Vista - unidentified network.

i have set up a wireless connection to access the internet which works
fine.plugged into my ethernet socket i have got a dlink media lounge. this
setup worked perfectly on xp but now,on vista, my media lounge will not stay
connected for more than a few seconds! the connection is "unidentified".
assume i am a complete dummy and please help me! i have enabled every sharing
option i can find and also tried static and dchp ips.

Are you using the wireless router as DHCP server? Some wireless router may have issues with Vista. This link may help,

Vista Wireless disconnects ...gone. it looks like Vista is causing the router to do something, but not quite sure. i use a Belkin wireless G F5D7000 version 6. i am connecting to ...
http://www.chicagotech.net/netforums...opic.php?t=251


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
"clueless steve!" <clueless steve!@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:BC32BC83-8E75-48AF-8FC6-9BA2B82768ED@microsoft.com...
i have set up a wireless connection to access the internet which works
fine.plugged into my ethernet socket i have got a dlink media lounge. this
setup worked perfectly on xp but now,on vista, my media lounge will not stay
connected for more than a few seconds! the connection is "unidentified".
assume i am a complete dummy and please help me! i have enabled every sharing
option i can find and also tried static and dchp ips.

Sounds like you might be connecting to a neighbors wireless network. Do you
have a wireless router set up with a secure password? Wireless is not free
over the airways. You must set up a wireless router or an access point and
then secure it with strong WPA password. When you plug into an ethernet port,
you are not using wireless at all. It uses your ethernet card instead. Your
Vista computer is trying to use the wireless card. Look for help in Network &
Sharing Center on the Vista computer or research Wireless Networking on the
Vista Help site. Or simply disable the wireless card and use the ethernet
connection. You don't say how you connect to the Internet--what kind of
broadband modem you have.
"clueless steve!" wrote:

> i have set up a wireless connection to access the internet which works
> fine.plugged into my ethernet socket i have got a dlink media lounge. this
> setup worked perfectly on xp but now,on vista, my media lounge will not stay
> connected for more than a few seconds! the connection is "unidentified".
> assume i am a complete dummy and please help me! i have enabled every sharing
> option i can find and also tried static and dchp ips.

sorry.i maybe worded that wrong.i use a netgear wireless router with wep
enabled to connect to the internet and that is giving me no problems at all.i
have a dlink media lounge set up to play video files on my tv.i have this
plugged in from the ethernet card in my pc into the dlink unit.vista set this
as a seperate connection from my wireless one.the connection says
unidentified and my video files play for a few seconds and then it
disconnects.

"Mary" wrote:

> Sounds like you might be connecting to a neighbors wireless network. Do you
> have a wireless router set up with a secure password? Wireless is not free
> over the airways. You must set up a wireless router or an access point and
> then secure it with strong WPA password. When you plug into an ethernet port,
> you are not using wireless at all. It uses your ethernet card instead. Your
> Vista computer is trying to use the wireless card. Look for help in Network &
> Sharing Center on the Vista computer or research Wireless Networking on the
> Vista Help site. Or simply disable the wireless card and use the ethernet
> connection. You don't say how you connect to the Internet--what kind of
> broadband modem you have.
> "clueless steve!" wrote:
>
> > i have set up a wireless connection to access the internet which works
> > fine.plugged into my ethernet socket i have got a dlink media lounge. this
> > setup worked perfectly on xp but now,on vista, my media lounge will not stay
> > connected for more than a few seconds! the connection is "unidentified".
> > assume i am a complete dummy and please help me! i have enabled every sharing
> > option i can find and also tried static and dchp ips.

my wireless network is not the problem.it works perfectly.i have a dlink
media lounge setup for watching videos on the tv.it is connected from the
ethernet card on my pc into the dlink unit.with xp dchp found this and my
videos played perfectly.now it appears as an unidentified network and when it
does connect it stays on for only a few seconds.

"Robert L [MVP - Networking]" wrote:

> Are you using the wireless router as DHCP server? Some wireless router may have issues with Vista. This link may help,
>
> Vista Wireless disconnects ...gone. it looks like Vista is causing the router to do something, but not quite sure. i use a Belkin wireless G F5D7000 version 6. i am connecting to ...
> http://www.chicagotech.net/netforums...opic.php?t=251
>
>
> 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
> "clueless steve!" <clueless steve!@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:BC32BC83-8E75-48AF-8FC6-9BA2B82768ED@microsoft.com...
> i have set up a wireless connection to access the internet which works
> fine.plugged into my ethernet socket i have got a dlink media lounge. this
> setup worked perfectly on xp but now,on vista, my media lounge will not stay
> connected for more than a few seconds! the connection is "unidentified".
> assume i am a complete dummy and please help me! i have enabled every sharing
> option i can find and also tried static and dchp ips

the best solution is to plug the medialounge into the router and not
have it directly connected to your PC.

if you don't reconfigure this way, when you look at the two network
connections on the Vista machine, are they both set to private and
is file sharing and media sharing on? What IP addresses are these
using? You can avoid these issues by plugging the medialounge into
the router.


