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Robert_Gaither · 09-24-2006, 04:32 PM

I had a similar problem with an older computer but it wasn't due to being wireless but a wired lan connection (telling it to "repair" or disable/enable wouldn't fix it most of the time). I installed an USB to lan adapter but while it was installing, I have no idea why, the other adapter (the one built into the computer mainboard) now will renew the ip address, gateway, dns, etc (it would originally show an ip address and gateway but these were way out of the range of what my router should assign). The irony is that if I connected the lan adapter directly to my cable modem it'd update the connection settings immediately which confused me even more. I'm going to advise to install another adapter (you might not have to use it) to see if this may fix it.

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09-24-2006, 04:32 PM	#5 of 11
Robert_Gaither Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Local Time: 12:03 AM Local Date: 12-02-2008 Posts: 1,291	Re: wireless networking help please I had a similar problem with an older computer but it wasn't due to being wireless but a wired lan connection (telling it to "repair" or disable/enable wouldn't fix it most of the time). I installed an USB to lan adapter but while it was installing, I have no idea why, the other adapter (the one built into the computer mainboard) now will renew the ip address, gateway, dns, etc (it would originally show an ip address and gateway but these were way out of the range of what my router should assign). The irony is that if I connected the lan adapter directly to my cable modem it'd update the connection settings immediately which confused me even more. I'm going to advise to install another adapter (you might not have to use it) to see if this may fix it.