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    vista having serious connection issues

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by N00d13s, Jul 15, 2008.

  1. N00d13s

    N00d13s is too legit to quit!

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    ok, so i have a laptop with vista 32-bit installed and am using a hawking HWU8DD adapter. It has been working great for the last 2 months.then one day i got up to do something, came back and i was disconnected.i tried reconnecting and it immediately said it wasn't able to connect.all the setting are the same as before, i even tried default settings, and reloading the driver.i can't connect to any network, and if i can then it is really slow, as in it takes 1 min to load google if at all.because of this i tried loading up backtrack 3 and connecting to the network i always use, and it connected right away and is as fast as it should be.now everytime i want to go online i have to load up BT3.

    anyone have any solution?maybe it's a virus, but my antivirus can't find anything.
     
    N00d13s, Jul 15, 2008
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  2. Wirelessman

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    Since you can connect here and there, it could be a signal problem. Have you tried to connect the laptop to the router using an Ethernet port?
     
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  3. blue68f100

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    Your MTU setting may be to large. Def is 1500 where most DSL services use a 1492. The symptoms you describe is a good indication this is the problem. This will impact the wired and the wireless side. It does not take long to change. I also like cloning the router with the MAC address used to setup the account. It does not cause problems but sometime it can fix some.
     
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  4. Wirelessman

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    Normally the MTU as default is set to automatic or automatic by DHCP .
     
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    Yes, but most will still lock on 1500 and not drop to 1492. I normally set this at the WAN/internet port on the router. And you will still show 1500 on the pc side.
     
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  6. N00d13s

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    well i ran ccleaner, and my antivirus found 2 changes,not viruses.anyway, i restarted and it connected but was really slow, so i left it and played gears of war for a 2-3 hours and now it is faster.hopefully the problem is fixed.
     
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  7. Wirelessman

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    Good for you.
     
    Wirelessman, Jul 15, 2008
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