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Hi there. I really am stumped on this problem. Their are several PC's all connected to our home Internet connection and two laptops. One laptop can successfully connect to the Wireless internet but my laptop cannot (all of a sudden). The internet icon in the bottom right hand corner displays two computer screens with a yellow exclamation mark. Usually the round-globe internet symbol shows. I am sure you know which icon I am referring too. Nonetheless, when hovering over the icon the connection states "Unidentified network" with Access: Limited Connectivity. The signal strength is "excellent". I have tried the following: 1) Power off and reset ADSL Broadband Router 2) Power off and reset LinkSys Wireless Broadband router 3) Run Windows diagnostic "Diagnose and Repair"…..and selected Automatically get new IP settings for the network adapter….nothing 4) I typed "netsh winsock reset catalog"…..nothing 5) I type "netsh int ip reset"….nothing 6) I typed ipconfig /release (and renew)….nothing 7) I typed ipconfig /flushDNS…..it stated "Media disconnected" 8) I then went to Event Viewer and noticed their were several Dhcp-Client errors "Your computer has lost the lease to its IP address to ….. on the Network Card with network address ….." 9) I then went to Device Manager and here are the three devices show. Intel® Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN - appears to be working normally Marvell Yukon 88E8055 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet controller - appears to be working normally Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #3 - YELLOW EXCLAMATION MARK…..is this the problem? Note: DNS settings are set to "Automatically detect" I hope someone can help me! Many thanks.
Here is my ConfigFree Log: ConfigFree Diagnostic LOG 2009.07.18 17:18:41 ConfigFree Diagnostic LOG Machine information IP information Route information Protocol information Network Device information Wireless Comunication Switch and Wireless HotKey status Diagnostics results ConfigFree Version Network Diagnostics Machine information Vendor:TOSHIBA Machine Name:Satellite A200 Version:PSAF6A-06S01N CPU Maker:GenuineIntel CPU Name:Intel® Core™2 Duo CPU T7500 @ 2.20GHz CPU Clock:2201 CPU Base Clock:2201 OS:Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium OS Build:6001 OS SP:Service Pack 1 Ram:2094788 TOP IP information ipconfig /all Windows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Notebook Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel® Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-13-E8-BF-D1-93 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::607b:f6a:d865:a4dd%9(Preferred) Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.164.221(Preferred) Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1 fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1 fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1 NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8055 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-A0-D1-87-52-10 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{CA01C4DF-B22F-45C5-BF1E-8B37EB4F9428} Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9: 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* 12: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{3E39F29C-6F71-44A2-81D9-C2445F3AE853} Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes TOP Route information route print =========================================================================== Interface List 9 …00 13 e8 bf d1 93 …… Intel® Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN 8 …00 a0 d1 87 52 10 …… Marvell Yukon 88E8055 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller 1 ……………………… Software Loopback Interface 1 16 …00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 isatap.{CA01C4DF-B22F-45C5-BF1E-8B37EB4F9428} 10 …02 00 54 55 4e 01 …… Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface 15 …00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 isatap.{3E39F29C-6F71-44A2-81D9-C2445F3AE853} =========================================================================== IPv4 Route Table =========================================================================== Active Routes: Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric 127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 On-link 127.0.0.1 306 127.0.0.1 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 306 127.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 306 169.254.0.0 255.255.0.0 On-link 169.254.164.221 281 169.254.164.221 255.255.255.255 On-link 169.254.164.221 281 169.254.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 169.254.164.221 281 224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 On-link 127.0.0.1 306 224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 On-link 169.254.164.221 281 255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 306 255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 169.254.164.221 281 =========================================================================== Persistent Routes: None IPv6 Route Table =========================================================================== Active Routes: If Metric Network Destination Gateway 1 306 ::1/128 On-link 9 281 fe80::/64 On-link 9 281 fe80::607b:f6a:d865:a4dd/128 On-link 1 306 ff00::/8 On-link 9 281 ff00::/8 On-link =========================================================================== Persistent Routes: None TOP Protocol information Protocol Bind Information SSTP based VPN Microsoft TCP/IP version 6 - Tunnels isatap.