Hi. I dual boot XP and Vista on a Del E520, 3.06ghz cpu and 2.5gb ram. I am connected to Verizon DSL using a Westell 6100 modem to connect to a Intel 82562v integrate card. This has the latest drivers (9.8.20.0) i know of. The problem is that if i lose my connection, which sometimes happens after Windows gets done downloading an update, then i get the "limited or no connectivity" notice, and in which case it is the latter. Turning off the modem and restarting it will not work (same error), and even if i restart the modem when i have a good connection then it results in no connection. If i reboot the PC all is fine, and under Vista this never happens. I have been on the phone with Verizon in India, and reset the modem, then typed in the IP address etc. on the browser, but that did not work, and doing a command prompt ipconfig showed i had no connection.
I then installed the Winsock fix that has worked for others, but if i turn off the modem and turn it on the same thing happens
As Vista does not have this problem, i surmise it is an issue that is either peculiar to my PC or with XP which Vista fixed.
I choose Diagnose Problems in IE, and it tried to reset the IP address and fix things, and below is the text of it:
Last diagnostic run time: 12/24/08 20:22:07 IP Configuration Diagnostic
Invalid IP address
info AutoNet address detected: 169.254.11.112
action Automated repair: Renew IP address
action Releasing the current IP address...
action Successfully released the current IP address
action Renewing the IP address...
error Error renewing the IP address: An attempt was made to access a socket in a way forbidden by its access permissions.
info AutoNet address detected: 169.254.18.126
action Automated repair: Reset network connection
action Disabling the network adapter
action Enabling the network adapter
info Network adapter successfully enabled
info AutoNet address detected: 169.254.44.216
action Manual repair: Reboot modem
info AutoNet address detected: 169.254.44.216
action Automated repair: Renew IP address
action Releasing the current IP address...
action Successfully released the current IP address
action Renewing the IP address...
error Error renewing the IP address: An attempt was made to access a socket in a way forbidden by its access permissions.
info AutoNet address detected: 169.254.118.151
info Waiting some time for the modem/router to stabilize
action Automated repair: Renew IP address
action Releasing the current IP address...
action Successfully released the current IP address
action Renewing the IP address...
error Error renewing the IP address: An attempt was made to access a socket in a way forbidden by its access permissions.
info AutoNet address detected: 169.254.231.49
info Waiting some time for the modem/router to stabilize
action Automated repair: Renew IP address
action Releasing the current IP address...
action Successfully released the current IP address
action Renewing the IP address...
error Error renewing the IP address: An attempt was made to access a socket in a way forbidden by its access permissions.
info AutoNet address detected: 169.254.63.109
info Waiting some time for the modem/router to stabilize
action Automated repair: Renew IP address
action Releasing the current IP address...
action Successfully released the current IP address
action Renewing the IP address...
error Error renewing the IP address: An attempt was made to access a socket in a way forbidden by its access permissions.
info AutoNet address detected: 169.254.82.130
info Waiting some time for the modem/router to stabilize
action Automated repair: Renew IP address
action Releasing the current IP address...
action Successfully released the current IP address
action Renewing the IP address...
error Error renewing the IP address: An attempt was made to access a socket in a way forbidden by its access permissions.
info AutoNet address detected: 169.254.185.55
info Waiting some time for the modem/router to stabilize
action Automated repair: Renew IP address
action Releasing the current IP address...
action Successfully released the current IP address
action Renewing the IP address...
error Error renewing the IP address: An attempt was made to access a socket in a way forbidden by its access permissions.
info AutoNet address detected: 169.254.182.179
info Redirecting user to support call
Wireless Diagnostic
Wireless - Service disabled
Wireless - User SSID
Wireless - First time setup
Wireless - Radio off
Wireless - Out of range
Wireless - Hardware issue
Wireless - Novice user
Wireless - Ad-hoc network
Wireless - Less preferred
Wireless - 802.1x enabled
Wireless - Configuration mismatch
Wireless - Low SNR
WinSock Diagnostic
WinSock status
info All base service provider entries are present in the Winsock catalog.
info The Winsock Service provider chains are valid.
info Provider entry MSAFD Tcpip [TCP/IP] passed the loopback communication test.
info Provider entry MSAFD Tcpip [UDP/IP] passed the loopback communication test.
error Provider entry RSVP UDP Service Provider could not perform simple loopback communication. Error 10091.
error Provider entry RSVP TCP Service Provider could not perform simple loopback communication. Error 10091.
error A connectivity problem exists with a base winsock provider.
Network Adapter Diagnostic
Network location detection
info Using home Internet connection
Network adapter identification
info Network connection: Name=Local Area Connection, Device=Intel(R) 82562V 10/100 Network Connection, MediaType=LAN, SubMediaType=LAN
info Ethernet connection selected
Network adapter status
info Network connection status: Connected
HTTP, HTTPS, FTP Diagnostic
HTTP, HTTPS, FTP connectivity
warn HTTP: Error 12007 connecting to
www.microsoft.com: The server name or address could not be resolved
warn HTTPS: Error 12007 connecting to
www.microsoft.com: The server name or address could not be resolved
warn FTP (Passive): Error 12007 connecting to ftp.microsoft.com: The server name or address could not be resolved
warn HTTP: Error 12007 connecting to
www.hotmail.com: The server name or address could not be resolved
warn HTTPS: Error 12007 connecting to
www.passport.net: The server name or address could not be resolved
warn FTP (Active): Error 12007 connecting to ftp.microsoft.com: The server name or address could not be resolved
error Could not make an HTTP connection.
error Could not make an HTTPS connection.
error Could not make an FTP connection.
Any helpful advice is welcome, thanks.