On Sun, 1 Apr 2007 02:34:01 -0700, clueless steve!
<cluelesssteve@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>sorry.i maybe worded that wrong.i use a netgear wireless router with wep
>enabled to connect to the internet and that is giving me no problems at all.i
>have a dlink media lounge set up to play video files on my tv.i have this
>plugged in from the ethernet card in my pc into the dlink unit.vista set this
>as a seperate connection from my wireless one.the connection says
>unidentified and my video files play for a few seconds and then it
>disconnects.
>
>"Mary" wrote:
>
>> Sounds like you might be connecting to a neighbors wireless network. Do you
>> have a wireless router set up with a secure password? Wireless is not free
>> over the airways. You must set up a wireless router or an access point and
>> then secure it with strong WPA password. When you plug into an ethernet port,
>> you are not using wireless at all. It uses your ethernet card instead. Your
>> Vista computer is trying to use the wireless card. Look for help in Network &
>> Sharing Center on the Vista computer or research Wireless Networking on the
>> Vista Help site. Or simply disable the wireless card and use the ethernet
>> connection. You don't say how you connect to the Internet--what kind of
>> broadband modem you have.
>> "clueless steve!" wrote:
>>
>> > i have set up a wireless connection to access the internet which works
>> > fine.plugged into my ethernet socket i have got a dlink media lounge. this
>> > setup worked perfectly on xp but now,on vista, my media lounge will not stay
>> > connected for more than a few seconds! the connection is "unidentified".
>> > assume i am a complete dummy and please help me! i have enabled every sharing
>> > option i can find and also tried static and dchp ips.
--

Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
Expert Zone & Vista Community Columnist
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/

how do i then configure this to allow my media lounge to find my shared drive
of video files?

"Barb Bowman" wrote:

> the best solution is to plug the medialounge into the router and not
> have it directly connected to your PC.
>
> if you don't reconfigure this way, when you look at the two network
> connections on the Vista machine, are they both set to private and
> is file sharing and media sharing on? What IP addresses are these
> using? You can avoid these issues by plugging the medialounge into
> the router.
>
>
> On Sun, 1 Apr 2007 02:34:01 -0700, clueless steve!
> <cluelesssteve@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >sorry.i maybe worded that wrong.i use a netgear wireless router with wep
> >enabled to connect to the internet and that is giving me no problems at all.i
> >have a dlink media lounge set up to play video files on my tv.i have this
> >plugged in from the ethernet card in my pc into the dlink unit.vista set this
> >as a seperate connection from my wireless one.the connection says
> >unidentified and my video files play for a few seconds and then it
> >disconnects.
> >
> >"Mary" wrote:
> >
> >> Sounds like you might be connecting to a neighbors wireless network. Do you
> >> have a wireless router set up with a secure password? Wireless is not free
> >> over the airways. You must set up a wireless router or an access point and
> >> then secure it with strong WPA password. When you plug into an ethernet port,
> >> you are not using wireless at all. It uses your ethernet card instead. Your
> >> Vista computer is trying to use the wireless card. Look for help in Network &
> >> Sharing Center on the Vista computer or research Wireless Networking on the
> >> Vista Help site. Or simply disable the wireless card and use the ethernet
> >> connection. You don't say how you connect to the Internet--what kind of
> >> broadband modem you have.
> >> "clueless steve!" wrote:
> >>
> >> > i have set up a wireless connection to access the internet which works
> >> > fine.plugged into my ethernet socket i have got a dlink media lounge. this
> >> > setup worked perfectly on xp but now,on vista, my media lounge will not stay
> >> > connected for more than a few seconds! the connection is "unidentified".
> >> > assume i am a complete dummy and please help me! i have enabled every sharing
> >> > option i can find and also tried static and dchp ips.
> --
>
> Barb Bowman
> MS Windows-MVP
> Expert Zone & Vista Community Columnist
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
> http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
>

are you using the D-Link application or "native" Windows Media
Sharing? With everything on the same network it may still work
without any changes OR you set it up again. with everything on the
same network, it should be pretty easy.

