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    Connected to Wifi but can't browse

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by SunsetRider, Jul 28, 2013.

  1. SunsetRider

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    Been Using Windows 8 since the release date without any issue but couple of weeks ago I decided to reformat the whole windows when some custom theme made my explorer insane lol...After reinstalling I'm having trouble with WiFi. Basically every time I log into my account it's connected but there's an yellow exclamation mark. Troubleshooting fix the issue but still can't browse. But If i connect to my alternative WiFi and then connects back it works fine..yet it goes off or hangs up for for a while in every 5-10 mins. I may have installed some wrong drivers at first using the CD just because when I open the cd it says the hardware is available but those drivers gave me error. In fact I had to change the compatibility of in In Device manager, under network adapters I have intel Centrino advanced -N 6205, Microsoft kernel debug network adapter, Qualcomm Atheros Ar8151 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet controller. What's qualcomm one? It keeps coming back even though I uninstalled it.

    What maybe the issue here? I'm using M14x R1 and google dns. Also here's a copy of my ipconfig/ all


    Windows IP Configuration

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

    Ethernet adapter Ethernet:

    Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
    Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
    Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Qualcomm Atheros AR8151 PCI-E Gigabit Eth
    ernet Controller (NDIS 6.30)
    Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : D4-BE-D9-13-6A-D0
    DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
    Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

    Wireless LAN adapter Local Area Connection* 11:

    Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
    Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
    Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter
    Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 10-0B-A9-24-90-8D
    DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
    Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

    Wireless LAN adapter WiFi:

    Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
    Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Centrino(R) Advanced-N 6205
    Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 10-0B-A9-24-90-8C
    DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
    Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
    Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::7466:efcf:acb2:743a%12(Preferred)
    IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.101(Preferred)
    Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
    Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, July 28, 2013 11:50:41 AM
    Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, July 28, 2013 2:04:56 PM
    Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
    DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
    DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 319818665
    DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-19-86-4B-E9-10-0B-A9-24-90-8C

    DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 8.8.8.8
    8.8.4.4
    NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

    Tunnel adapter isatap.{07C80953-1D6A-43A2-81C8-7E237FCE0E09}:

    Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
    Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
    Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
    Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
    DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
    Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

    Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

    Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
    Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
    Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
    DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
    Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
    IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:5ef5:79fb:1cba:295d:3f57:ff9a(Pref
    erred)
    Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::1cba:295d:3f57:ff9a%14(Preferred)
    Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
    NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled