Ok so I've got 2 computers going through my router. Computer A is hard wired and is the computer that was used to set up the network. Computer B is connected wirelessly. I went home from work yesterday and turns out Computer A has several viruses and trojans (norton quarantined IE). Not having the time to deal with it, I just turned it off, hoping to prevent further damage.
However, Computer B was not able to connect to the internet all last night into this morning. The router is working just fine, my wireless adapter just won't pick up or recognize the signal. I scanned computer B, which came up virus-free. The adapter seems to be working alright...I reinstalled the drivers.
My question is, can these 2 be related? Thanks in advance
2006-12-22 00:27:29 · 2 answers · asked by thuglife 5 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
could be but chances are slim.. unplug power to your modem and router and shut down your PC. Let sit for about a minute and turn on your pc and provide power back to your modem. When all the lights come on, on your modem, plug power back to your router. If that doesn't fix it, go into command prompt and type in ipconfig -release and then ipconfig -renew. If that still doesnt work do ping 127.0.0.1 to test your tcp/ip stack. If that comes back all lost packets, reinstall tcp/ip stack. If it is ok try pinging your router. If that doesnt ping right then you aren't connecting to your router right, and you need to look into your settings and see if something messed up with the configuration. If it does ping, then there is a setting on your router that isn't right. Hope this helped a little.
2006-12-22 00:34:24 · answer #1 · answered by keith s 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Chances of the 2 being related is very remote. One of the trojans or viruses would have to change the wireless configuration of the router for them to be related. It is not impossible but improbable.
If the wireless adapter doesn't pick up the signal, the problem is either with the router or with the adapter. Power cycling the router and the computer is one thing you can try.
Was the router configured to download and update its firmware automatically? If that happened around the same time by coincidence, it is possible that the router settings have changed, maybe to the factory default values. You'll have to connect the second computer directly via the ethernet port configured with the right fixed IP address and check the router settings.
Or maybe the wireless adapter just conked out around the same time.
Hope this helps. Good luck in your troubleshooting.
2006-12-22 00:50:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