My friend's laptop is able to connect to the WiFi router. Typing 192.168.1.1
in the browser shows the login page for the router. But he cannot connect to the Internet. This is true on both Windows and Linux (dual booting setup).
There are three other laptops connecting to the Internet via WiFi just fine and his was fine too until this happened all of a sudden. I tried doing a tracert
from Windows to an external ip. The first hop to the modem is fine but then the packets seem to be getting dropped. I haven't asked a question here before but this is really weird. If anyone needs any more information I shall post it here.
EDIT : He can ping my PC wirelessly on the network and logon to the router login change settings on the router and all that stuff. Pinging any external IP fails. That's the crux of the problem.
If his WiFi adapter is damaged how is it connecting to the modem via WiFi?
Posting the contents of ipconfig /all
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Windows IP Configuration:
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : praveen-laptop
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : dslhome
dslhome
Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : dslhome
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 AGN
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-21-5D-17-04-AC
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, December 07, 2012 10:41:48 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, December 08, 2012 10:41:48 PM
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : dslhome
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8042 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-22-64-54-9F-CB
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.6
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, December 07, 2012 10:41:39 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, December 08, 2012 10:41:39 PM
The problem is with the WiFi link.