{CA01C4DF-B22F-45C5-BF1E-8B37EB4F9428} isatap.{3E39F29C-6F71-44A2-81D9-C2445F3AE853} Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) - Tunnels Microsoft NetbiosSmb Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) Intel® Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) Marvell Yukon 88E8055 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6) isatap.{CA01C4DF-B22F-45C5-BF1E-8B37EB4F9428} Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6) isatap.{3E39F29C-6F71-44A2-81D9-C2445F3AE853} Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6) Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6) Intel® Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6) Marvell Yukon 88E8055 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller Remote Access IP ARP Driver WAN Miniport (IP) Message-oriented TCP/IP Protocol (SMB session) WINS Client(TCP/IP) Protocol Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) Intel® Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) Marvell Yukon 88E8055 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6) isatap.{CA01C4DF-B22F-45C5-BF1E-8B37EB4F9428} Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6) isatap.{3E39F29C-6F71-44A2-81D9-C2445F3AE853} Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6) Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6) Intel® Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6) Marvell Yukon 88E8055 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6) isatap.{CA01C4DF-B22F-45C5-BF1E-8B37EB4F9428} isatap.{3E39F29C-6F71-44A2-81D9-C2445F3AE853} Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface Intel® Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN Marvell Yukon 88E8055 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) Intel® Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN Marvell Yukon 88E8055 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller Remote Access IPv6 ARP Driver WAN Miniport (IPv6) Point to Point Protocol Over Ethernet Intel® Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN Marvell Yukon 88E8055 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller Point to Point Tunneling Protocol Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol Remote Access NDIS WAN Driver WAN Miniport (SSTP) RAS Async Adapter WAN Miniport (PPPOE) WAN Miniport (PPTP) WAN Miniport (L2TP) Link-Layer Topology Discovery Mapper I/O Driver Intel® Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN Marvell Yukon 88E8055 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller Link-Layer Topology Discovery Responder Intel® Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN Marvell Yukon 88E8055 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller NDIS Usermode I/O Protocol Intel® Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN Marvell Yukon 88E8055 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller TOP Network Device information Marvell Yukon 88E8055 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller Device ID : PCI\VEN_11AB&DEV_4363&SUBSYS_FF101179&REV_12\4&102ADA2&0&00E0 Status : Enable Driver Vender : Marvell Driver Version : 10.0.4.3 Driver Date : 1-9-2007 Intel® Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN Device ID : PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_4229&SUBSYS_11008086&REV_61\4&287FD3A9&0&00E1 Status : Enable Driver Vender : Intel Driver Version : 11.5.0.32 Driver Date : 12-20-2007 Bluetooth Device ID : ACPI\TOS6205\2&DABA3FF&1 Status : Disable Bluetooth Version : v5.10.06(T) TOP Wireless Comunication Switch and Wireless HotKey status Wireless Communication Switch : On Wireless Hotkey (Fn + F8) Wireless LAN : On TOP Diagnostics results Ping Option : Off TOP ConfigFree Version ConfigFree™ 7.00.29 Database 3.00.02 TOP Network Diagnostics Possible cause 1: Network cable issue : Network is not connected. (c-13) Possible solutions 1: Check your communication cable to be sure it is connected properly to the required communication device. Make sure that you are using the correct network cable.(a-17) Possible cause 2: Router, Gateway, Network HUB issue : Network is not connected. (c-14) Possible solutions 1: Check your devices (Wireless Access Point, Router, Gateway, Network HUB, or Broadband Modem) to make sure they are powered on and that they are connected properly.(a-22) Possible cause 3: IP address was not set properly (c-19) Possible solutions 1: Press [Apply] button to refresh the device.(a-23) Possible solutions 2: Check with your network provider or your Router/Gateway device, to make sure the DHCP server is working properly. (a-24) Possible solutions 3: Check communication device for Bridged settings as you may need to disable the Bridge or reconfigure.(a-15) Possible solutions 4: Check the settings for your wireless communication network to be sure that the same network name (SSID) and network key (WEP) are used for the Access Point and the wireless PC or devices. These settings are case sensitive.(a-14) Possible solutions 5: Make sure that MAC address filtering of the Access Point is set properly.(a-37) Possible solutions 6: Restart the Access Point or Router.(a-19)

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