NTP66's thread of IT

Postby **Troy Loney** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 2:14 pm

I am not able to get to a site that I have no reason to not be able to get to. It's the ABA, when I google seach and click a link, the address bar populates with the https and it has a strikethrough. And when I left click up there it says the connection isn't secure and that I didn't grant the website permissions? (this is on firefox) and it doesn't work on explorer either. When I changed all the permission boxes from "default" to "allow" nothing changed.

WTF is this?

Postby **NTP66** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 2:24 pm

It likely means that not all content on that site are properly secured under their SSL certificate. Are you getting an actual error accessing the page, or just curious about the strikethrough in https?

Postby **Troy Loney** » Thu Jun 28, 2018 2:29 pm

THe page never loads

Postby **meow** » Wed Jul 25, 2018 2:20 pm

Ok nerds. My laptop will lose wifi connection intermittently throughout the day when I and working remotely. How would I go about diagnosising the problem? My laptop is old as hell and I am thinking the wifi thingy (receiver, card, node, whatever) is shot.

Help.

Postby **Lemon Berry Lobster** » Wed Jul 25, 2018 2:21 pm

Have you tried turning it off and back on?

Postby **meow** » Wed Jul 25, 2018 2:22 pm

I've tried that. I've tried yelling at it. I've tried swearing at it.

Postby **NTP66** » Wed Jul 25, 2018 2:23 pm

Windows 7 or 10? Your first step would be looking at the Event Logs (System). Next step would be updating the drivers.

Postby **Lemon Berry Lobster** » Wed Jul 25, 2018 2:29 pm

I've tried that. I've tried yelling at it. I've tried swearing at it.

Have ya asked it how it feels? Maybe be a little more sensitive to its needs...

Postby **dodint** » Wed Jul 25, 2018 2:31 pm

Windows 7 or 10? Your first step would be looking at the Event Logs (System). Next step would be updating the drivers.

Dude calls it 'wifi thingy', maybe dial it back there Mitnick.

Postby **meow** » Wed Jul 25, 2018 2:31 pm

Windows 10

Postby **meow** » Wed Jul 25, 2018 2:35 pm

Is the event log in the task manager?

Postby **NTP66** » Wed Jul 25, 2018 2:37 pm

Right-click on your start button and choose 'Event Viewer'. Expand 'Custom Views' and click on 'Administrative Events'. All errors and warnings will be listed here, so scroll through them looking for anything network/wireless related. If you come across one, post the text from the 'General' box when you select the event.

Postby **meow** » Wed Jul 25, 2018 2:40 pm

WLAN AutoConfig detected limited connectivity, attempting automatic recovery.

Recovery Type: 4
Error Code: 0x0
Trigger Reason: 12
IP Family: 4

Postby **NTP66** » Wed Jul 25, 2018 2:50 pm

Which wireless card do you have?

1. Right-click on Start button, choose 'Computer Management'
2. Click on 'Device Manager'
3. Expand 'Network Adapters'

Find the one that mentions wireless/wifi (i.e., 'Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260')

Postby **meow** » Wed Jul 25, 2018 2:53 pm

Realtek RTL8188CE Wireless LAN 802.11n PCI-E NIC

It also says it is working properly.

Postby **Silentom** » Wed Jul 25, 2018 2:53 pm

Motion to give only NTP66 an avatar, and permanently set it as this:

Postby **Lemon Berry Lobster** » Wed Jul 25, 2018 2:54 pm

Realtek RTL8188CE Wireless LAN 802.11n PCI-E NIC

It also says it is working properly.

#fakenews

Postby **NTP66** » Wed Jul 25, 2018 2:54 pm

Okay, what brand/model laptop? Drivers are limited for that chipset from Realtek directly.

Postby **meow** » Wed Jul 25, 2018 2:57 pm

Toshiba Satellite C855

Postby **NTP66** » Wed Jul 25, 2018 3:08 pm

Oh dear god...

There's zero chance Windows 10 is even supported on that, which I'm willing to bet is part of the problem. There are a few things that you can try, but there's no guarantee of anything actually working.

Update your driver:

Right-click on the Start menu and choose 'Computer Management'
Click on 'Device Manager'
Expand 'Network adapters'
Right-click on your wireless adapter and choose 'Update driver'
Click on 'Seach automatically...' and let it go through the motions
If it installs a new driver, let it finish and then reboot the laptop, and then disable power management
If it does not find a new driver, disable power management

Disable power management:

Right-click on the Start menu and choose 'Computer Management'
Click on 'Device Manager'
Expand 'Network adapters' and double-click on your wireless adapter
Go to the 'Power Management' tab, uncheck everything, and click 'OK'

If all else fails, you can try completely uninstalling your wireless adapter and reinstalling it. I wouldn't go this route unless you know you have the currently installed drivers available.

Postby **Silentom** » Wed Jul 25, 2018 3:12 pm

meow in 15 minutes:

Postby **NTP66** » Wed Jul 25, 2018 3:13 pm

That's what I would do, personally.

The latest NIC drivers available for that model are for Windows 8.1: http://files.ecp.toshiba.com/2016/08/19 ... 58700e.exe

Postby **dodint** » Wed Jul 25, 2018 3:15 pm

I did something similar with an HP a few years ago. They didn't have a Win10 driver for it, so I installed Vista and then upgraded to Win7 and then to Win10 and it works fine now.

So, yeah, it's simple, just install 15 years worth of operating systems.

Postby **meow** » Wed Jul 25, 2018 3:18 pm

meow in 15 minutes:

Should I just do this? Just say the word and I'll do it

Postby **Lemon Berry Lobster** » Wed Jul 25, 2018 3:20 pm

There is no chance you can look that good meow, but I guess you could try...