Why Am I Having to Reset my Laptop's WiFi?

TheDoLittle

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I purchased an Asus G74S back in August of last year and I use it at home, work, school, and the local coffee joint. When I logged onto their particular wifi networks, or just about any other places I frequented, I had it set so the settings would save into my preferences and therefore when I returned the locale it would log onto the networks automatically (except for the school network which requires a login every time I try and use the network).

This worked fine up until just before the new year when my laptop hard drive crashed. Thankfully I had just done a backup the weekend before so I didn't lose much, and Asus was stellar in fixing it and sending it back (took less than 3 weeks). I set about re-installing all my programs and sticking my projects back on the drive, but now whenever I log onto a wifi network, it doesn't work like it used to. It connects to the wifi router, but not to the internet. I have to "Troubleshoot Problems" and have it reset the wifi and IP address on this laptop.

This isn't really a critical problem, just more annoying than anything. It takes all of 40 seconds of my time to do it. I have searched the net but come up empty on solutions. Anyone have a work around?


...and if anyone says "Buy a Mac!" I will pummel them with rotten apples! I use them at work and school all the time so I don't need to carry something around that doesn't do halfway decent 3D modelling!
 
Sam.I.Am said:
Is there something different about how you set up the user account on the PC when you re-installed the OS (or did you get it back with the OS already installed?).
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Oddly enough, the Win7 came pre-installed, but when it came back from Asus I had gotten the 64-bit upgrade. Previously it had been the 32-bit version. I didn't think too much of it at that time. I found out when I was able to install my 64-bit version of Photoshop.

Try doing this:

http://forevergeeks.com/changing-static-ip-address-to-dynamic-in-windows-7

And see if it works for you.
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Thanks! I'll let ya know if it works.
 
So you have a slightly different OS than what you started with (x64 vs x86). That shouldn't really make a difference other than the settings for network connections that Asus pre-installed are probably different than the previous OS that they sent you.
 
Can you get to a command prompt and run ipconfig /all and post the result?
 
Well, it's been a few days and I'm still having the same problem. It also haven't helped I've had internet problems all afternoon with my home service (I may be in the market for a modem better than the stock one you get from Comcast/Xfinity).

...and as requested, here's the ipconfig readout:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Owner>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Owner-PC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Centrino(R) WiMAX 6150
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 64-D4-DA-57-A3-23
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection 3:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter #
2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 40-25-C2-3B-B2-3D
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection 2:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 40-25-C2-3B-B2-3D
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Centrino(R) Wireless-N 6150
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 40-25-C2-3B-B2-3C
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::408f:9c8b:8aea:7de0%13(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.3(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, April 05, 2012 11:31:15 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Friday, April 06, 2012 11:31:15 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 322971074
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-16-16-B5-44-14-DA-E9-17-F4-CB

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 14-DA-E9-17-F4-CB
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.{2776B9C6-A793-4651-97F5-55A3DDC5626A}:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:4137:9e76:8f1:61d:9d3c:6aed(Prefer
red)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::8f1:61d:9d3c:6aed%12(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Reusable ISATAP Interface {1C7D66E7-CFBF-4E0C-AAC5-47B1844898A4}:


Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #3
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.{73985504-EF66-4807-A549-39991C0D608F}:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #4
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.{4CC56DC2-3108-48C1-B9C0-BA2E3905FB38}:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #5
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.{05892667-F34A-43FF-9C4D-034C49EA9B9A}:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #6
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.{B4E046E7-CB6E-42AB-B8F4-C32878E422D2}:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #7
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
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Hmm the thing that stands out there is that despite using the /all switch, there is no mention of DNS servers. You might try setting the DNS server entry for the adaptor in question (the wireless one) on the laptop to 8.8.8.8 which is google's free DNS service.

However if you're set to fully automatic config then this shouldn't be an issue.

If this happens with all routers then you might wish to try deleting and reinstalling the wireless card drivers and maybe resetting the IP stack: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/299357
 
NeilC said:
Hmm the thing that stands out there is that despite using the /all switch, there is no mention of DNS servers. You might try setting the DNS server entry for the adaptor in question (the wireless one) on the laptop to 8.8.8.8 which is google's free DNS service.

However if you're set to fully automatic config then this shouldn't be an issue.

If this happens with all routers then you might wish to try deleting and reinstalling the wireless card drivers and maybe resetting the IP stack: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/299357
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???

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Centrino(R) Wireless-N 6150
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 40-25-C2-3B-B2-3C
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::408f:9c8b:8aea:7de0%13(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.3(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, April 05, 2012 11:31:15 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Friday, April 06, 2012 11:31:15 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 322971074
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-16-16-B5-44-14-DA-E9-17-F4-CB

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
 
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