Unplug/replug in router to connect

[shirtlessguy]

Just bought an HP dv7t-6c60us win7 Home.
About 1-2 weeks in, started getting connectivity issues, where the network's detected but I am unable to connect. Daily disconnects, sometimes twice a day. Renew/release IP doesn't work, says media is disconnected, and flushing dns, resetting winsock, ipv4, ipv6 doesn't work (even after reset).
The only thing that works is an unplug/replug of the power cord on the wireless router. This affects ONLY my laptop. All other wired connections and wireless connections are fine. Unaffected. Still working.
Turning off bluetooth and ethernet on my laptop yielded nothing. I changed out the router to three different routers, and got either the same problem, or a reduction of network speed, from normal 54Mbps to 1Mbps, even if I am sitting in front of the router (this seems to be a secondary issue that's cropped up, dependent on a type of router).

What's going on here? I've updated firmware, wireless drivers, etc, what I consider the normal troubleshooting fixes. I requested HP to send me a new wireless card, and the same problem is occurring. I have Panda antivirus right now, but this problem started before Panda. No windows firewall either. But it's only my laptop, and after the ROUTER is rebooted, my laptop can connect again. If I restart my laptop, nothing happens, still cannot connect to the router.

The only thing that seemed to work was changing to a USB wireless adapter, didn't disconnect after one day. Why is this working (ie laptop is maintaining connection longer than 24 hours) and not my normal wireless card?

Can there be something specific to win7 and the wireless card?


Also I just started getting my diagnostics, and it showed this:
windows couldn't automatically bind the ip protocol stack to the network adapter

Upon saving the diagnostics, I have this:
Windows Network Diagnostics Publisher details

Issues found
Problem with wireless adapter or access pointProblem with wireless adapter or access point Detected
Investigate router or access point issues Failed
Reset the wireless adapter Completed
Refer to Windows Help and Support for more information about wireless connectivity problems Completed


Issues found Detection details

6 Problem with wireless adapter or access point Detected

Investigate router or access point issues Failed

If you're connected to a hotspot or domain network, contact the network administrator. Otherwise: 1. Unplug or turn off the device. 2. After all the lights on the device are off, wait at least 10 seconds. 3. Turn the device back on or plug it back into the power outlet. To restart a router or access point that has a built-in battery, press and quickly release the Reset button.
Reset the wireless adapter Completed

Network Diagnostics Log
File Name: 569478E7-98F7-41D8-A3D1-1E8C3F5B4C88.Repair.1.etl


Refer to Windows Help and Support for more information about wireless connectivity problems Completed

Windows cannot resolve your wireless connectivity issue.


Detection details

Diagnostics Information (Network Adapter)
Details about network adapter diagnosis:

Network adapter Wireless Network Connection driver information:

Description . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Centrino(R) Wireless-N 1030
Manufacturer . . . . . . . . . : Intel Corporation
Provider . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel
Version . . . . . . . . . . . : 14.3.1.1
Inf File Name . . . . . . . . . : C:\Windows\INF\oem33.inf
Inf File Date . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, December 08, 2011 12:59:56 PM
Section Name . . . . . . . . . : Install_MPCIEX_Gui_1030_BGN_1x2_HMC_WIN7_64_BGN
Hardware ID . . . . . . . . . . : pci\ven_8086&dev_008b&subsys_53158086
Instance Status Flags . . . . . : 0x180200a
Device Manager Status Code . . : 0
IfType . . . . . . . . . . . . : 71
Physical Media Type . . . . . . : 9



Diagnostics Information (Wireless Connectivity)
Details about wireless connectivity diagnosis:

Information for connection being diagnosed
Interface GUID: 16f96bcb-f866-434a-90a5-e0c385e90120
Interface name: Intel(R) Centrino(R) Wireless-N 1030
Interface type: Native WiFi
Profile: lee
SSID: lee
SSID length: 3
Connection mode: Infra
Security: Yes
Connect even if network is not broadcasting: No

Connection incident diagnosed
Auto Configuration ID: 3
Connection ID: 5

Connection status summary
Connection started at: 2012-05-20 13:43:35-767
Profile match: Success
Pre-Association: Success
Association: Success
Security and Authentication: Fail

List of visible access point(s): 7 item(s) total, 7 item(s) displayed
BSSID BSS Type PHY Signal(dB) Chnl/freq SSID
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
68-7F-74-67-28-98 Infra <unknown> -33 2 lee
A0-21-B7-AF-9F-98 Infra <unknown> -75 1 Joey
00-26-50-9E-8F-49 Infra g -91 9 WATSUP
00-18-3F-F3-40-89 Infra g -89 10 2WIRE212
78-CD-8E-3E-AE-88 Infra <unknown> -89 1 HOME-AE88
78-CD-8E-3E-AE-8A Infra <unknown> -93 1 (Unnamed Network)
78-CD-8E-3E-AE-89 Infra <unknown> -90 1 (Unnamed Network)

Connection History

Information for Auto Configuration ID 3

List of visible networks: 6 item(s) total, 6 item(s) displayed
BSS Type PHY Security Signal(RSSI) Compatible SSID
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Infra <unknown> Yes 99 Yes lee
Infra <unknown> Yes 41 Yes Joey
Infra g Yes 15 Yes WATSUP
Infra g Yes 18 Yes 2WIRE212
Infra <unknown> Yes 18 Yes HOME-AE88
Infra <unknown> Yes 16 Yes (Unnamed Network)

List of preferred networks: 1 item(s)
Profile: lee
SSID: lee
SSID length: 3
Connection mode: Infra
Security: Yes
Set by group policy: No
Connect even if network is not broadcasting: No
Connectable: Yes

Information for Connection ID 5
Connection started at: 2012-05-20 13:43:35-767
Auto Configuration ID: 3
Profile: lee
SSID: lee
SSID length: 3
Connection mode: Infra
Security: Yes
Pre-Association and Association
Connectivity settings provided by hardware manufacturer (IHV): No
Security settings provided by hardware manufacturer (IHV): No
Profile matches network requirements: Success
Pre-association status: Success
Association status: Success
Last AP: 00-00-00-00-00-00
Security and Authentication
Configured security type: WPA2-PSK
Configured encryption type: CCMP(AES)
802.1X protocol: No
Key exchange initiated: Yes
Unicast key received: No
Multicast key received: No
Number of security packets received: 0
Number of security packets sent: 0
Security attempt status: Fail 0x0003800b

Information for Auto Configuration ID 2

List of visible networks: 6 item(s) total, 6 item(s) displayed
BSS Type PHY Security Signal(RSSI) Compatible SSID
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Infra <unknown> Yes 99 Yes lee
Infra <unknown> Yes 45 Yes Joey
Infra g Yes 15 Yes WATSUP
Infra g Yes 18 Yes 2WIRE212
Infra <unknown> Yes 18 Yes HOME-AE88
Infra <unknown> Yes 11 Yes (Unnamed Network)

List of preferred networks: 1 item(s)
Profile: lee
SSID: lee
SSID length: 3
Connection mode: Infra
Security: Yes
Set by group policy: No
Connect even if network is not broadcasting: No
Connectable: No
Reason: 0x00028006

Information for Connection ID 4
Connection started at: 2012-05-20 13:43:32-865
Auto Configuration ID: 2
Profile: lee
SSID: lee
SSID length: 3
Connection mode: Infra
Security: Yes
Pre-Association and Association
Connectivity settings provided by hardware manufacturer (IHV): No
Security settings provided by hardware manufacturer (IHV): No
Profile matches network requirements: Success
Pre-association status: Success
Association status: Fail 0x00038002
Association reason code: 0x00000002

Information for Connection ID 3
Connection started at: 2012-05-20 13:43:24-722
Auto Configuration ID: 2
Profile: lee
SSID: lee
SSID length: 3
Connection mode: Infra
Security: Yes
Pre-Association and Association
Connectivity settings provided by hardware manufacturer (IHV): No
Security settings provided by hardware manufacturer (IHV): No
Profile matches network requirements: Success
Pre-association status: Success
Association status: Fail 0x00038002
Association reason code: 0x00000002

Information for Connection ID 2
Connection started at: 2012-05-20 13:43:22-382
Auto Configuration ID: 2
Profile: lee
SSID: lee
SSID length: 3
Connection mode: Infra
Security: Yes
Pre-Association and Association
Connectivity settings provided by hardware manufacturer (IHV): No
Security settings provided by hardware manufacturer (IHV): No
Profile matches network requirements: Success
Pre-association status: Success
Association status: Fail 0x00038002
Association reason code: 0x00000002

Information for Auto Configuration ID 1

List of visible networks: 3 item(s) total, 3 item(s) displayed
BSS Type PHY Security Signal(RSSI) Compatible SSID
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Infra <unknown> Yes 99 Yes lee
Infra <unknown> Yes 43 Yes Joey
Infra g Yes 18 Yes WATSUP

List of preferred networks: 1 item(s)
Profile: lee
SSID: lee
SSID length: 3
Connection mode: Infra
Security: Yes
Set by group policy: No
Connect even if network is not broadcasting: No
Connectable: Yes

Information for Connection ID 1
Connection started at: 2012-05-20 13:43:11-680
Auto Configuration ID: 1
Profile: lee
SSID: lee
SSID length: 3
Connection mode: Infra
Security: Yes
Pre-Association and Association
Connectivity settings provided by hardware manufacturer (IHV): No
Security settings provided by hardware manufacturer (IHV): No
Profile matches network requirements: Success
Pre-association status: Success
Association status: Success
Last AP: 68-7f-74-67-28-98
Security and Authentication
Configured security type: WPA2-PSK
Configured encryption type: CCMP(AES)
802.1X protocol: No
Key exchange initiated: Yes
Unicast key received: Yes
Multicast key received: Yes
Number of security packets received: 0
Number of security packets sent: 0
Security attempt status: Success
Connectivity
Packet statistics
Ndis Rx: 0
Ndis Tx: 3
Unicast decrypt success: 0
Multicast decrypt success: 0
Unicast decrypt failure: 0
Multicast decrypt failure: 0
Rx success: 12
Rx failure: 0
Tx success: 5
Tx failure: 0
Tx retry: 1
Tx multiple retry: 1
Tx max lifetime exceeded: 0
Tx ACK failure: 15
Roaming history: 1 item(s)
Times: 2012-05-20 13:43:11-821
Roamed from BSSID: 68-7f-74-67-28-98
Reason: 0x00000001
Disconnected from BSSID: 00-00-00-00-00-00 Reason: 0x00000205




Diagnostics Information (Wireless Connectivity)
Details about wireless connectivity diagnosis:

For complete information about this session see the wireless connectivity information event.

Helper Class: Auto Configuration
Initialize status: Success

Information for connection being diagnosed
Interface GUID: 16f96bcb-f866-434a-90a5-e0c385e90120
Interface name: Intel(R) Centrino(R) Wireless-N 1030
Interface type: Native WiFi
Profile: lee
SSID: lee
SSID length: 3
Connection mode: Infra
Security: Yes
Connect even if network is not broadcasting: No

Result of diagnosis: Problem found
Issue referred to: L2Sec Helper Class

Root cause:
Windows could not connect to "lee"
You can try to connect again.

Repair option:
Try connecting to "lee" again, or connect to a different network
If you still can't connect to the network and you are the administrator, turn off your wireless router or access point, wait at least 10 seconds, turn it back on, and then try connecting again.




Diagnostics Information (L2sec Helper Class)
Details about L2Sec Helper Class diagnosis:

For complete information about this session see the Wireless Diagnostic Informational Event.

Helper Class: Layer2 Security
Initialize Status: Success

Result of diagnosis: There may be a problem

Information for connection being diagnosed
Interface GUID: {16f96bcb-f866-434a-90a5-e0c385e90120}
Interface name: Intel(R) Centrino(R) Wireless-N 1030
Interface type: Native WiFi
Profile: lee
SSID: lee
SSID length: 3
Connection mode: Infra
Security enabled: Yes
Connection ID: 5
Security settings provided by hardware manufacturer (IHV): No
Profile matches network requirements: Yes
Pre-Association and association status: Success
Security and Authentication:
Configured security type: Robust Secure Network (RSN / WPA2) for independent networks
Configured Encryption type: CCMP (AES)
Security connect status: Fail 0x0003800b
Number of security packets received: 0
Number of security packets sent: 0
802.1X protocol: No
Key exchange initiated: Yes
Unicast keys received: No
Multicast keys received: No



Network Diagnostics Log
File Name: 569478E7-98F7-41D8-A3D1-1E8C3F5B4C88.Diagnose.0.etl

Other Networking Configuration and Logs
File Name: NetworkConfiguration.cab

Collection information
Computer Name: SKYMD-HP
Windows Version: 6.1
Architecture: amd64
Time: Sunday, May 20, 2012 1:43:53 PM

Publisher details

Windows Network Diagnostics
Detects problems with network connectivity.
Package Version: 1.0
Publisher: Microsoft Windows

 

[Emerald]

have you tried intels latest drivers?

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/confirm.aspx?httpDown=http://downloadmirror.intel.com/21045/eng/Wireless_14.3.1_Ds64.exe&lang=eng&Dwnldid=21045&DownloadType=%0aSoftware+Applications%0a&OSFullname=Windows+7+(64-bit)*

 

[shirtlessguy]

Yep.

 

[Emerald]

disabled IP6

 

[shirtlessguy]

are you asking me to do that? or if I did that?

 

[Emerald]

see what happens when you disable IP6.

has it made any difference when disabling IP6?

 

[johnsonma]

For some reason your machine is not authenticating with your router. Try switching your router from WPA2-PSK to WPA and see if that clears up the issue. I think your network card is having a problem with the WPA2-PSK protocol. In the log you posted your drivers are out of date compared with the ones I looked up for your card on Intel's site. You could try that too unless you already did that. Also you could check for a firmware update for your router too.

 

[shirtlessguy]

I did firmware updates and did upgrade to 15 for the intel driver for my wireless. How do I disable Ip6, from the properties of the card? The router is only about 1.5 years old, and it has no trouble with wpa2 with the other laptops (both old and new).

 

[johnsonma]

I was thinking that the card was the one having the issues with WPA2, if it works on WPA then that would be a good indicator.

 

[shirtlessguy]

The same issue is still cropping up. When it happened, I even rebooted into network safe mode to see if I could connect, to no avail. Of course, by unplugging the router, voila I'm back on.
If this card is pretty new, you think WPA2 is the issue? What if it's HP defect on the model? What if it's the intel centrino 1030 defect? What if it's my particular unit that's having issues?

 

[johnsonma]

You could try turning off IP6 like Emerald suggested. I re read your OP and you said that you have already tried a new card with the same issues? Are the other machines that are working fine running windows 7 as well?

 

[shirtlessguy]

Yes, all other machines run fine. I have also tried using a different router and that seemed to just give all sorts of other issues, like my laptop running at 1 Mbps after maybe a half hour of normal 57-73 Mbps, from my current location and even right next to the route. How do I turn off the IP6?

 

[johnsonma]

Open Network and Sharing Center
Click Change adapter settings in the upper left
Right click Local Area Connection
Choose Properties
On the networking tab, look for Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6)

 

[shirtlessguy]

Thanks. But no cigar. Did it yesterday, today still disconnected almost 24 hours later. I had to reboot the router via unplugging it.
I had previously changed the DHCP renewal on the router to a longer time frame, but the problem still occurred. It's also strange that the other laptops don't get this problem when DHCP renews itself, only mine. I only suspect the DHCP because it's happening every 24 hours, and 24 hours is the default renewal on most standard routers.

 

[ngrego]

Do as Hawkeye suggested (if you haven't already) go to intel and run the hardware scan to check for new drivers. I had the same problem on my HP Elitebook 2530p with Intel wireless 5100 AGN NIC. The problem persisted for a while, but after a couple of driver updates it stopped.
One other thing I could suggest is to try setting your router to use a different security setting, it looks like the issue may be comming from there. Enter your router setup and turn off the security setting completely. Then connect your pc and see if the problem persists, if the disconnections stop, at least you know where the problem is. You can then do a few tests using varios settings on the router until you find one that works without disabling the security all together.

 

[shirtlessguy]

I will try the wpa as well as unsecured for 24+ hours, but won't that just make my wireless that much less secure?

Also, I have updated to most recent intel. Didn't work.

 

[johnsonma]

If its DHCP causing the problem why don't you just give the machine a static IP?

 

[shirtlessguy]

Tried that too, still would get disconnected. Also tried changing the timing on the DHCP renewal, to no avail.

 

[johnsonma]

Can you check your event viewer when you get a disconnect? Running out of ideas but the info in there might help figure out what is causing a lapse when the DHCP renews.

 

[johnsonma]

Also can you do an ipconfig /all in your command prompt and see if you have a ton of tunnel adapters. You might have to clear those out as well.

 

[shirtlessguy]

This is both event viewers. Netwns64 has trouble (event ID from source netwns64 cannot be found) during the times where I'm disconnected. Once I've unplugged the router, everything's dandy. Event ID 7036 also stops (it's the TCP/IP netbios helper) after starting during the times where I'm disconnected. Onnce I've unplugged the router and re-connected, the event 7036 starts, but doesn't stop.

I haven't been able to pin the exact time to the second on what comes first.

 

[johnsonma]

Try this out

i. Click Start and type services.msc in the search box

ii. Search for Computer Browser

iii. Set the service to automatic

Steps to set the services to automatic

a. Search for the service (Computer Browser)

b. Right click on the service

c. If the service is stopped then Start the service

d. Select Properties

e. And in the Start-up type select Automatic

 

[shirtlessguy]

Did that, what's it do? I think so far I've skipped one day's worth of disconnects.

However today, I was connected to my router (had valid IP), pinging both router and modem was returning 1ms. BUT could not connect via IE/chrome, nor could I ping www.google.com. What's up with that? Managed to fix it after flushing/registering dns, reseting winsock, ipv4 interface and release/renew of ip. iTouch right next to me could connect to safari however. Seemed kind of strange.

 

[johnsonma]

As long as your not on a domain and do not want to communicate with any old windows devices it should be alright to disable.

 

[ssg]

disable BlueTooth or set Wireless Adapter Settings On Battery and Plugged in to "Maximum Performance" (in Power Options) of laptop