IE6 won't use wireless card [was XP wireless not working]
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Posted by George Neuner on May 12, 2008, 10:34 pm
Please log in for more thread options Thanks to everyone who responded to the last thread. I finally discovered that the Netgear Super-G card was intermittently failing and probably just happened to work when I tried it in another computer. I replaced the failing card with a new one, but now I have a new problem. IE6 refuses to work with the card unless my office VPN is active. I tried asking in IE6 specific forums, but after a few days I've gotten no useful answers so I thought I'd try here. The situation is this: my office laptop has built-in 11b radio, but at home I have a Netgear Super-G network so I use a WG511T card instead. The laptop also has a Cisco VPN set up by office IT. Normally, I should be able to use either radio, use my own network with the VPN disabled (and IE proxy settings disabled) and then connect the VPN to use my office network. This is the way I used my old Netgear card and it still works the same with the built-in 11b radio. However, with the new Netgear card, IE6 won't work unless the VPN is connected. When the VPN is disabled, all I get is "can't display page - can't find server or DNS error" regardless of proxy settings. I get the same error even if I type the server's address manually so it seems like IE6 isn't even trying. Other net apps (Outlook, ftp, ping, trace, nslookup) are working normally regardless of the VPN - when VPN is connected they route through my office, otherwise they route through my home network and ISP. Only IE6 demands the VPN be active. I can't find any settings different between the connection using the new card and the one using the built-in radio - both are configured through DHCP from my router and the settings all appear to be correct. Naturally the routing tables all change when the VPN is active. All the IE6 settings appear to be the same regardless of connection. I've tried uninstalling/reinstalling the Netgear card, flushing the DNS and browser caches when the card is in use, enabling/disabling the IE6 proxy settings, etc. Nothing has worked. IE6 seems to be completely ignoring the proxy settings and just expecting the VPN all the time. There don't seem to be any settings for specific connections or devices in the Cisco VPN - it seems to just take over everything when it's active. I don't have any way of reinstalling IE6 (or anything else). Is there something I can check in the registry or in some setup file(s)? Any other thoughts or suggestions? At this point I'm completely baffled. George -- for email reply remove "/" from address | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by smlunatick on May 13, 2008, 9:16 am
Please log in for more thread options It sounds like your laptop is configured to only use the Internet service that your "office" is set up for. Check the DNS servers settings, whoich might be entered in the Network Connections | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by George Neuner on May 13, 2008, 12:32 pm
Please log in for more thread options On Tue, 13 May 2008 06:16:33 -0700 (PDT), smlunatick
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>It sounds like your laptop is configured to only use the Internet >service that your "office" is set up for. Check the DNS servers >settings, whoich might be entered in the Network Connections Hi, Thanks for responding. I've checked DNS settings - all connections are configured through DHCP. The VPN takes over all routing when enabled, but when it's disabled the connection settings are correct for my home router. What's confusing me is that everything worked as expected with the old Netgear Super-G card ... but now that I have a new card, IE alone refuses to use it while all my other network apps work as before. And everything, including IE, works as before using the internal 11b radio. I can't figure out why there is a difference with the new hardware. George -- for email reply remove "/" from address | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by smlunatick on May 13, 2008, 2:13 pm
Please log in for more thread options > On Tue, 13 May 2008 06:16:33 -0700 (PDT), smlunatick
> > > >It sounds like your laptop is configured to only use the Internet
> >service that your "office" is set up for. =A0Check the DNS servers > >settings, whoich might be entered in the Network Connections >