On Sun, 1 Apr 2007 13:26:01 -0700, clueless steve!
<cluelesssteve@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>how do i then configure this to allow my media lounge to find my shared drive
>of video files?
>
>"Barb Bowman" wrote:
>
>> the best solution is to plug the medialounge into the router and not
>> have it directly connected to your PC.
>>
>> if you don't reconfigure this way, when you look at the two network
>> connections on the Vista machine, are they both set to private and
>> is file sharing and media sharing on? What IP addresses are these
>> using? You can avoid these issues by plugging the medialounge into
>> the router.
>>
>>
>> On Sun, 1 Apr 2007 02:34:01 -0700, clueless steve!
>> <cluelesssteve@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>> >sorry.i maybe worded that wrong.i use a netgear wireless router with wep
>> >enabled to connect to the internet and that is giving me no problems at all.i
>> >have a dlink media lounge set up to play video files on my tv.i have this
>> >plugged in from the ethernet card in my pc into the dlink unit.vista set this
>> >as a seperate connection from my wireless one.the connection says
>> >unidentified and my video files play for a few seconds and then it
>> >disconnects.
>> >
>> >"Mary" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Sounds like you might be connecting to a neighbors wireless network. Do you
>> >> have a wireless router set up with a secure password? Wireless is not free
>> >> over the airways. You must set up a wireless router or an access point and
>> >> then secure it with strong WPA password. When you plug into an ethernet port,
>> >> you are not using wireless at all. It uses your ethernet card instead. Your
>> >> Vista computer is trying to use the wireless card. Look for help in Network &
>> >> Sharing Center on the Vista computer or research Wireless Networking on the
>> >> Vista Help site. Or simply disable the wireless card and use the ethernet
>> >> connection. You don't say how you connect to the Internet--what kind of
>> >> broadband modem you have.
>> >> "clueless steve!" wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > i have set up a wireless connection to access the internet which works
>> >> > fine.plugged into my ethernet socket i have got a dlink media lounge. this
>> >> > setup worked perfectly on xp but now,on vista, my media lounge will not stay
>> >> > connected for more than a few seconds! the connection is "unidentified".
>> >> > assume i am a complete dummy and please help me! i have enabled every sharing
>> >> > option i can find and also tried static and dchp ips.
>> --
>>
>> Barb Bowman
>> MS Windows-MVP
>> Expert Zone & Vista Community Columnist
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
>> http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
>>
--

Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
Expert Zone & Vista Community Columnist
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/

i was using the dlink software but media player 11 seemed to take over the
job.even so that worked fine on xp.i have tried to connect directly from the
router to the unit but it hasnt found any media sever and nothing has
appeared on the pc to indicate that any changes have occured!

"Barb Bowman" wrote:

> are you using the D-Link application or "native" Windows Media
> Sharing? With everything on the same network it may still work
> without any changes OR you set it up again. with everything on the
> same network, it should be pretty easy.
>
> On Sun, 1 Apr 2007 13:26:01 -0700, clueless steve!
> <cluelesssteve@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >how do i then configure this to allow my media lounge to find my shared drive
> >of video files?
> >
> >"Barb Bowman" wrote:
> >
> >> the best solution is to plug the medialounge into the router and not
> >> have it directly connected to your PC.
> >>
> >> if you don't reconfigure this way, when you look at the two network
> >> connections on the Vista machine, are they both set to private and
> >> is file sharing and media sharing on? What IP addresses are these
> >> using? You can avoid these issues by plugging the medialounge into
> >> the router.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sun, 1 Apr 2007 02:34:01 -0700, clueless steve!
> >> <cluelesssteve@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> >sorry.i maybe worded that wrong.i use a netgear wireless router with wep
> >> >enabled to connect to the internet and that is giving me no problems at all.i
> >> >have a dlink media lounge set up to play video files on my tv.i have this
> >> >plugged in from the ethernet card in my pc into the dlink unit.vista set this
> >> >as a seperate connection from my wireless one.the connection says
> >> >unidentified and my video files play for a few seconds and then it
> >> >disconnects.
> >> >
> >> >"Mary" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Sounds like you might be connecting to a neighbors wireless network. Do you
> >> >> have a wireless router set up with a secure password? Wireless is not free
> >> >> over the airways. You must set up a wireless router or an access point and
> >> >> then secure it with strong WPA password. When you plug into an ethernet port,
> >> >> you are not using wireless at all. It uses your ethernet card instead. Your
> >> >> Vista computer is trying to use the wireless card. Look for help in Network &
> >> >> Sharing Center on the Vista computer or research Wireless Networking on the
> >> >> Vista Help site. Or simply disable the wireless card and use the ethernet
> >> >> connection. You don't say how you connect to the Internet--what kind of
> >> >> broadband modem you have.
> >> >> "clueless steve!" wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> > i have set up a wireless connection to access the internet which works
> >> >> > fine.plugged into my ethernet socket i have got a dlink media lounge. this
> >> >> > setup worked perfectly on xp but now,on vista, my media lounge will not stay
> >> >> > connected for more than a few seconds! the connection is "unidentified".
> >> >> > assume i am a complete dummy and please help me! i have enabled every sharing
> >> >> > option i can find and also tried static and dchp ips.
> >> --
> >>
> >> Barb Bowman
> >> MS Windows-MVP
> >> Expert Zone & Vista Community Columnist
> >> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
> >> http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
> >>
> --
>
> Barb Bowman
> MS Windows-MVP
> Expert Zone & Vista Community Columnist
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
> http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
>

