Got connection but says Media Disconnected !!!

[shaweetareek]

This is wierd  

My internet connection is a wireless connection throught a wireless Netgear Router. I lost connection as a result of doing some changes on the router. When I got re-connected I found out that from the windows promp when I type IPCONFIG to see the connection, I saw the correct IP address, but it says Media Disconnected. To make sure about the connection I even logged into my MSN messenger but it is still saying Media Disconnected !!!
 Any idea what is going on please ? !!!  

Thank you

[lilslim13]

You may want to check your NIC to make sure its functioning properly. Or try unpluggind everything and starting over.

[Larry]

Opening a DOS window and typing...

ping 127.0.0.1

Would be a first check in testing the TCP/IP stack and network adapter.

[shaweetareek]

I could ping 172.0.0.1 successfully and It is still the same. I have got internet connection and both of my computers which are getting the wireless connection still the same, when I check for the IP address by typing IPCONFIG and press enter, the result is " Media Disconnected ", but it also shows the correct IP address, Subnet mask and Default gateway. I still feel there must be some thing wrong, because they drop the connection quite alot and I still have not been able to find out what the problem could be.  

Thank you

[Larry]

What changes did you make to the router?  Does the problem go away if you reset the router to defaults?

[shaweetareek]

The changes I made on the router was only changing the channel from 11 to 6 and change the wireless connection password on the router. I wanted to upgrate the router but the version router has got is the latest,therefore; I did not do it.

After I did those little changes on the router my computers were still dropping the connection every 10-15 minuts, then I did a  system restoration on both of my machine and since then, I have not lost connection but the media is still shown disconnected !

Thank you

[Larry]

Disable your wired connection.

[shaweetareek]

Oh Great Larry, It worked !
I disabled it and the message ''Media Disconnected'' did not show this time.

Thank you very much Larry. Can I ask you to explain what was that happening and why ?

Thank you very much

[Larry]

Explanation: nothing was connected to the wired connection and Windows was reporting the error detected in it's status.  Did it also fix your frequent disconnect problem?

[shaweetareek]

Yes it did. My connections have not been droped since then.

Thank you .