FIX that Vista Wireless Problem

FIX that Vista Wireless Problem, easy fix for wi-fi connection problem
idoia View Member Profile	Post #1 Oct 11 2007, 23:29
Im on fire... Group: Registered Posts: 1,036 Joined: 16-October 03 From: Calahorra - Spain Member No.: 38,004	Quote - Thursday, 04 October 2007 <script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript">var sbtitle4578=encodeURIComponent("Vista DHCP and Router Problems... Free Fix Tool"); var sburl4578=decodeURI("http://www.reviewingit.com/index.php/content/view/61/"); sburl4578=sburl4578.replace(/amp;/g, "");sburl4578=encodeURIComponent(sburl4578);<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript">digg_url = 'http://www.reviewingit.com/index.php/content/view/61/';<script src="http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js" type="text/javascript"> Windows Vista being new has many issues. One of the biggest issues is the failure to get ip address from DHCP due to Vistas new DHCP implementation. Since editing the registry and determining the adapter through GUID to apply the registry hack to fix the problem can be a pain for some. I wrote a small tool to make it easier for people to fix the problem...download it here.. <script language="javascript"> <script language="javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> To use the tool is simple 1. Click on "Query Adapter" to get the list of network adapters in your systmer 2. Select the adapter you wish to fix. Reboot your system and see if you can get an IP from DHCP. 3. If you wish to undo the fix, select the adapter and choose "Reset to Vista Default". Download it *HERE*. Thursday, 04 October 2007 <script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript">var sbtitle4578=encodeURIComponent("Vista DHCP and Router Problems... Free Fix Tool"); var sburl4578=decodeURI("http://www.reviewingit.com/index.php/content/view/61/"); sburl4578=sburl4578.replace(/amp;/g, "");sburl4578=encodeURIComponent(sburl4578); <script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript">digg_url = 'http://www.reviewingit.com/index.php/content/view/61/';<script src="http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js" type="text/javascript"> http://www.reviewingit.com/index.php/content/view/61/1/

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primexx View Member Profile	Post #2 Oct 11 2007, 23:43
Neowinian DOMINATING Group: Registered Posts: 9,420 Joined: 24-April 05 Member No.: 107,134	what exactly is the probelm?

SHoTTa35 View Member Profile	Post #3 Oct 11 2007, 23:43
30Five.com Group: Veteran Posts: 6,932 Joined: 18-August 01 From: DC Area Member No.: 698	the only weird wireless issue i get is that sometimes my system doesn't renew it's DNS. I take my laptop to work where it's get assigned a specific IP each time but then i put the system to sleep and come home and it gets an IP at home from my router but it doesn't get it fully. I have to do a ipconfig /release and /renew for it to get it. At home the DNS is 192.168.1.1 of-course but at work it's another and for some reason it just doesn't change as it should. Only noticed this recently because i was using LAN at work and Wifi at home. I don't have this problem then. (another problem is that when i come home and just open my laptop and it auto connects as it should, about 1 minute later it shows disconnected but it's actually still connected. I gotta manually disconnect and then connect for the icon to show it's connected)

idoia View Member Profile	Post #4 Oct 12 2007, 00:18
Im on fire... Group: Registered Posts: 1,036 Joined: 16-October 03 From: Calahorra - Spain Member No.: 38,004	sorry for the copy & paste, i'm just lazy this is the problem I'm talking about: Quote - One of our customers bought a Dell Inspiron (dont remember the model) with Windows Visa Premium on it. At the house they have a Sonicwall (dont remember the model either) with WIFI. WIFI security is set to WPA-SPK and I have the key. The laptop sees the secure network. I clicked connect and typed in the password -- it took it -- but then it either gives an IP conflict error or just wont obtain one. Other XP laptops worked fine. Everything is set to dynamically obtain and the DHCP range is big. I tried repairing the connection - failed Tried disabling the adapter and re-enabling - failed Made sure there are no firewalls Tried rebooting the router Tried static IP Tried recreating the connection Everything has failed. The status keeps saying that its trying to identify the network. Weird thing is that sometimes it connect but after rebooting -- same problem You can see its trying to get an IP and sometimes it does for a second and then looses it. I have read about similar problem with Vista. Is there a solution? http://forums.pcpitstop.com/index.php?showtopic=141475 http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/928233 Hit my first bug when I got back. My Intel pro 2200 BG wireless connection was not getting DHCP lease from my IPCOP server. The weird thing was that my LAN card was fine and my wireless connection worked fine if I used a static IP. Spent a whole night trying to feagure out the problem.Good news is I manged to fix it with some help from MS knowledgebase and a few registry tweaks. It seems to be a problem with the BROADCAST flag in DHCP discovery packets. In XP it’s off and in Vista it’s on. Non Microsoft DHCP servers don’t like this. See the fix on the next page; 1. Start –> run –> regedit.exe 2. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\{GUID} 3. {GUID} sub-key refers to the network adapter that is having the issue. In my case my Intel Pro 2200BG card. 4. Add a new DWORD (32bit) value and rename it to “DhcpConnDisableBcastFlagToggle”. 5. Modify the “DhcpConnDisableBcastFlagToggle” key and change the value to “1″. 6. Modify the “DhcpConnForceBroadcastFlag” key and change the value to “0″. 7. Reboot and test the connection again with DHCP. (The reboot is optional)

Bryan84 View Member Profile	Post #5 Oct 12 2007, 14:52
You are my freedom! Jesus You're the reason! Group: Registered Posts: 4,893 Joined: 2-August 03 From: Singapore Member No.: 33,791	my Wifi works fine on my laptop currently.

spiritv2 View Member Profile	Post #6 Oct 12 2007, 15:08
Neowinian Group: Registered Posts: 54 Joined: 27-August 04 Member No.: 68,887	One of my laptops, an HPNX9040 with an Intel 2200BG, seems to be connected as it shows that it received proper DNS (through OPENdns), sometimes especially after making changes to the router i have to reset the pc to get online again, ipconfig /release /renew doesnt do the trick maybe this'll help, thankss!

Azmodan View Member Profile	Post #7 Oct 12 2007, 15:39
Lord nothing Group: Registered Posts: 520 Joined: 22-July 04 From: Panama, Panama City Member No.: 63,492	Same fix as the Lunden problem. GG.

+s.L.m View Member Profile	Post #8 Oct 17 2007, 12:56
I'm teh MAN \o.O/ Group: +Subscriber Posts: 459 Joined: 6-September 04 From: Saudi Arabia Member No.: 70,493	have no wireless problems at all on my PCs and laptops

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