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Answer» Before I go out and buy a new WIRELESS card I thought might throw out my problem and see if someone has an idea.
Using XP SP3, Zone Alarm firewall and a Belkin Wireless G Desktop Card and Belkin Wireless G+ MIMO Router with a DSL connection and using WPA. The card is about 5 years old.
I have discounted the possibility of the router being a source of the problems because my laptop is with an INTEL wireless card is having no problems whatsoever. Signal strength and speed are excellent.
Last week I put in a new mobo. No problems with the wireless card for the first few days then starting about 4 days ago I started seeing the data speed rate slowly decrease until the connection would finally drop. The signal strength remained "very good" to "excellent". Using the Windows wireless connection repair function I could reconnect. Sometimes it took a while. Then the cycle would start again.
Yesterday I could not connect at all to the network. The card detected the network. It was set to automatically connect to the network. The Belkin self-diagnostic test said the card passed all tests. The card's drivers are current. But it would not connect. Little windows monitor in task BAR had a big red X all day.
This morning the card connected, or said it did. Signal strength and speed are showing very good. BUT no data is being passed. Thunderbird e-mail cannot connect to the pop server. Firefox says can't find server. Anti-virus says it can't get updates. Repair connection function does nothing.
Things I have tried with no success:
--Tried with firewall turned off. No difference.
--Double checked card set to automatically get IP address. It is.
--Tried windows troubleshooter recommended static IP address. No difference.
--Tried ipconfig /release and ipconfig /renew. Yesterday wouldn't do anything because it showed "media disconnected." Today it cleared no difference.
--Checked card drivers. They are good.
--Checked device manager for hardware conflicts. No conflicts.
--Tried with WPA disabled. No difference.
I was in and out of my case a lot in the past two weeks. I am thinking maybe I just damaged the contacts on the card when I was pulling it in and out to move it out of the way while doing other things.
Forgot to add I have also tried uninstalling all the software, physically removing the card and then reinstalling everything. That didn't work either.Quote from: kaigun on March 23, 2009, 12:36:04 PM Before I go out and buy a new wireless card I thought might throw out my problem and see if someone has an idea.
Using XP SP3, Zone Alarm firewall and a Belkin Wireless G Desktop Card and Belkin Wireless G+ MIMO Router with a DSL connection and using WPA. The card is about 5 years old.
I have discounted the possibility of the router being a source of the problems because my laptop is with an Intel wireless card is having no problems whatsoever. Signal strength and speed are excellent.
Last week I put in a new mobo. No problems with the wireless card for the first few days then starting about 4 days ago I started seeing the data speed rate slowly decrease until the connection would finally drop. The signal strength remained "very good" to "excellent". Using the Windows wireless connection repair function I could reconnect. Sometimes it took a while. Then the cycle would start again.
Yesterday I could not connect at all to the network. The card detected the network. It was set to automatically connect to the network. The Belkin self-diagnostic test said the card passed all tests. The card's drivers are current. But it would not connect. Little windows monitor in task bar had a big red X all day.
This morning the card connected, or said it did. Signal strength and speed are showing very good. BUT no data is being passed. Thunderbird e-mail cannot connect to the pop server. Firefox says can't find server. Anti-virus says it can't get updates. Repair connection function does nothing.
Things I have tried with no success:
--Tried with firewall turned off. No difference.
--Double checked card set to automatically get IP address. It is.
--Tried windows troubleshooter recommended static IP address. No difference.
--Tried ipconfig /release and ipconfig /renew. Yesterday wouldn't do anything because it showed "media disconnected." Today it cleared no difference.
--Checked card drivers. They are good.
--Checked device manager for hardware conflicts. No conflicts.
--Tried with WPA disabled. No difference.
I was in and out of my case a lot in the past two weeks. I am thinking maybe I just damaged the contacts on the card when I was pulling it in and out to move it out of the way while doing other things.
Its late and night, I'm tired, and those are a lot of words in that post. please summarize to less than 4 sentences and I can probably help.
from what I gathered by skimming through your book I'm assuming the problem is your not getting a connection into your wifi,
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Tried with firewall turned off. No difference.
--Double checked card set to automatically get IP address. It is.
--Tried windows troubleshooter recommended static IP address. No difference.
--Tried ipconfig /release and ipconfig /renew. Yesterday wouldn't do anything because it showed "media disconnected." Today it cleared no difference.
--Checked card drivers. They are good.
--Checked device manager for hardware conflicts. No conflicts.
--Tried with WPA disabled. No difference.
Basically your data packets have no way of being sent or recieved on your computer onto the network,
its like a 2 road highway with a road block in the middle. That block is blocking traffic from flowing like its suppose to, which would be your card.
Its smart to just replace it
You have my permission to go buy a new 802.11 Wireless card.
Tell your MOTHER an experienced Technician confirmed that this is a classic example of an old Wireless card failing due to component aging.
Repair of the card is not practical. A good replacement card can be found for about 15 to 35 dollars in the USA. Avoid those that are "On Sale", unless you know it was overstock, not a defect.
You have done an excellent job of trying all the practical tests that can be done.without laboratory equipment. Good Job!
By the way, the USB dongles are good for general use and are cheaper that the PCI cards The USB wireless works just as good, but a shorter range.Quote from: Geek-9pm on March 30, 2009, 10:51:27 PMYou have my permission to go buy a new 802.11 Wireless card.
Tell your mother an experienced Technician confirmed that this is a classic example of an old Wireless card failing due to component aging...You have done an excellent job of trying all the practical tests that can be done.without laboratory equipment.
Trust me, I'm well past the age of asking permission from my mother
It's good to know I gave the troubleshooting a good shot. That makes me feel better since I gave up and bought a new card the other day. It's working great.
Thanks again.
Good. Glad you got it done.
What to do with the bad card? Try this:
Put some felt on the trace side of the card and use for a coaster for you hot cup of coffee. Makes a good conversation piece. Tel your friends at the local coffee house that you are in University experiment. They want to measure the rate of heat loss in a cup of coffee in real-time and the antenna is sending data back to the University.
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