Network icon says not connected but I am

[TheBoozer]

Hi again Barb,

Did not take too long. After sending you the message, I went to "Network & Sharing Center" and a few seconds after I clicked on the MAP and hovered over the devices in the network map to check the dynamic IPs they were using, the problem kicked in. It must have something to do with the LLTD Responder. I am going to reset the WiFi adapter and stay away from the network map and see what happens.

Well, this has been an interesting adventure. I'm glad it is now
resolved.

On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 23:44:03 +0100, TheBoozer
<TheBoozer.3fae8f@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote:

>
>Barb,
>
>I went to a hotspot (Starbuck) and utilized their WiFi surfing the net
>for about an hour. Problem did not maifest itself. I would have likes to
>stay online longer but I had other commitments. So it could be a problem
>with my Actiontec Router although with Actiontec, sometimes it took a
>few hours for the problem to show up, other times it took only minutes.
>
>Regardless, after returning home, I reset the Actiontec to factory
>settings. This wiped out the port forwarding I had and started clean. I
>have been using the internet for over an hour and until now, all is
>fine. I have lost the ability to remote connect using TSWEB but this
>issue is not as intriguing as the other.
>
>So for now, I will pin the problem on incorrect router settings. I will
>keep you posted of any development and hopefully we can close this
>thread and at the same time help others.
>
>Mike
--

Barb Bowman
MS-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.com

[TheBoozer]

Hi Barb,

You responded before reading my last message. I guess the adventure continues. Last night, I reset the adapter and did not browse, this morning and before I browsed, the WiFi icon was again showing limited connection. The only thing that happened during the night was an auto update from Windows Defender.

I intend to swap the hard drive with another formatted one and reinstall Vista, do the updates and then start installing programs one by one. Maybe I can isolate which update or which program is causing this problem.

Again I will keep you posted. By the way, if you are getting tired of this, please let me know and will save you the headache.

Mike

I'd be curious on what
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/usi...d/default.mspx
reports on your router. if anything fails, please copy the verbose
results into a reply.

(and no, I'm not getting tired of this <G> )

On Sat, 6 Sep 2008 15:17:10 +0100, TheBoozer
<TheBoozer.3fblc5@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote:

>
>Hi Barb,
>
>You responded before reading my last message. I guess the adventure
>continues. Last night, I reset the adapter and did not browse, this
>morning and before I browsed, the WiFi icon was again showing limited
>connection. The only thing that happened during the night was an auto
>update from Windows Defender.
>
>I intend to swap the hard drive with another formatted one and
>reinstall Vista, do the updates and then start installing programs one
>by one. Maybe I can isolate which update or which program is causing
>this problem.
>
>Again I will keep you posted. By the way, if you are getting tired of
>this, please let me know and will save you the headache.
>
>Mike
--

Barb Bowman
MS-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.com

[TheBoozer]

Hi Barb

I did run the subject test and all items passed.

On Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:14:19 -0400, Barb Bowman <barb@nospam.com>
wrote:

>(and no, I'm not getting tired of this <G> )

You are being nominated for beatification. Should pass on the first
ballot.

[TheBoozer]

Beatification? As in beating Vista to death?

On Sat, 6 Sep 2008 19:30:27 +0100, TheBoozer
<TheBoozer.3fbxsd@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote:

>
>Beatification? As in beating Vista to death?

She has the patience of a saint, therefore she is being entered into
the canonization process.

[TheBoozer]

Hi Barb, Paul and Everyone who is viewing this thread,

I spent the whole day yesterday on this issue. Replaced my hard drive with a newly formatted one, fresh installed Vista Ultimate 32, updated to SP1 and did NOT update any further. Next, I made sure that all devices have the correct drivers and are working properly. I did not install any programs and began surfing the internet in the usual manner. After a while, the problem did occur again. So next, I rest the adapter and started updating Vista one update at a time in an effort to see if any of the updates help mitigate the problem or if removing an update would solve it. All efforts failed.

So now, I give up and will live with the problem. I am going to blame it on the Actiontec MI424WR V2 router I have although in fairness to Actiontec, I read on more than one forum that others using different routers (Linksys) have had this same issue.

The good news, this issue is only a nuissance and does not affect the operation of the computer or the WiFi adapter. So unitl someone much smarter than I am discovers a solution, I am calling it quits. Well, almost quits because I intend to paly a little with the router (revert to older firmware) so don't be surprised if you hear from again.

Best Regards,

Mike

I know how annoying these unsolved mystery issues can be, but as you
say, it is not impacting operations. Best of luck.

On Sun, 7 Sep 2008 17:02:36 +0100, TheBoozer
<TheBoozer.3fdlk2@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote:

>The good news, this issue is only a nuissance and does not affect the
>operation of the computer or the WiFi adapter. So unitl someone much
>smarter than I am discovers a solution, I am calling it quits. Well,
>almost quits because I intend to paly a little with the router (revert
>to older firmware) so don't be surprised if you hear from again.
--

Barb Bowman
MS-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.com