Help with wireless connection

[Red5639]

Hi: I have been unable to connect to my wireless for the past week on my netbook (asus eee). There's no issue with the actual wireless - I am on it right now on my ipad & have had no issues connecting from my work laptop. The Asus was fine, then I went on it one day & it shows as limited connectivity (and I cannot open a web page). I rebooted my router and the asus. I also removed & re-entered my network info. I clicked the troubleshoot window- it says 'diagnostics policy service is not running'.
I also tried typing ipconfig/release ( I remembered seeing work IT people do this). It says: no operation can be performed on Local Area Connection while it has its media disconnected. An error occurred while releasing interface Wireless Network Connection: The RPC server is unavailable.

Any suggestions?? Thanks!

 

[Kmart1212]

Is the wireless adapter turned on? Are the drivers for it up to date? Go to Start > Type Device Manager > network adapter > Drivers > Update Drivers > From computer or internet. just check to see if its up to date.

 

[Red5639]

Thanks- I just did that. I see 2 items listed below Network Adapters - Atheros Ethernet Controller & Atheros Wireless Network Adapter. I clicked on each of those and under device status it says 'This device is working properly.'
Anything else I can try?

 

[Kmart1212]

If you can find the mac address for the router.

"Start > right-click My Computer > Properties > Hardware tab > Device Manager > Network Adapters > right-click the wireless adapter > Properties > Locally Administered MAC Address."

Change it from none to the 12 digit number [MAC address of the wireless router]. Apply it (ok), and it worked instantly and I immediately got the connection..

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Could also try this,

"Go IE > Tools > Internet Options > Connections > LAN Settings > uncheck all boxes.

Go to LAN connection in network places and be sure TCP/IP in properties is checked for obtain IP address automatically.

Go to network places and right click on local area connection and click on repair. System should reassign LAN and and connect IE. Using the cmd ipconfig/renew will work and the "media disconnected" message will have disappeared.

(You may have to disconnect power to modem to allow it to reset the IP address.)"

make sure you have the latest firmware!

 

[Red5639]

"Start > right-click My Computer > Properties > Hardware tab > Device Manager > Network Adapters > right-click the wireless adapter > Properties > Locally Administered MAC Address."
Ok- I did all of this- when I get to Properties for Network Adapter, where can I find the Locally Administered MAC Address? The Properties box that appears has several tabs (General, Advanced, Driver, Details, Resources, Power Management). I'm checking each tab, but can't find anything that says Locally Administered MAC Address. Can u help again? Much appreciatedvwithbthe help so far!

 

[Kmart1212]

Under that advanced tab.

 

[Red5639]

Thanks again for your help. I'll try that again

 

[techi3]

Try: Start > search "ncpa.cpl" > right-click the troubled "WLAN" > select "Status or Properties" > click "Properties" > click all except "IPv6" > click "Configure" > choose "Advanced" tab > highlight "country region 11A" > choose "#0" > highlight "country region 11G" > choose "#0" > all others choose "Enable" > click OK > click "wireless properties" > choose "Connection" tab > check "connect automatically" and "Connect even if the network is not broadcasting its name (SSID)" > click "Security" tab > choose "WPA-Personal" and "AES" > now type your password and click OK and reboot.

 

[Cortb]

I was fixing a friends computer last week, and was baffled for about an hour as to why windows said the reciever was enabled, but when I tried to connect to wifi, nothing was showing up in the list. Turns out his computer had a keyboard function key for turning wifi off an on.

Is there a hardware button or switch to turn the wifi on/off? If so, try flipping that.