[nfbcs] Network info inconsistency

[Steve Jacobson]

I think Nancy is on the right track.  Remember that you can be connected to a network via wireless, but the network 
may not have internet connectivity or there could be trouble with the IP address assignment.  You can still have an 
excellent connection in terms of signal strength.  If you dig into this, you may figure out what is happening, but it may be 
easiest to just unplug your router and plug it back in again and let everything start over.  Sometimes, if you have a 
separate wireless access point, unplugging that and plugging it back in may do the job, but I'm guessing the problem 
probably is with your router.  

Let me give you one example of what can happen.  In one case, I found that an older braille note was not using the 
same IP address when it was connected.  The old address was not being released but a new address was being 
assigned until all addresses within the range were used up.  I don't know why, but at some point the problem went away 
when we updated the braillenote software.  

If you are in a high-density area, you might want to be concerned with someone else using your network and using 
resources.  It might make sense to change your security code.  It doesn't mean that your computers have been 
compromised, but your network could be supporting more than you.  

Good luck.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Wed, 17 Nov 2010 07:55:39 -0600, nancy coffman wrote:

>It sounds stupid but I would turn off all of the networking including the modem for 2 minutes then turn them back on. 
The glitch may be your connection to the outside and have nothing to do with your wreless.

>i

>nancy coffman

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net>
>Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 6:39 AM
>To: nfbcs at nfbnet.org
>Subject: [nfbcs] Network info inconsistency

>Please riddle me this:
>Last night, my netbook wouldn't connect to my wireless network.  It said
>"limited or no connectivity".  But, when I went to the Control Panel,
>Network Connections, and View Available Networks, there was my network
>"signal strength excellent; connected".
>So, why does one part of my netbook say I'm connected, and the rest say
>not?  (And it really appeared to be not.)  And how can I figure out the
>cause of not connecting?
>And can anyone recommend a source for learning about this kind of thing,
>quick and dirty?  I'm not terribly interested in all the details, but I do
>want to be able to fix my own darn connection when it doesn't work. Is
>there some helpful book, or something like that?
>I'm running XP on my netbook.
>Thanks.
>Tracy



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