Linksys wifi router suddenly not working? Help please.

Scenario:
I had recently set up a wifi for my desktop and a laptop via a Linksys
wireless-G router.
Everything was working fine for the first 5 days before the wifi network
connection failed. Both computers run WinXP SP2 Home Version.

Troubleshooting:
(Laptop):
“Wireless Network connection is not connected. Wireless network
unavailable.�
On the Wireless network Connection window it shows:
“not connected, firewalled�. Also the internal net adapter shows “connected,
firewalled�. I must assume that this is normal.
I right clicked the wifi icon and selected “Repair� and received the message
of: “windows could not finish repairing the problem because the following
action cannot be completed: connecting to the wireless network. Contact
person who manages your network.�

I also performed an “ipconfig� command via the Command prompt and received:
“media state…media disconnected.�

I even tried to set up a new network under a different name but no success.

(Desktop):
Everything works fine both wirelessly, via a Netgear USB network adapter,
and the hardwired connection (incoming cable wire-to-cable modem
box-to-linksys wifi router-to-desktop). I can go on line with no problems at
all.

(Linksys Router):
Power, WLAN, Port, and Internet lights are all green.

Question:
I know that after reading some of the other post that this type of thing is
not uncommon and I have tried to re-establish connection off of some of the
other suggestions with no luck yet but what should I look at… desktop,
router, laptop or all 3?
I hope this info helps because I tried to be as concise as possible.

Thanks for your help in this matter.
Thomas

ThomasP wrote:
> Scenario:
> I had recently set up a wifi for my desktop and a laptop via a Linksys
> wireless-G router.
> Everything was working fine for the first 5 days before the wifi network
> connection failed. Both computers run WinXP SP2 Home Version.
>
> Troubleshooting:
> (Laptop):
> “Wireless Network connection is not connected. Wireless network
> unavailable.�
> On the Wireless network Connection window it shows:
> “not connected, firewalled�. Also the internal net adapter shows “connected,
> firewalled�. I must assume that this is normal.
> I right clicked the wifi icon and selected “Repair� and received the message
> of: “windows could not finish repairing the problem because the following
> action cannot be completed: connecting to the wireless network. Contact
> person who manages your network.�
>
> I also performed an “ipconfig� command via the Command prompt and received:
> “media state…media disconnected.�
>
> I even tried to set up a new network under a different name but no success.
>
> (Desktop):
> Everything works fine both wirelessly, via a Netgear USB network adapter,
> and the hardwired connection (incoming cable wire-to-cable modem
> box-to-linksys wifi router-to-desktop). I can go on line with no problems at
> all.
>
> (Linksys Router):
> Power, WLAN, Port, and Internet lights are all green.
>
> Question:
> I know that after reading some of the other post that this type of thing is
> not uncommon and I have tried to re-establish connection off of some of the
> other suggestions with no luck yet but what should I look at… desktop,
> router, laptop or all 3?
> I hope this info helps because I tried to be as concise as possible.
>
> Thanks for your help in this matter.
> Thomas
>
Sounds as if the wifi adapter in your laptop has been disabled or turned
off. Check in Device Manager to see if the device has been disabled.
Check your laptop User's Manual to see if there is a physical switch or
function key combination that turns the radio on/off. Many laptops with
built-in wifi have such a means for turning the radio off to save
battery power.

--
Lem MS MVP -- Networking

To the moon and back with 64 Kbits of RAM and 512 Kbits of ROM.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer

Hi
There can be many reasons for this behavior.
This page provide info about Debugging the basic network.
http://www.ezlan.net/debug.html
This page can help with few Wireless issues.
http://www.ezlan.net/wireless
Jack (MVP-Networking).

"ThomasP" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:78C8B59E-E7B9-4A8B-BB0C-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Scenario:
> I had recently set up a wifi for my desktop and a laptop via a Linksys
> wireless-G router.
> Everything was working fine for the first 5 days before the wifi network
> connection failed. Both computers run WinXP SP2 Home Version.
>
> Troubleshooting:
> (Laptop):
> "Wireless Network connection is not connected. Wireless network
> unavailable."
> On the Wireless network Connection window it shows:
> "not connected, firewalled". Also the internal net adapter shows
> "connected,
> firewalled". I must assume that this is normal.
> I right clicked the wifi icon and selected "Repair" and received the
> message
> of: "windows could not finish repairing the problem because the following
> action cannot be completed: connecting to the wireless network. Contact
> person who manages your network."
>
> I also performed an "ipconfig" command via the Command prompt and
> received:
> "media state.media disconnected."
>
> I even tried to set up a new network under a different name but no
> success.
>
> (Desktop):
> Everything works fine both wirelessly, via a Netgear USB network adapter,
> and the hardwired connection (incoming cable wire-to-cable modem
> box-to-linksys wifi router-to-desktop). I can go on line with no problems
> at
> all.
>
> (Linksys Router):
> Power, WLAN, Port, and Internet lights are all green.
>
> Question:
> I know that after reading some of the other post that this type of thing
> is
> not uncommon and I have tried to re-establish connection off of some of
> the
> other suggestions with no luck yet but what should I look at. desktop,
> router, laptop or all 3?
> I hope this info helps because I tried to be as concise as possible.
>
> Thanks for your help in this matter.
> Thomas
>

Thanks Lem & Jack. I am not at home right now but I certainly will look into
both of your suggestions tonight and get back to you both.

"Jack (MVP-Networking)." wrote:

> Hi
> There can be many reasons for this behavior.
> This page provide info about Debugging the basic network.
> http://www.ezlan.net/debug.html
> This page can help with few Wireless issues.
> http://www.ezlan.net/wireless
> Jack (MVP-Networking).
>
> "ThomasP" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:78C8B59E-E7B9-4A8B-BB0C-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Scenario:
> > I had recently set up a wifi for my desktop and a laptop via a Linksys
> > wireless-G router.
> > Everything was working fine for the first 5 days before the wifi network
> > connection failed. Both computers run WinXP SP2 Home Version.
> >
> > Troubleshooting:
> > (Laptop):
> > "Wireless Network connection is not connected. Wireless network
> > unavailable."
> > On the Wireless network Connection window it shows:
> > "not connected, firewalled". Also the internal net adapter shows
> > "connected,
> > firewalled". I must assume that this is normal.
> > I right clicked the wifi icon and selected "Repair" and received the
> > message
> > of: "windows could not finish repairing the problem because the following
> > action cannot be completed: connecting to the wireless network. Contact
> > person who manages your network."
> >
> > I also performed an "ipconfig" command via the Command prompt and
> > received:
> > "media state.media disconnected."
> >
> > I even tried to set up a new network under a different name but no
> > success.
> >
> > (Desktop):
> > Everything works fine both wirelessly, via a Netgear USB network adapter,
> > and the hardwired connection (incoming cable wire-to-cable modem
> > box-to-linksys wifi router-to-desktop). I can go on line with no problems
> > at
> > all.
> >
> > (Linksys Router):
> > Power, WLAN, Port, and Internet lights are all green.
> >
> > Question:
> > I know that after reading some of the other post that this type of thing
> > is
> > not uncommon and I have tried to re-establish connection off of some of
> > the
> > other suggestions with no luck yet but what should I look at. desktop,
> > router, laptop or all 3?
> > I hope this info helps because I tried to be as concise as possible.
> >
> > Thanks for your help in this matter.
> > Thomas
> >
>
>
>

OK, so now my wireless setup was functioning again last night. However, it
came up on it’s own before I had a chance to try any of the suggestions I was
given. I decided to look around anyway for any type of conflicts. I finally
decided to recreate another network setup but this time with selecting WPA
encryption instead of WEP through the Wireless Network Setup Wizard. So far
everything was working fine. My connection was active and strong.

Discrepency:
---At the end of the setup while still in the Wizard on my desktop, in the
“Wireless Network Settings� window, it showed that the “Network
Authentication Type� was “WPAPSK� where as before it showed “Open�.
---In the “Network Connection� window of my laptop I right clicked and
selected “View Available Wireless Networks�, it stated:
“Lynksys: unsecured wireless network. Network configured for open access.
May be visible to others, ect, ect, ect….�

Question 1:
Why is there a conflict in wording and does this affect the stability of the
system because just this morning it went out again.

