Wireless network + laptop troubles.

[Irving]

Hello gents,

I just picked up my first ever laptop. I can get it to successfully connect to my wireless network in my house, but I still can't get it to connect to the internet unless I directly connect to the router with a Cat 5 cable. This completely defeats the purpose of having the laptop. EDIT: I forgot to add that it is acting like when I need to unplug the comcast box when it goes on the fritz on occasion, only when I can't get internet on the laptop, I still can get internet on my desktop. This leads me to believe it is some system setting on the laptop.

I have one desktop, and it is also connected wirelessly. There is no computer directly connected to my router unless I go into the "office" with the laptop to try and figure this out.

The computer is running Vista. I've never used Vista before (and I already hate it), is there some kind of setting I need to change?

Cheers,

Irvingsworth

[Sixgun]

Maybe it's your firewall. Try going somewhere that has free wireless( starbucks, McD's ect), try to hook up there.

[trlcavscout]

First if you are useing WPA security, hard wire in and change it to WEP and try it. Some SP's of vista dont like WPA. If the desktop is XP and it connects try the security change, Vista will take the WPA pass phrase and say it connects, but it doesnt. Their is a couple other things to check you can PM with any questions if you want, I do home networking for Comcast.

[kwando]

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Agree

try to get into your router and disable encryption, if it connects try another type of encryption.

[Irving]

Okay, thanks fellas, I'll try that out and report back.

[Irving]

Thanks trlcavscout and Kwando. I changed to WEP (I managed to stumble through it) and it seems to be working. Now I just need to get the desktop in sync and I'll be good. Thanks so much for the help!