media state disconnected

I work for 2wire home portal router tech support and I am always getting customer's with error msg "Media state disconnected" when I tell them to do ipconfig.I asked several tech's here and they dont know how to resolve that issue.We usually tell our customer that it is a NIC problem.I believe that there is a way on how to deal with that error instead of redirecting our customers to call their computer manufacturer.I get that error message most likely if they are connected using ETHERNET.But sometimes I also get that error using WIRELESS connection.Can someone help me resolve this issue?Thanks in advance!

It just means that they are not connected to the wireless AP. The resolution is simple: get them connected.

To do this means you have to troubleshoot how their AP is set up. Things to consider:

• - SSID: spelled right (it's case-sensitive)? Is it broadcasting or not?
  - DHCP: enabled or not?
  - Encryption: is encryption enabled?
  - MAC: is there MAC address restrictions on the AP?
  - NIC Card: is the card seated and working correctly? Is it a wireless card?
  - 802.11?: is it the right protocol?
  - TCP/IP: is it installed?
  - SIgnal strength: Is there anything blocking the signal?

You need to learn how to do troubleshooting and think about these things.

just a stupid question, what is AP?

and one more thing..how to view if DHCP is enabled?

Well, you need to check on the AP itself (usually a web interface via wired connection). Additionally the NIC card has DHCP enabled via the properties of the NIC using Right-Click on the mouse (Network Neighbourhood ---> Properties ---> Select the Network in question ---> Properties ---> General Tab ... go to TCP/IP and the select Properties and ensure that Obtain Address Automatically is enabled).

AP= Access Point

cool. Thanks..oh by the way.What if the IP address is 169.x.x.x and there is no default gateway and the LAN status is showing up NETWORK CABLE UNPLUGGED.I told my customer to release/renew the IP but still getting thesame IP address with no subnet and default gateway.I already checked on the NIC card if it is installed properly and disabled the firewall or antivirus.Is there something wrong with the NIC itself?

Could be something wrong with it. The 169.x.x.x address is the default address assigned to a NIC, by Microsoft OSes, that cannot get a DHCP address.

Are you sure that there is a DHCP server running?

169.x.x.x is given when your nic is set to DHCP...but cant find a DHCP server to get one from??

Thats why it wont renew

If you can ping 127.0.0.1...
your NIC is ok

Next would be the cable...try a different one...one you know works??

Can they ping the router\AP they are connected to??

Can they tracert to a common site such as www.google.com ???

If not..

What are all the errors???


MLF

Typhoid:

Firstly I will say that I really can't believe that your company is hiring tech support staff with your level of knowledge.... I would recommend that you go to your supervisor and tell them that you need more training in the basic of the operating systems you are most commonly dealing with.

Quote:

---

NETWORK CABLE UNPLUGGED

---

This isn't a cruel Microsoft joke... honest.... If it says the network cable is unplugged then, at a minimum the cable is bad and shows no connectivity, otherwise it really is unplugged or the device it is connected to is switched off.... There, that wasn't all that hard was it?

Quote:

---

and one more thing..how to view if DHCP is enabled?

---

Well.... You obviously know how to do an ipconfig /all.... but did you ever read the output.... It tells you quite clearly that DHCP is enabled or not..... Again... Not too difficult......

OK... so I have been nasty for a while..... but lets look at the problem - and I'm speculating a little here.... You mentioned it's when they are trying to connect via Ethernet.... Silly question maybe.... is 2wire a DSL service?... Because DSL usually seems to connect via PPOE, which is different and requires a username and password amongst other things....

Also, Ms. M. is right... Are they expected to connect to to a DHCP server over ethernet, (ie: they have a router?), or are they supposed to connect to you over PPOE and subsequently get an address DHCPed to them after the PPOE connection is complete....

Quote:

---

I really can't believe that your company is hiring tech support staff with your level of knowledge

---

Sometimes I wonder if THAT is the mystery to why outsourcing techsupport to other countries is so popular... knowledge and more so the ethics or drive to actually fix a problem versus just getting through a script.

[RANT]Most techsupport call centers are filled with people that know little to nothing about what they are supporting. They are poeple handing out scripted fixes for common problems. My first computer job was at a call center supporting MSN internet access. Most of the people I worked with didn't have a clue, one guy had never used MS before working there and anouther was a painter for most of his life having used a computer a couple times before working there.

I know there are some good techsupport centers out there with well trained and knowledgable people, but most of them just have warm body with a script, waiting to redirect the caller to the computer manufacturer if the problem isn't on there script.[/RANT]

Recently i ran into the same problem-If your running xp run regedit delete winsock and winsock2 keys-then reboot windows should reset these values when you reboot-right click the network connection click properties-click install-click protocol-click add-click have disk-type C:\Windows\inf click ok on the list of available protocols click Internet Protocol(TCP/IP)and click ok restart computer if none of these work find the right way and then post it so i can know-Not the only one stuck in neutral