Resolved Wireless adapter not adapting

Hi all,

Apropos of absolutely nothing my Realtek rtl8187b wireless adapter is not working. I do not think it is the adapters problem because another USB

mounted adapter does not work either. The consistent message I get is "windows couldn't automatically bind the ip protocol stack to the network'.

It is not hard to find this string in Google but none of the many solutions (for others) have worked. Some, but not all of the things I have

tried:

- Reinstalled latest version of driver for Realtek about 10 times.
- Reset tcp/ip
- Reset (reloaded?) ipv4 and 6
- Stopped my AVG anti-virus
- Turned off Windows firewall
- Tried another adapter that did not work
- About six other things that I cannot remember.
- My router is not one of the likely suspects because it is working for all my other wireless devices flawlessly.
- I did a system restore but apparently it did not go back far enough.
- These two wireless adapters (Realtek plus USB device) have worked perfectly until last night.

This is happening on the latest update of Windows 7 64bit. To show you just one piece of information, here is what I see when I do a 'ipconfig

/all'. I am hoping the formatting below is not too crazy.

Any and all help and/or suggestions most welcome.

Thanks very much,
Jim Lee


Windows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Jim-PC Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : NoTunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9: Media State . . . . . . . .

. . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft 6to4 Adapter Physical Address. . . .

. . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : YesTunnel adapter

isatap.earthlink.net: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . .

: Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2 Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : YesTunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface Physical Address. . . . . . . . . :

00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : YesTunnel adapter

isatap.{50BC4905-3270-4A6D-AA08-2237CFD28E11}: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #3 Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0 DHCP Enabled. . . . .

. . . . . . : No Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

 

Click the Start button, copy and paste (or type in) this command:

Code:

cmd /c ipconfig /all>%temp%\$.txt&notepad %temp%\$.txt

Then press [Enter].

You should end up with a Notepad window open with the results from running the "ipconfig /all" command on your computer.

Click once in the Notepad window, press [Ctrl]+[A] to highlight everything, press [Ctrl]+[C] to copy it to memory, start a response here in this thread, click once in the message window, then press [Ctrl]+[P] to paste in what you stored in memory.

 

A little more clarity......

Let me try this again with one update.
I switched out the wireless card with a known good one from another laptop and I see the very same messages. So I am thinking this is some kind of mishap between the Windows 7 os and TCP/IP...or some part of Network communications that I am completely unaware of.

Thanks very much for any help,
Jim Lee


This is the message I get consistently in 'Network Details' when it fails to connect.

"Windows couldn't automatically bind the IP protocol stack to the network adapter.
Set up the wireless network adapter Completed "

=======================================
Here is the first line of that ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Jim-PC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

====================================================

This file is named "

Details about network adapter diagnosis:
"Details Network Adapter "
=====================================================
Network adapter Wireless Network Connection driver information:

Description . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8187B Wireless 802.11b/g 54Mbps USB 2.0 Network Adapter
Manufacturer . . . . . . . . . : Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Provider . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft
Version . . . . . . . . . . . : 6.1159.323.2009
Inf File Name . . . . . . . . . : C:\windows\INF\net8187bv64.inf
Inf File Date . . . . . . . . . : Monday, July 13, 2009 8:37:31 PM
Section Name . . . . . . . . . : RTL8187B.ndi
Hardware ID . . . . . . . . . . : usb\vid_0bda&pid_8198&rev_0200
Instance Status Flags . . . . . : 0x180200a
Device Manager Status Code . . : 0
IfType . . . . . . . . . . . . : 71
Physical Media Type . . . . . . : 9

====================================================

nterface List
1...........................Software Loopback Interface 1
11...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 Microsoft 6to4 Adapter
15...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
12...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
16...00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e0 Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #3
=========================================================

This file was also created when I saw the error and the filename is
"Route.Print "

IPv4 Route Table
===========================================================================
Active Routes:
Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric
127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 On-link 127.0.0.1 306
127.0.0.1 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 306
127.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 306
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 On-link 127.0.0.1 306
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 306
===========================================================================
Persistent Routes:
None

IPv6 Route Table
===========================================================================
Active Routes:
If Metric Network Destination Gateway
1 306 ::1/128 On-link
1 306 ff00::/8 On-link
===========================================================================
Persistent Routes:
None

 

ipconfig /all

Thank you very much SpywareDr. Here is a 'closer to' properly formatted ipconfig /all



Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Jim-PC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft 6to4 Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.earthlink.net:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.{50BC4905-3270-4A6D-AA08-2237CFD28E11}:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #3
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

 

"IP routing enabled......No "

Is that a large clue staring me in the face?

Thanks,
Jim Lee

 

I just reset the TCP stack by using these commands at the dos command line.
They all came back with successful messages.

=======================
netsh winsock reset catalog

netsh int ip reset reset.log

netsh int ipv6 reset reset.log
=======================

Rebooted and same deal.

Thanks,
Jim Lee

 

Same deal..........

Same deal with the new beta driver. It still says "Microsoft" for the provider.
Also the version number appears to be the same as before. I uninstalled the old driver and reinstalled the new driver twice for good luck.

Most of the threads I found with this same "couldn't automatically bind..." phrase were solved by disabling either the anti-virus software or the firewall.
Is there anything more that I can do to shake up my tcp/ip settings? I cannot see what it could be other than those TCP/IP settings gone awry.

Thanks,
Jim Lee

===================================================
"Windows couldn't automatically bind the IP protocol stack to the network adapter.
Set up the wireless network adapter Completed "


Details about network adapter diagnosis:

Network adapter Wireless Network Connection driver information:

Description . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8187B Wireless 802.11b/g 54Mbps USB 2.0 Network Adapter
Manufacturer . . . . . . . . . : Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
Provider . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft
Version . . . . . . . . . . . : 6.1159.323.2009
Inf File Name . . . . . . . . . : C:\windows\INF\net8187bv64.inf
Inf File Date . . . . . . . . . : Monday, July 13, 2009 8:37:31 PM
Section Name . . . . . . . . . : RTL8187B.ndi
Hardware ID . . . . . . . . . . : usb\vid_0bda&pid_8198&rev_0200
Instance Status Flags . . . . . : 0x180200a
Device Manager Status Code . . : 0
IfType . . . . . . . . . . . . : 71
Physical Media Type . . . . . . : 9

 

Where is the adapter in "ipconfig /all "? (And the Physical Address, IP Address, Subnet Mask, IP Address, Default Gateway, DHCP Server, DNS Servers, etc., etc., etc.).

 

Here is ipconfig /all. I noticed that DHCP is not enabled anywhere whereas I have checked and made sure that DHCP is enabled on this PC in my network settings.

Thanks,
Jim Lee


Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Jim-PC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft 6to4 Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.earthlink.net:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.{50BC4905-3270-4A6D-AA08-2237CFD28E11}:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #3
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

 

Another piece of the puzzle?

I am hoping this is some kind of turning point.
I installed Ubuntu on the same laptop and the adapter(s) and wireless communication work like a charm. Which leads me to believe that Windows 7 is in some way at the center of this issue. So I am now wondering what OS stuff in Windows 7 is out of whack. I suppose the driver is still my main suspect but that has been updated and installed more than a few times.

How is the OS involved in my wireless connection?
In one of the error descriptions I do see that 'TCP/IP v4/6 is not available' or words to that effect. How does TCP/IP make itself available to Windows 7?
I think that is where the confusion is. My next move was to reinstall Windows but now that I can connect with Ubuntu I feel like playing this one out to learn something about PC's and wireless connections.

Thanks very much,
Jim Lee

 

I finally reinstalled Windows OS as a last resort and it worked. It is now a question for the ages.