Windows Vista: wireless stop connecting
wireless stop connecting
by dhruv84 - 3/17/09 2:47 PMi have windows vista home premium (original). I have acer aspire 4925g
with 802.11a/b/g/draft n-wlan
My wireless seemed to work perfectly till early morning today when it would be able to locate the network but could not connect to it.
i tried all the possible solutions till I narrowed it down to one problem. I checked the windows update history and saw that there was a "failed attempt" to update the Intel wifi 5100 AGN . So i went to the Intel website to update it and couldn't find any recent updates.
the file version i have is 12.2.0.11 and that seems to be the most recent one. I realized that before this failed attempt, I never had any problems with my wifi at all and now I cant connect.
I am able to connect using the lan cable but not through wireless.
I tried to uninstall the wifi drivers but it installs the latest version automatically and same problem continues.
need help with this.
thanks
D
Too much detail missing.
by R. Proffitt
- 3/17/09 2:54 PM
In reply to: wireless stop connecting by dhruv84
With that new kiddie exploit tools you could be getting SMAC'd off the air. (see SMAC on google.com) I never reveal the names of the softwares that terrorize owners like this.
But you could tell us about your router, it settings and more.
Bob
i dont think its SMAC
by dhruv84 - 3/17/09 3:11 PM In reply to: Too much detail missing. by R. Proffitt
i have 2 other roommates using the wireless and they don't seem to have any problems. i however came across an interesting post.
it seems intel came out with the update prematurely for the 5100 wifi agn. the file netw5v32.sys seem to gave a lot of people many problems. so they replaced it with the older version netw4v32.sys.
i am not sure if i should try that. i am looking for a particular windows update (KB943899) on my laptop to uninstall it coz that seems to the root of the problem for many people.
as far as router mac address goes, i have manually entered it.
Good luck.
by R. Proffitt - 3/17/09 5:06 PM
In reply to: i dont think its SMAC by dhruv84
Sorry but I have failed to get the point across. It does not matter that other machines work or not. With SMAC and other tools there is no trouble at all kicking you off the router and hijacking your MAC address.
If you won't take the hint there is little I can offer.
The proper setup is in our Networking Forum if you ever want to try again and have less issues.
Bob
PS. Again, MAC filters do not work!
got ur point
by dhruv84 - 3/17/09 6:40 PM In reply to: Good luck. by R. Proffitt
but i got the problem solved.
i updated the firmware of my wireless router as well updated the driver from the intel website and everything seems perfect.
thanks for the heads up abt the SMAC
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