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05-30-2008
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| | Question about usb wireless client I'm wondering if my USB wireless client is about to fail. Yesterday, I could no longer connect to either my home workgroup or the Internet from my Vista x64 box. All had been working fine until then. After fooling with every possible combination of hardware and software possibilities for the problem, I finally did what I should have done first. I ran ipconfig and the results showed the IPv4 address to be one of those 169.xxx.xxx.xxx addresses. The setting were to automatically get IP address and DNS server. So, that explains why the computer wasn't on the workgroup or couldn't get to the Internet. I manually set the IPv4 address to one in the range of my LAN 192.168.x.x and filled in the ISP's DNS server address. Everything is working fine now. Could the fact that the USB device didn't automatically find the IP address, etc. be the warning of a hardware failure? Should I start looking for another? Finding a USB wireless client that works with Vista x64 won't be easy. TIA -- Walter B |
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05-30-2008
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| | Re: Question about usb wireless client make sure the USB is compatible with Vista. Vista incompatible issues Some switches or routers may not compatible with Vista - Solutions: upgrade the firmware, ... As we know some router DHCP is not compatible with Vista. ... www.chicagotech.net/vista/vistacompatible.htm -- Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com "Walter Blanchard" <Walter_B@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:25A2C89C-30B9-477B-B4D8-4836DB4A7814@xxxxxx Quote: > I'm wondering if my USB wireless client is about to fail. Yesterday, I > could no longer connect to either my home workgroup or the Internet from > my Vista x64 box. All had been working fine until then. After fooling > with every possible combination of hardware and software possibilities for > the problem, I finally did what I should have done first. > > I ran ipconfig and the results showed the IPv4 address to be one of those > 169.xxx.xxx.xxx addresses. The setting were to automatically get IP > address and DNS server. So, that explains why the computer wasn't on the > workgroup or couldn't get to the Internet. > > I manually set the IPv4 address to one in the range of my LAN 192.168.x.x > and filled in the ISP's DNS server address. Everything is working fine > now. > > Could the fact that the USB device didn't automatically find the IP > address, etc. be the warning of a hardware failure? Should I start > looking for another? Finding a USB wireless client that works with Vista > x64 won't be easy. > > TIA > > -- > > Walter B > > > |
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05-30-2008
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| | Re: Question about usb wireless client This one is. Been using Vista supplied drivers since RTM. It's a Zonet ZEW2500P, drivers are Ralink drivers Digitally signed as Vista hardware compatible. Vista Device Manager lists it as a RT2500 USB Wireless LAN Card. -- Walter B "Robert L. (MS-MVP)" <findemail@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:uO9hB1rwIHA.4476@xxxxxx Quote: > make sure the USB is compatible with Vista. > Vista incompatible issues > Some switches or routers may not compatible with Vista - Solutions: > upgrade the firmware, ... As we know some router DHCP is not compatible > with Vista. ... > www.chicagotech.net/vista/vistacompatible.htm > > > -- > Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE > Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on > http://www.ChicagoTech.net > How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on > http://www.HowToNetworking.com > "Walter Blanchard" <Walter_B@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:25A2C89C-30B9-477B-B4D8-4836DB4A7814@xxxxxx Quote: >> I'm wondering if my USB wireless client is about to fail. Yesterday, I >> could no longer connect to either my home workgroup or the Internet from >> my Vista x64 box. All had been working fine until then. After fooling >> with every possible combination of hardware and software possibilities >> for the problem, I finally did what I should have done first. >> >> I ran ipconfig and the results showed the IPv4 address to be one of those >> 169.xxx.xxx.xxx addresses. The setting were to automatically get IP >> address and DNS server. So, that explains why the computer wasn't on the >> workgroup or couldn't get to the Internet. >> >> I manually set the IPv4 address to one in the range of my LAN 192.168.x.x >> and filled in the ISP's DNS server address. Everything is working fine >> now. >> >> Could the fact that the USB device didn't automatically find the IP >> address, etc. be the warning of a hardware failure? Should I start >> looking for another? Finding a USB wireless client that works with Vista >> x64 won't be easy. >> >> TIA >> >> -- >> >> Walter B >> >> >> |
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