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Baffled

  • 04-10-2006 9:36am
    #1
    Pikasso
    Registered Users Posts: 406 ✭✭


    How can my computer say that I am not connected to my 'Wireless network connection", my wireless card is inactive('no association with access point'), Network Connection Panel shows all as disconnected, and yet I can access the web, email, Skype etc?????


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  • #2
    Pikasso
    Registered Users Posts: 406 ✭✭Pikasso


    Ha! I see you're all baffled also! :confused:


  • #3
    Shane O' Malley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,373 ✭✭✭Shane O' Malley


    Any chance you have 2 wifi cards. One built in and one plug in.

    Go to command prompt and type ipconfig

    It should give you the ip addresses of the active connection and the name of it.


  • #4
    Pikasso
    Registered Users Posts: 406 ✭✭Pikasso


    Thanks for the reply. Here's what I get shown below. I have nothing plugged into the ethernet socket and I'm almost postive the laptop did not come with a wireless card, that's why I went out and bought one that plugs into the side. Any ideas?




    Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

    Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

    Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

    Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
    IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.33
    Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
    Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1


  • #5
    Shane O' Malley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,373 ✭✭✭Shane O' Malley


    Well you are certainly connected using an wireless connection.

    But which one.? Can you unplug the one you bought and then run ipconfig again.

    If it does not list any wireless connection then it is the one you plugged in that is working.

    If it still lists one, and you still have an internet connection, then you have a second wireless adapter.


    The third thing could be which driver has control over the wireless card. Windows comes with it's own called Zero configuration utility but many wireless cards come with their own utilities. In some cases both can load up and the one that does not have control can report " No Wireless Connection".

    Usually the XP utility looks just like a Computer with Radio waves coming out of it.

    Either way, you do have a wireless connection there and it is active.


  • #6
    Pikasso
    Registered Users Posts: 406 ✭✭Pikasso


    Many thanks for your help, Shane. I unplugged my wireless card plugged into the side of the computer and all internet connection failed. So it was that card.
    You were right about windows controlling it so I switched it off. Everything fine now with Linksys back in control of its own card.
    ...it's all beginning to make sense now! :)


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