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I know alot of questions and answers have been circulating about the Linksys
BEFSR41's combatibility with Vista, but I can't find one that quite matches
my problem.
I have two computers on my network: an old one running Windows ME and a
recently purchased one running Windows Vista. I am having no problem
connecting to the network and to the internet on the ME, but a big problem
with the Vista.
Unlike most cases I've read, my Vista computer DOES connect to the
network--it just doesn't connect to the internet. Everything is set like it
would be on Windows XP: I've set it to obtain IP addresses automatically.
I've also turned Windows Firewall off thinking that might cause the conflict,
but I still can't connect.
I know Linksys's official line is that this router isn't compatible with
Vista, but I've also read in many forums that this isn't true because routers
operate independently of computer operating systems (or, at least, that's how
I understood it).
I used the discussion boards on the Linksys website and was given these
suggestions:
--To ping the yahoo server to see if I got a reply. I did, and assume that
means I am connected to the internet. Also, after doing this the network and
sharing center on Vista said I was connected to the internet instead of just
the local network; however, I still couldn't pull up anything but error
messages in a browser.
--Assuming the replies to the ping meant I was connected, I was told to set
a static dns because the problem sounded like a dns prioblem.
--This didn't work, so I was told to flush the dns cache. I did, but I had
no results.
Thanks in advance for any help.
BEFSR41's combatibility with Vista, but I can't find one that quite matches
my problem.
I have two computers on my network: an old one running Windows ME and a
recently purchased one running Windows Vista. I am having no problem
connecting to the network and to the internet on the ME, but a big problem
with the Vista.
Unlike most cases I've read, my Vista computer DOES connect to the
network--it just doesn't connect to the internet. Everything is set like it
would be on Windows XP: I've set it to obtain IP addresses automatically.
I've also turned Windows Firewall off thinking that might cause the conflict,
but I still can't connect.
I know Linksys's official line is that this router isn't compatible with
Vista, but I've also read in many forums that this isn't true because routers
operate independently of computer operating systems (or, at least, that's how
I understood it).
I used the discussion boards on the Linksys website and was given these
suggestions:
--To ping the yahoo server to see if I got a reply. I did, and assume that
means I am connected to the internet. Also, after doing this the network and
sharing center on Vista said I was connected to the internet instead of just
the local network; however, I still couldn't pull up anything but error
messages in a browser.
--Assuming the replies to the ping meant I was connected, I was told to set
a static dns because the problem sounded like a dns prioblem.
--This didn't work, so I was told to flush the dns cache. I did, but I had
no results.
Thanks in advance for any help.