Media disconnected

[maddyken]

I am having a problem connecting my wireless network. My network cards are saying "no operation can be completed while WLAN media is disconnected. Tried ipconfig /reset, renew. Please help. Thanks.

[wh666-666]

That's a little odd ...

What wireless stick do you have? A PCI card in a desktop pc? Internal wireless in a laptop? Or perhaps a USB stick?


Have you gone in to device manager (assuming windows), right click > my computer > manage > device manager (in the left column of the window). It should list your adapter there and have an exclamation mark or say if it isnt running properly/

[cat5e]

Which OS?

Please describe the devices, and network topology.


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[maddyken]

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\iGeek>ipconfig

Windows IP Configuration


Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.109
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

Tunnel adapter isatap.{292F8D6E-0FCD-4374-9B35-D0F7BDD3C680}:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:4137:9e76:445:b5a:3f57:fe92
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::445:b5a:3f57:fe92%12
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::

Tunnel adapter isatap.{D6A4D81B-C003-4D2D-A825-7327341DA893}:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

I still don
t know how to connect to a network though. Please can someone guide me. Thank you.

[maddyken]

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\iGeek>ipconfig

Windows IP Configuration


Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.109
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

Tunnel adapter isatap.{292F8D6E-0FCD-4374-9B35-D0F7BDD3C680}:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:4137:9e76:445:b5a:3f57:fe92
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::445:b5a:3f57:fe92%12
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::

Tunnel adapter isatap.{D6A4D81B-C003-4D2D-A825-7327341DA893}:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Being a beginner I still don't know what to do. Am I connected or not. If not what should I do from here. I can only connect to unsecure networks.

[maddyken]

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\iGeek>ipconfig

Windows IP Configuration


Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.109
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

Tunnel adapter isatap.{292F8D6E-0FCD-4374-9B35-D0F7BDD3C680}:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:4137:9e76:445:b5a:3f57:fe92
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::445:b5a:3f57:fe92%12
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::

Tunnel adapter isatap.{D6A4D81B-C003-4D2D-A825-7327341DA893}:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

C:\Users\iGeek>

[wh666-666]

So you're using Windows 7 on a laptop?

Can you go to device manager and follow the previous steps and tell us what your network adapters are?

[ua549]

When you run ipconfig use the /all suffix to provide more detailed information.
Tunnel adapters usually indicate media disconnected as does Bluetooth.

Typical wireless output will look like this.

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : kitzy.com
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) WiFi Link 5300 AGN
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-21-6A-C4-3B-34
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.7(Preferred)
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
   Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, January 16, 2012 3:35:24 PM
   Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, January 16, 2012 4:58:46 PM
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.254
   DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.254
   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 65.32.5.111
                                       65.32.5.112
   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

[maddyken]

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : iGeek-PC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection :

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 06-17-C4-E7-79-F3
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Atheros AR5B93 Wireless Network Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-17-C4-E7-79-F3
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::c8aa:72e4:df1c:bec%11(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.109(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, January 16, 2012 3:02:08 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, January 17, 2012 3:02:07 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 184555460
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-16-15-52-AE-00-17-C4-E7-79-F3

[wh666-666]

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Atheros AR5B93 Wireless Network Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-17-C4-E7-79-F3
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::c8aa:72e4:df1c:bec%11(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.109(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, January 16, 2012 3:02:08 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, January 17, 2012 3:02:07 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 184555460
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-16-15-52-AE-00-17-C4-E7-79-F3

So you have a dell latitude laptop running windows 7 ..

Your wireless card is a b/g/n mini pci that supports AES, TKIP, WEP, so connecting to secured access points isnt a dilemma, unless you put in the wrong password.


So instead of pasting ipconfigs/netstats, can you go to device manager if you say you're not getting a connection ?

[ua549]

Your wireless is connected so what is the issue?

[cat5e]

This part of your info.

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.109
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

Indicates that you have a valid Wireless card and it connecting to a Wireless Router that its IP is 192.168.1.1

Thus the problem is Not the Wireless per-se.

As ua549 indicated above you have to describe what exactly you are trying to do when it yields the error.

As an example this error can appear if One is trying to connect to a specially configured Wireless sources that his Not his and there is a need for a special logon procedure.


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