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