which D-Link medialounge?
where do you store your media files? in the standard pictures, music
and video locations?

on the machine that hosts the media files, go to Start, Network then
select Network and Sharing Center from the menu bar.

Is Media Sharing ON?

Network discovery?

File Sharing?

Public Folder Sharing?

Is the Network Private?

On Mon, 2 Apr 2007 04:26:01 -0700, clueless steve!
<cluelesssteve@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>i was using the dlink software but media player 11 seemed to take over the
>job.even so that worked fine on xp.i have tried to connect directly from the
>router to the unit but it hasnt found any media sever and nothing has
>appeared on the pc to indicate that any changes have occured!
>
>"Barb Bowman" wrote:
>
>> are you using the D-Link application or "native" Windows Media
>> Sharing? With everything on the same network it may still work
>> without any changes OR you set it up again. with everything on the
>> same network, it should be pretty easy.
>>
>> On Sun, 1 Apr 2007 13:26:01 -0700, clueless steve!
>> <cluelesssteve@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>> >how do i then configure this to allow my media lounge to find my shared drive
>> >of video files?
>> >
>> >"Barb Bowman" wrote:
>> >
>> >> the best solution is to plug the medialounge into the router and not
>> >> have it directly connected to your PC.
>> >>
>> >> if you don't reconfigure this way, when you look at the two network
>> >> connections on the Vista machine, are they both set to private and
>> >> is file sharing and media sharing on? What IP addresses are these
>> >> using? You can avoid these issues by plugging the medialounge into
>> >> the router.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Sun, 1 Apr 2007 02:34:01 -0700, clueless steve!
>> >> <cluelesssteve@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >sorry.i maybe worded that wrong.i use a netgear wireless router with wep
>> >> >enabled to connect to the internet and that is giving me no problems at all.i
>> >> >have a dlink media lounge set up to play video files on my tv.i have this
>> >> >plugged in from the ethernet card in my pc into the dlink unit.vista set this
>> >> >as a seperate connection from my wireless one.the connection says
>> >> >unidentified and my video files play for a few seconds and then it
>> >> >disconnects.
>> >> >
>> >> >"Mary" wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> Sounds like you might be connecting to a neighbors wireless network. Do you
>> >> >> have a wireless router set up with a secure password? Wireless is not free
>> >> >> over the airways. You must set up a wireless router or an access point and
>> >> >> then secure it with strong WPA password. When you plug into an ethernet port,
>> >> >> you are not using wireless at all. It uses your ethernet card instead. Your
>> >> >> Vista computer is trying to use the wireless card. Look for help in Network &
>> >> >> Sharing Center on the Vista computer or research Wireless Networking on the
>> >> >> Vista Help site. Or simply disable the wireless card and use the ethernet
>> >> >> connection. You don't say how you connect to the Internet--what kind of
>> >> >> broadband modem you have.
>> >> >> "clueless steve!" wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> > i have set up a wireless connection to access the internet which works
>> >> >> > fine.plugged into my ethernet socket i have got a dlink media lounge. this
>> >> >> > setup worked perfectly on xp but now,on vista, my media lounge will not stay
>> >> >> > connected for more than a few seconds! the connection is "unidentified".
>> >> >> > assume i am a complete dummy and please help me! i have enabled every sharing
>> >> >> > option i can find and also tried static and dchp ips.
>> >> --
>> >>
>> >> Barb Bowman
>> >> MS Windows-MVP
>> >> Expert Zone & Vista Community Columnist
>> >> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
>> >> http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
>> >>
>> --
>>
>> Barb Bowman
>> MS Windows-MVP
>> Expert Zone & Vista Community Columnist
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
>> http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
>>
--

Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
Expert Zone & Vista Community Columnist
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/