Question 2:
What is better and more stable in the laptop world, the internal wifi
software or an external network adaptor card? Would this affect the
stability issue?

Thanks again,
Thomas


"ThomasP" wrote:

> Thanks Lem & Jack. I am not at home right now but I certainly will look into
> both of your suggestions tonight and get back to you both.
>
> "Jack (MVP-Networking)." wrote:
>
> > Hi
> > There can be many reasons for this behavior.
> > This page provide info about Debugging the basic network.
> > http://www.ezlan.net/debug.html
> > This page can help with few Wireless issues.
> > http://www.ezlan.net/wireless
> > Jack (MVP-Networking).
> >
> > "ThomasP" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:78C8B59E-E7B9-4A8B-BB0C-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > Scenario:
> > > I had recently set up a wifi for my desktop and a laptop via a Linksys
> > > wireless-G router.
> > > Everything was working fine for the first 5 days before the wifi network
> > > connection failed. Both computers run WinXP SP2 Home Version.
> > >
> > > Troubleshooting:
> > > (Laptop):
> > > "Wireless Network connection is not connected. Wireless network
> > > unavailable."
> > > On the Wireless network Connection window it shows:
> > > "not connected, firewalled". Also the internal net adapter shows
> > > "connected,
> > > firewalled". I must assume that this is normal.
> > > I right clicked the wifi icon and selected "Repair" and received the
> > > message
> > > of: "windows could not finish repairing the problem because the following
> > > action cannot be completed: connecting to the wireless network. Contact
> > > person who manages your network."
> > >
> > > I also performed an "ipconfig" command via the Command prompt and
> > > received:
> > > "media state.media disconnected."
> > >
> > > I even tried to set up a new network under a different name but no
> > > success.
> > >
> > > (Desktop):
> > > Everything works fine both wirelessly, via a Netgear USB network adapter,
> > > and the hardwired connection (incoming cable wire-to-cable modem
> > > box-to-linksys wifi router-to-desktop). I can go on line with no problems
> > > at
> > > all.
> > >
> > > (Linksys Router):
> > > Power, WLAN, Port, and Internet lights are all green.
> > >
> > > Question:
> > > I know that after reading some of the other post that this type of thing
> > > is
> > > not uncommon and I have tried to re-establish connection off of some of
> > > the
> > > other suggestions with no luck yet but what should I look at. desktop,
> > > router, laptop or all 3?
> > > I hope this info helps because I tried to be as concise as possible.
> > >
> > > Thanks for your help in this matter.
> > > Thomas
> > >
> >
> >
> >

Hi

A1. The wording changes since WZC picks up the wording in the Wireless card
drivers.

Unfortunately when it comes to networking their is a Mambo Jumbo in term's
usage. Some use the agreed upon technical terms, others twist the terms a
little to make it sound more like regular English. The result is Not Help
but confusion.

A2. There bad internal WIFI and good external and vice versa. So might
depend on the make and the model.

Howvever in general the Internal should be better then PCMCIA because it has
a better longer Antenna under the plastic cover around the Display.

Jack (MVP-Networking).



