I am only home from school for the holiday and I brought my laptop home. When I went to connect to my home's wifi, there was a problem. Usually, these are quickly resolved and unimportant, but this particular instance has been a real hassle, and if I could figure it out on my own, trust me, I would.
The error, first and foremost, seems to be down to some kind of hardware issue, either it be with my laptop or with the wireless router. I have suspicion for a two reason.
1. My laptop's wireless receiver was 100% functional when I left school a few hours ago
2. Other devices work just fine on my home internet, my laptop is the only one with issues
I think it is kind of unlikely that my wireless receiver would have been irreparably damaged while in the trunk of my vehicle in a carry case, although there was a basket or two of clothes also in the trunk. The ride wasn't very bumpy and I don't have reason to believe that a basket smashed one particular part of the laptop.
But, from the diagnostic tool on Windows, it says that there is a "problem with wireless adapter or access point", which doesn't exactly narrow it down from my two options. I am worried that I will have to replace the wireless adapter in my ASUS G75V. I have fiddled with the software portion of it, insofar as messing with the router's DHCP settings and clearing certain databases using command prompt. I also enabled the "obtain IP addresses" and "obtain DNS server address" automatically. If I could prove any further information that would help, I'd be happy to. Below is the results I get from ipconfig /all in cmd.
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Eli-PC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 3:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Spotflux Virtual Network Device Driver
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-FF-6B-BC-23-D4
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection 2:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 82-B9-A5-FA-88-22
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Atheros AR9485WB-EG Wireless Network Adap
ter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : E0-B9-A5-FA-88-22
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Atheros AR8151 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Con
troller (NDIS 6.20)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 30-85-A9-02-CB-9D
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::e06c:ad58:1ea4:9926%11(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.2(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, February 28, 2014 10:31:24 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, March 01, 2014 10:31:24 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 355501481
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-18-5F-36-E1-30-85-A9-02-CB-9D
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Ethernet adapter Hamachi:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Hamachi Network Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 7A-79-19-1A-C8-CF
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2620:9b::191a:c8cf(Preferred)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::39dc:2b6b:c11:d486%20(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 25.26.200.207(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.0.0.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, February 28, 2014 9:50:41 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, February 28, 2015 9:50:41 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 2620:9b::1900:1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 25.0.0.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 729446768
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-18-5F-36-E1-30-85-A9-02-CB-9D
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Tunnel adapter isatap.{906A8664-7DC8-4D33-86CB-5F91551B1505}:
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. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:9d38:90d7:3c4a:2beb:9c3c:d720(Pref
erred)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::3c4a:2beb:9c3c:d720%16(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
Tunnel adapter isatap.{B00DE262-DD26-4E00-8070-5461B2F3514B}:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter isatap.{B02BACCF-2CF6-492A-9FA7-CDA4A5DC2CD9}:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #3
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter isatap.{72E82341-8EC2-432D-92DC-95903F39737D}:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #4
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
The error, first and foremost, seems to be down to some kind of hardware issue, either it be with my laptop or with the wireless router. I have suspicion for a two reason.
1. My laptop's wireless receiver was 100% functional when I left school a few hours ago
2. Other devices work just fine on my home internet, my laptop is the only one with issues
I think it is kind of unlikely that my wireless receiver would have been irreparably damaged while in the trunk of my vehicle in a carry case, although there was a basket or two of clothes also in the trunk. The ride wasn't very bumpy and I don't have reason to believe that a basket smashed one particular part of the laptop.
But, from the diagnostic tool on Windows, it says that there is a "problem with wireless adapter or access point", which doesn't exactly narrow it down from my two options. I am worried that I will have to replace the wireless adapter in my ASUS G75V. I have fiddled with the software portion of it, insofar as messing with the router's DHCP settings and clearing certain databases using command prompt. I also enabled the "obtain IP addresses" and "obtain DNS server address" automatically. If I could prove any further information that would help, I'd be happy to. Below is the results I get from ipconfig /all in cmd.
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Eli-PC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 3:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Spotflux Virtual Network Device Driver
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-FF-6B-BC-23-D4
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection 2:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 82-B9-A5-FA-88-22
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Atheros AR9485WB-EG Wireless Network Adap
ter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : E0-B9-A5-FA-88-22
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Atheros AR8151 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Con
troller (NDIS 6.20)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 30-85-A9-02-CB-9D
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::e06c:ad58:1ea4:9926%11(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.2(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, February 28, 2014 10:31:24 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, March 01, 2014 10:31:24 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 355501481
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-18-5F-36-E1-30-85-A9-02-CB-9D
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Ethernet adapter Hamachi:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Hamachi Network Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 7A-79-19-1A-C8-CF
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2620:9b::191a:c8cf(Preferred)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::39dc:2b6b:c11:d486%20(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 25.26.200.207(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.0.0.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, February 28, 2014 9:50:41 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, February 28, 2015 9:50:41 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 2620:9b::1900:1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 25.0.0.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 729446768
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-18-5F-36-E1-30-85-A9-02-CB-9D
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Tunnel adapter isatap.{906A8664-7DC8-4D33-86CB-5F91551B1505}:
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. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:9d38:90d7:3c4a:2beb:9c3c:d720(Pref
erred)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::3c4a:2beb:9c3c:d720%16(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
Tunnel adapter isatap.{B00DE262-DD26-4E00-8070-5461B2F3514B}:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter isatap.{B02BACCF-2CF6-492A-9FA7-CDA4A5DC2CD9}:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #3
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter isatap.{72E82341-8EC2-432D-92DC-95903F39737D}:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #4
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes