Vista Internet Connection Problems

chenc SG

My PC is wired to a wireless router which connects the modem.

Problem is whenever I switch on my computer, I MUST switch on the router and modem first or Vista will refuse to connect to the router. I still can see my router in the network, just that it always says limited connectivity.

Is there actually a way to solve this?

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Could be just a hardware problem. Some hardware takes time to initialize.

chenc SG

I do not have this problem with my previous wired PC which is XP or wireless laptops.

kenn3th SG

Are you Using LinkSys Wireless Apaptors

kenn3th SG

I dont think it’s Vista’s problem as my laptop using vista doesnt have any problems detecting and connecting to anywireless network in your situation.

chenc SG

Nothing to do with wireless adaptors. All my lappys work fine.

The problem PC is wired to the router.

But the wireless router is a Linksys.

ndmmxiaomayi SG

How about removing the Linksys router and just connecting with the modem only?

Try these 2:

1. Switch on modem first before turning on PC

2. Switch on PC before turning on modem

Then repeat with just the Linksys router.

chenc SG

Sorry maybe need to clarify.

The problem is with a desktop. Connected using lan wires to a Linksys wireless router.

The problem does not occur when I connect
1) Wired to a desktop (XP)
2) Wireless to a Macbook
3) Wireless to a laptop (XP)

The problem only occurs when I connect
1) Wired to a desktop (Vista)
This only happens when I switch on the router AFTER Vista is loaded.

Thanks everyone for your helps

kenn3th SG

ic, so it's wired, hmm, let me try

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Deleted. Wrong thread.

chenc SG

Tried it, whatever i switch on after Vista is loaded, i will get this

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a178/aaecharry/ModemAfterVista.jpg

And funny thing, after I restart my Vista (on router beforehand) and on my laptop, a sharing folder between the two machines just appeared in my Networks as if its there all along. But i don't remember creating 1.

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Do you use Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) ?

chenc SG

Nope? All my machines are connected directly wired or wireless to the router if thats what you meant.

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Looks like something is not read correctly.

Can you download the latest Vista drivers for both your modem and router, then uninstall the old drivers. Restart the computer then install the drivers you've downloaded earlier.

Switch off the PC and leave it there for a while. Then repeat this experiment in this post: http://www.sgforums.com/?action=post_display&post_id=7109284

kenn3th SG

I have no problem with my vista, guess it’s configuration

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Configuration? In what sense?

Talk about that, my Vista book is about to come. Perhaps I could learn and start posting tweaks liao. Laughing

wishboy SG

yay finally mayi getting vista !

anyway i oso using vista
i got some sort of a similar problem like ts
my CPU is connected to a router only (thomsom speedtouch 536v6)
i can switch on the router anytime and it'll connect
but if i switch it off after it has been connected and my com is also on, i cannot reconnect back by switching on the router again, i need to restart com then can connect
this isnt much of a problem since my singnet doesn't dc at all Very Happy

LatecomerX SG

Eh. Try waiting for 7 minutes, don't need to restart com. I face similar probs whereby if I restart my router, it wouldn't connect to the Internet within the next 5 minutes.

kenn3th SG

In a sense that it should be the configuration that caused the connection problem.

Anyways, what type of book did u get?