"ThomasP" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:6D969AC5-0293-4261-A3BF-(E-Mail Removed)...
> OK, so now my wireless setup was functioning again last night. However,
> it
> came up on it's own before I had a chance to try any of the suggestions I
> was
> given. I decided to look around anyway for any type of conflicts. I
> finally
> decided to recreate another network setup but this time with selecting WPA
> encryption instead of WEP through the Wireless Network Setup Wizard. So
> far
> everything was working fine. My connection was active and strong.
>
> Discrepency:
> ---At the end of the setup while still in the Wizard on my desktop, in the
> "Wireless Network Settings" window, it showed that the "Network
> Authentication Type" was "WPAPSK" where as before it showed "Open".
> ---In the "Network Connection" window of my laptop I right clicked and
> selected "View Available Wireless Networks", it stated:
> "Lynksys: unsecured wireless network. Network configured for open access.
> May be visible to others, ect, ect, ect.."
>
> Question 1:
> Why is there a conflict in wording and does this affect the stability of
> the
> system because just this morning it went out again.
>
> Question 2:
> What is better and more stable in the laptop world, the internal wifi
> software or an external network adaptor card? Would this affect the
> stability issue?
>
> Thanks again,
> Thomas
>
>
> "ThomasP" wrote:
>
>> Thanks Lem & Jack. I am not at home right now but I certainly will look
>> into
>> both of your suggestions tonight and get back to you both.
>>
>> "Jack (MVP-Networking)." wrote:
>>
>> > Hi
>> > There can be many reasons for this behavior.
>> > This page provide info about Debugging the basic network.
>> > http://www.ezlan.net/debug.html
>> > This page can help with few Wireless issues.
>> > http://www.ezlan.net/wireless
>> > Jack (MVP-Networking).
>> >
>> > "ThomasP" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> > news:78C8B59E-E7B9-4A8B-BB0C-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > > Scenario:
>> > > I had recently set up a wifi for my desktop and a laptop via a
>> > > Linksys
>> > > wireless-G router.
>> > > Everything was working fine for the first 5 days before the wifi
>> > > network
>> > > connection failed. Both computers run WinXP SP2 Home Version.
>> > >
>> > > Troubleshooting:
>> > > (Laptop):
>> > > "Wireless Network connection is not connected. Wireless network
>> > > unavailable."
>> > > On the Wireless network Connection window it shows:
>> > > "not connected, firewalled". Also the internal net adapter shows
>> > > "connected,
>> > > firewalled". I must assume that this is normal.
>> > > I right clicked the wifi icon and selected "Repair" and received the
>> > > message
>> > > of: "windows could not finish repairing the problem because the
>> > > following
>> > > action cannot be completed: connecting to the wireless network.
>> > > Contact
>> > > person who manages your network."
>> > >
>> > > I also performed an "ipconfig" command via the Command prompt and
>> > > received:
>> > > "media state.media disconnected."
>> > >
>> > > I even tried to set up a new network under a different name but no
>> > > success.
>> > >
>> > > (Desktop):
>> > > Everything works fine both wirelessly, via a Netgear USB network
>> > > adapter,
>> > > and the hardwired connection (incoming cable wire-to-cable modem
>> > > box-to-linksys wifi router-to-desktop). I can go on line with no
>> > > problems
>> > > at
>> > > all.
>> > >
>> > > (Linksys Router):
>> > > Power, WLAN, Port, and Internet lights are all green.
>> > >
>> > > Question:
>> > > I know that after reading some of the other post that this type of
>> > > thing
>> > > is
>> > > not uncommon and I have tried to re-establish connection off of some
>> > > of
>> > > the
>> > > other suggestions with no luck yet but what should I look at.
>> > > desktop,
>> > > router, laptop or all 3?
>> > > I hope this info helps because I tried to be as concise as possible.
>> > >
>> > > Thanks for your help in this matter.
>> > > Thomas
>> > >
>> >
>> >
>> >

OK, problem solved!
The problem I was having was in the router itself. I did not have it
properly configured. Unfortunately, if you have never done anything like
this before, you can really get lost in the confusion of the details while
flying blind. The laptop can now see my network and it is on a secured link
also. I had to get the pdf setup manual off of the Linksys web site and
follow through the steps from that. Also, I am ticked off that there was no
manual or even a quick setup pamplet of some kind that could have been
included in the box.
Thanks again you all for your initial help.
Thomas
"Jack (MVP-Networking)." wrote:

