I have 2 virtually identical Dell Vista laptops (details below), both bought about one month ago. One has a reliable connection to my wireless network, the other initially connects fine but then drops to "limited connectivity" almost daily. On...
I have 2 virtually identical Dell Vista laptops (details below), both bought about one month ago. One has a reliable connection to my wireless network, the other initially connects fine but then drops to "limited connectivity" almost daily.
On the problem laptop, everything will work fine, then my daughter goes to use it and the "internet is down". Looking at the laptop, I see it has "limited connectivity". Frick. It can see the network, and signal strength is "excellent". My wired desktop unit and the other wireless laptop work fine, so definitely seems like an issue with this laptop.
If I reboot, it will work fine... right up until the point that it doesn't again. Lather, rinse, repeat. I tried the Vista "fix my problem" wizard last night - I can't remember the exact steps it did but I know the first try didn't work (maybe releasing and renewing its IP addr from DHCP?), the second step worked... so hooray for that. But I don't want my daughter running the "fix my problem" wizard every 24 hours!
I've searched the forums and can't find any answers for the situation where the networking works, then doesn't, then does again.
Details:
- Router: Linksys WRT54G, WPA2, DHCP for 5 users w/ max expire time (7 days?)
- "Problem" Laptop: Dell Studio 15, Vista Home Premium. One month old.
- "Good" Laptop: Dell Inspiron 1525, Vista Home Premuim. One month old.
- Desktop: Dell XPS 400, XP w/ SP2, Linksys wired card
- Also have a Wii on wireless network, if it matters, soon to add an Xbox
- I don't have any 3rd party firewall (e.g. ZoneAlarm) so it's just whatever firewall Vista has by default - I haven't changed it. I did replace the standard Dell/McAfee A/V trial with SpySweeper AntiSpyware and AntiVirus.
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