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    Wireless Networking problems.

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by mcdanielnc89, Jun 18, 2009.

  1. mcdanielnc89

    mcdanielnc89 Notebook Geek

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    It seems every time my computer goes off, I have to REBOOT in order to be able to connect to the internet again. It only gives me limited activity when i book it up from hibernation, sleep, etc. I have to literally RESTART the computer in order for it to connect again. Does anyone know why?
     
    mcdanielnc89, Jun 18, 2009
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  2. Miyabi

    Miyabi Notebook Evangelist

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    maybe you need to reinstall the wireless driver? btw, you dont have to REBOOT/RESTART, you can just right click at Wireless Network Adapter Icon , and click "Diagnose and Repair".
     
    Miyabi, Jun 19, 2009
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    dz2k Notebook Consultant

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    ^^sounds like he gets a bad IP address(169.x.x.x) when coming out of standy or hibernate. unfortuanately, a "diagnose and repair" wont fix this. he could also try to disable the connection and reenable the connection when coming out of standby or hibernate. (which may or may not work)
     
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  4. mcdanielnc89

    mcdanielnc89 Notebook Geek

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    Disabling it doesn't work. This is a brand new computer. It might also be that I'm running windows 7, but i never had problems before with this and running windos 7
     
    mcdanielnc89, Jun 19, 2009
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    ZugZug Notebook Evangelist

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    You did not say what laptop model. Vista gets easily confused about Internet connectivity: I regularly had (I am now on XP) situations where it would show limited connectivity yet Internet access worked fine. No idea if MS fixed it in W7. Regardless, make sure that you applied updates from Sony - some models at least have a "registry update" from Sony that fixes wireless when coming from standby. Your problem was very typical in Vista initially and should be fixed by now. Update Intel Wi-Fi driver if there is a newer stable version. You can get it directly from Intel, there is nothing special in the driver provided by Sony, AFAIK.

    Also, if you experience dropped connections, it could as well be because of 802.11b networks in vicinity. Sometimes it takes setting router properly to make connection reliable.

    Most likely adapter loses IP on wake up. Do you use DHCP? Static? Check your router for DHCP server setting. I know that D-Link 655 has setting that improves DHCP compatibility (in broadcasting DHCP availability) that might help in reacquiring IP after wakeup.
     
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  6. mcdanielnc89

    mcdanielnc89 Notebook Geek

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    It was the version of windows I was running. I was running Windows 7 build 7229, and the driver wasn't recognizing it.
     
    mcdanielnc89, Jun 20, 2009
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    swelp Newbie

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    Thanks, McDaniel- this is what brought me to this forum, and I was having the same problem.
    Thanks for helping me ID it!
     
    swelp, Jun 21, 2009
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