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"TWilliams" <> wrote in message
news:B425FA15-914F-40C5-82E0-...
> Hello Everyone
>
> I have been reading the community board for sometime now, and I appreciate
> all your comments and inputs, even some of the sarcastic ones I run
> across..(You know who you are..LOL) but all jokes aside, I find this board
> very informative to say the least.
>
> I have a Sony laptop with a built in wireless card. I have config my
> router/modem(DSL) so I can use the internet remotely. Everything was
> working
> fine, until a few days ago, when trying to access my wireless, it states
> Limit or No Connectivity. I tried troubleshooting the problem, I even
> called
> DSL Technical Support and they did the samething I did, but the problem
> still
> did not get resolved.
>
> Here are a list of things I tried to do to get my Wireless up and running
> again. Please let me know if I am on the right path or if there is
> something
> else I should have done.
>
> 1) I run the cmd prompt and typed ipconfig/all. I notice my wireless card
> is
> showing an APIPA address and not a DHCP address.
> 2) I than typed in ipconfig/release and than ipconfig/renew. That did not
> work. The APIPA address was still on the Wireless Nic card, and did not
> release it.
> 3) I than typed Ipconfig/flushdns, and than ipconfig/registardns..Still
> showing the APIPA addressing on the Wireless NIC card.
> 4) I also tried Ipconfig/release *Con* still nothing.
> 5) I Enable NETBIOS over TCP/IP,..Still nothing.. Even tried Disable
> NETBIOS
> over TCP/IP.
> 6) When I ran ipcong/all.. My DHCP server is up and running, but I still
> can
> not figure out why the Wireless NIC card will not release the APIPA
> addressing.
> 7) I rebooted the computer, turned off the router, reset the router and
> still nothing changed. So, now I can not enjoy the comfort of taking my
> laptop around the house and getting on the internet, b/c it is keep saying
> Limit or no connectivity.
>
> The only other option at this point is to call Sony Technical Support, to
> see if they can help or fix the problem physically, by maybe installing a
> new
> Wireless NIC card, which I do not think they will need to do, but I am
> unsure. This is a brand new laptop.
>
> If anyone out there is cyber world, can please help me, I will be
> grateful.
>
> T
>
> --
> Thanks

Although correct, wouldn't you ask a newsgroup full of MCDSTs or
potential support specialists? You assumed that he is running
Windows XP. Although you are probably correct; he never specified what
operating system he is currently running.

--
Michael D. Alligood
MCSA, MCDST, MCP, A+,
Network+, i-Net+, CIW Assoc.,
CIW Certified Instructor



"AJR" <> wrote in message
news:#:

> Suggest you post to: microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web or
> microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support.
>
> "TWilliams" <> wrote in message
> news:B425FA15-914F-40C5-82E0-...
> > Hello Everyone
> >
> > I have been reading the community board for sometime now, and I appreciate
> > all your comments and inputs, even some of the sarcastic ones I run
> > across..(You know who you are..LOL) but all jokes aside, I find this board
> > very informative to say the least.
> >
> > I have a Sony laptop with a built in wireless card. I have config my
> > router/modem(DSL) so I can use the internet remotely. Everything was
> > working
> > fine, until a few days ago, when trying to access my wireless, it states
> > Limit or No Connectivity. I tried troubleshooting the problem, I even
> > called
> > DSL Technical Support and they did the samething I did, but the problem
> > still
> > did not get resolved.
> >
> > Here are a list of things I tried to do to get my Wireless up and running
> > again. Please let me know if I am on the right path or if there is
> > something
> > else I should have done.
> >
> > 1) I run the cmd prompt and typed ipconfig/all. I notice my wireless card
> > is
> > showing an APIPA address and not a DHCP address.
> > 2) I than typed in ipconfig/release and than ipconfig/renew. That did not
> > work. The APIPA address was still on the Wireless Nic card, and did not
> > release it.
> > 3) I than typed Ipconfig/flushdns, and than ipconfig/registardns..Still
> > showing the APIPA addressing on the Wireless NIC card.
> > 4) I also tried Ipconfig/release *Con* still nothing.
> > 5) I Enable NETBIOS over TCP/IP,..Still nothing.. Even tried Disable
> > NETBIOS
> > over TCP/IP.
> > 6) When I ran ipcong/all.. My DHCP server is up and running, but I still
> > can
> > not figure out why the Wireless NIC card will not release the APIPA
> > addressing.
> > 7) I rebooted the computer, turned off the router, reset the router and
> > still nothing changed. So, now I can not enjoy the comfort of taking my
> > laptop around the house and getting on the internet, b/c it is keep saying
> > Limit or no connectivity.
> >
> > The only other option at this point is to call Sony Technical Support, to
> > see if they can help or fix the problem physically, by maybe installing a
> > new
> > Wireless NIC card, which I do not think they will need to do, but I am
> > unsure. This is a brand new laptop.
> >
> > If anyone out there is cyber world, can please help me, I will be
> > grateful.
> >
> > T
> >
> > --
> > Thanks