> Hi
>
> A1. The wording changes since WZC picks up the wording in the Wireless card
> drivers.
>
> Unfortunately when it comes to networking their is a Mambo Jumbo in term's
> usage. Some use the agreed upon technical terms, others twist the terms a
> little to make it sound more like regular English. The result is Not Help
> but confusion.
>
> A2. There bad internal WIFI and good external and vice versa. So might
> depend on the make and the model.
>
> Howvever in general the Internal should be better then PCMCIA because it has
> a better longer Antenna under the plastic cover around the Display.
>
> Jack (MVP-Networking).
>
>
>
> "ThomasP" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:6D969AC5-0293-4261-A3BF-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > OK, so now my wireless setup was functioning again last night. However,
> > it
> > came up on it's own before I had a chance to try any of the suggestions I
> > was
> > given. I decided to look around anyway for any type of conflicts. I
> > finally
> > decided to recreate another network setup but this time with selecting WPA
> > encryption instead of WEP through the Wireless Network Setup Wizard. So
> > far
> > everything was working fine. My connection was active and strong.
> >
> > Discrepency:
> > ---At the end of the setup while still in the Wizard on my desktop, in the
> > "Wireless Network Settings" window, it showed that the "Network
> > Authentication Type" was "WPAPSK" where as before it showed "Open".
> > ---In the "Network Connection" window of my laptop I right clicked and
> > selected "View Available Wireless Networks", it stated:
> > "Lynksys: unsecured wireless network. Network configured for open access.
> > May be visible to others, ect, ect, ect.."
> >
> > Question 1:
> > Why is there a conflict in wording and does this affect the stability of
> > the
> > system because just this morning it went out again.
> >
> > Question 2:
> > What is better and more stable in the laptop world, the internal wifi
> > software or an external network adaptor card? Would this affect the
> > stability issue?
> >
> > Thanks again,
> > Thomas
> >
> >
> > "ThomasP" wrote:
> >
> >> Thanks Lem & Jack. I am not at home right now but I certainly will look
> >> into
> >> both of your suggestions tonight and get back to you both.
> >>
> >> "Jack (MVP-Networking)." wrote:
> >>
> >> > Hi
> >> > There can be many reasons for this behavior.
> >> > This page provide info about Debugging the basic network.
> >> > http://www.ezlan.net/debug.html
> >> > This page can help with few Wireless issues.
> >> > http://www.ezlan.net/wireless
> >> > Jack (MVP-Networking).
> >> >
> >> > "ThomasP" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> > news:78C8B59E-E7B9-4A8B-BB0C-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> > > Scenario:
> >> > > I had recently set up a wifi for my desktop and a laptop via a
> >> > > Linksys
> >> > > wireless-G router.
> >> > > Everything was working fine for the first 5 days before the wifi
> >> > > network
> >> > > connection failed. Both computers run WinXP SP2 Home Version.
> >> > >
> >> > > Troubleshooting:
> >> > > (Laptop):
> >> > > "Wireless Network connection is not connected. Wireless network
> >> > > unavailable."
> >> > > On the Wireless network Connection window it shows:
> >> > > "not connected, firewalled". Also the internal net adapter shows
> >> > > "connected,
> >> > > firewalled". I must assume that this is normal.
> >> > > I right clicked the wifi icon and selected "Repair" and received the
> >> > > message
> >> > > of: "windows could not finish repairing the problem because the
> >> > > following
> >> > > action cannot be completed: connecting to the wireless network.
> >> > > Contact
> >> > > person who manages your network."
> >> > >
> >> > > I also performed an "ipconfig" command via the Command prompt and
> >> > > received:
> >> > > "media state.media disconnected."
> >> > >
> >> > > I even tried to set up a new network under a different name but no
> >> > > success.
> >> > >
> >> > > (Desktop):
> >> > > Everything works fine both wirelessly, via a Netgear USB network
> >> > > adapter,
> >> > > and the hardwired connection (incoming cable wire-to-cable modem
> >> > > box-to-linksys wifi router-to-desktop). I can go on line with no
> >> > > problems
> >> > > at
> >> > > all.
> >> > >
> >> > > (Linksys Router):
> >> > > Power, WLAN, Port, and Internet lights are all green.
> >> > >
> >> > > Question:
> >> > > I know that after reading some of the other post that this type of
> >> > > thing
> >> > > is
> >> > > not uncommon and I have tried to re-establish connection off of some
> >> > > of
> >> > > the
> >> > > other suggestions with no luck yet but what should I look at.
> >> > > desktop,
> >> > > router, laptop or all 3?
> >> > > I hope this info helps because I tried to be as concise as possible.
> >> > >
> >> > > Thanks for your help in this matter.
> >> > > Thomas
> >> > >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
>
>
>