Solved Another "local only" thread

[paul1149]

I've been through several Vista machines lately, and most of them are fine. But this Compaq F700 isn't. I've changed the adapter, uninstalled adapters, un/reinstalled drivers, used the MS Fix, turned off power saving, played with the Registry, and set up a dedicated Internet connection, all to no avail. The adapter will only produce "unidentified" local-only connections.

I'm appending the output of ipconfig /all. I see that the atheros card now reports 192.168.1.1 as the gateway/dns server, as it should be (it's a router). Previously it was using 192.168.2.1, which is incorrect. I manually changed that in the registry, but I think that would have gotten wiped when I un/reinstalled the card, and that this is Vista correctly responding to the router's dhcp protocol. But still no Internet connection.

I just booted from a Linux disk and had no problem connecting to either of two wireless connections. Oddly, one used a 192.168.2.112 ip, and the other, 192.168.1.165. I have no idea why the first one worked.

ipconfig follows.

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : F-700
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Atheros AR5007 802.11b/g WiFi Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-22-69-81-43-E6
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::c5a2:72fb:fb4e:81c3%19(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.65(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, May 20, 2013 5:31:13 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, May 21, 2013 5:31:13 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 318775913
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-0F-B3-4D-91-00-1E-68-5A-7A-0A
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce 10/100 Mbps Ethernet
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1E-68-5A-7A-0A
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 11:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{1A226F10-0FD0-4572-A2EE-DEB2DAB21C22}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 14:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 6TO4 Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

 

[paul1149]

Good news: Solved. I found a better atheros driver for the AR5007 card, and it did the trick immediately upon reboot. Site is ATHEROS drivers for Microsoft Windows (Atheros?????) for anyone in need.

I don't know what caused the problem, atheros or MS, but HP's drivers did not solve it. I had to go to that site to get a driver that worked.