500M
> Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
> Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
> IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
> WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>
> Ethernet adapter Network Bridge (Network Bridge) 4:
>
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : MAC Bridge Miniport
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-90-4B-B1-88-43
> Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.218.27
> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
>
> ...and it does not seem right that my default gateway is blank, but I'm
> not educated enough to know what to do about it. Can I ask for some
> pointers? Thanks again.
>


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