> Hi, > > Thanks for responding. =A0I've checked DNS settings - all connections > are configured through DHCP. =A0The VPN takes over all routing when > enabled, but when it's disabled the connection settings are correct > for my home router. > > What's confusing me is that everything worked as expected with the old > Netgear Super-G card ... but now that I have a new card, IE alone > refuses to use it while all my other network apps work as before. =A0And > everything, including IE, works as before using the internal 11b > radio. =A0I can't figure out why there is a difference with the new > hardware. > > George > -- > for email reply remove "/" from address Have you consider trying to use your "old" 11b adapter, as a test? Did you "uninstall" the odle Netgear drivers from the PC? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by George Neuner on May 13, 2008, 4:17 pm
Please log in for more thread options On Tue, 13 May 2008 11:13:21 -0700 (PDT), smlunatick
>> On Tue, 13 May 2008 06:16:33 -0700 (PDT), smlunatick
>> >> >> >It sounds like your laptop is configured to only use the Internet
>> >service that your "office" is set up for. Check the DNS servers >> >settings, whoich might be entered in the Network Connections >>
>> Hi, >> >> Thanks for responding. I've checked DNS settings - all connections >> are configured through DHCP. The VPN takes over all routing when >> enabled, but when it's disabled the connection settings are correct >> for my home router. >> >> What's confusing me is that everything worked as expected with the old >> Netgear Super-G card ... but now that I have a new card, IE alone >> refuses to use it while all my other network apps work as before. And >> everything, including IE, works as before using the internal 11b >> radio. I can't figure out why there is a difference with the new >> hardware. >> >> George >> -- >> for email reply remove "/" from address >
>Have you consider trying to use your "old" 11b adapter, as a test? All applications work with the built-in 11b radio. They all worked with the old (now broken) Netgear Super-G card as well. Everything *except* IE6 works with the new Netgear Super-G card. >Did you "uninstall" the old Netgear drivers from the PC?
Yes. The new card is a different model so I had to uninstall the old drivers and install the new. I ran Registry Mechanic afterward to clean up anything the uninstall missed. Honestly, IE6 is the only network application that won't work properly with the new card. I am completely baffled. George -- for email reply remove "/" from address | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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> discovered that the Netgear Super-G card was intermittently failing
> and probably just happened to work when I tried it in another
> computer.
>
> I replaced the failing card with a new one, but now I have a new
> problem. =A0IE6 refuses to work with the card unless my office VPN is
> active. =A0I tried asking in IE6 specific forums, but after a few days
> I've gotten no useful answers so I thought I'd try here.
>
> The situation is this: my office laptop has built-in 11b radio, but at
> home I have a Netgear Super-G network so I use a WG511T card instead.
> The laptop also has a Cisco VPN set up by office IT. =A0Normally, I
> should be able to use either radio, use my own network with the VPN
> disabled (and IE proxy settings disabled) and then connect the VPN to
> use my office network. =A0This is the way I used my old Netgear card and
> it still works the same with the built-in 11b radio.
>
> However, with the new Netgear card, IE6 won't work unless the VPN is
> connected. =A0When the VPN is disabled, all I get is "can't display page
> - can't find server or DNS error" regardless of proxy settings. =A0I get
> the same error even if I type the server's address manually so it
> seems like IE6 isn't even trying.
>
> Other net apps (Outlook, ftp, ping, trace, nslookup) are working
> normally regardless of the VPN - when VPN is connected they route
> through my office, otherwise they route through my home network and
> ISP. =A0Only IE6 demands the VPN be active.
>
> I can't find any settings different between the connection using the
> new card and the one using the built-in radio - both are configured
> through DHCP from my router and the settings all appear to be correct.
> Naturally the routing tables all change when the VPN is active. =A0All
> the IE6 settings appear to be the same regardless of connection. =A0I've
> tried uninstalling/reinstalling the Netgear card, flushing the DNS and
> browser caches when the card is in use, enabling/disabling the IE6
> proxy settings, etc. =A0Nothing has worked. =A0IE6 seems to be completely
> ignoring the proxy settings and just expecting the VPN all the time.
>
> There don't seem to be any settings for specific connections or
> devices in the Cisco VPN - it seems to just take over everything when
> it's active.
>
> I don't have any way of reinstalling IE6 (or anything else). =A0Is there
> something I can check in the registry or in some setup file(s)? =A0Any
> other thoughts or suggestions? =A0At this point I'm completely baffled.
>
> George
> --
> for email reply remove "/" from address