[nfbcs] Network info inconsistency

[Bryan Schulz]

hi,

basically it is connected with ipconfig, release, or renew and is easily 
fixed by rebooting the modem/router from time to time.

Bryan Schulz

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Jacobson" <steve.jacobson at visi.com>
To: "NFB in Computer Science Mailing List" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 9:21 AM
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Network info inconsistency


>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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