Can't connect Vista to internet

[cami]

I have just got a new laptop running vista and have tried to connect to my
wireless which is already running and xp pc and laptop!

Anyone any ideas, just doesnt seem to want to connect............

Having to connect using the cable at the mo.

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

Did you turn on the laptop's wireless switch? Frequently, these are shipped
with the switch in the off position and everything will appear to be working
otherwise.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

[cami]

Yes, have had it connected to a friends wireless but won't seem to work on
mine!

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

Ok, that's often the problem with new setups. Open an elevated command
prompt by typing CMD into the search line, then right click the entry that
appears in the start menu and choose 'run as administrator'. From the
resulting prompt, run the following (allow each to complete and return to
the prompt before running the next one):

ipconfig /release
ipconfig /flushdns
ipconfig /renew

Then see if you can connect. If not, run:

ipconfig /all

and post back with the following results:

node type
IPv4 address
default gateway

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

 

[Chris Marsh]

Cami

I have just got a new laptop running vista and have tried to connect to my
wireless which is already running and xp pc and laptop!

Anyone any ideas, just doesnt seem to want to connect............

Having to connect using the cable at the mo.

In addition to the other posters' suggestions:

Check that you haven't got MAC address filtering set up on the router. In
this case add your Wireless card's MAC address to the access control list.

Check to see if WEP or WPA are configured on the router. If so, check that
you have configured your laptop wireless connection correctly.

Check out the following KB article:

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"Consider the following scenario: ". You connect a Windows Vista-based
computer to a network.
". A router or other device that is configured as a Dynamic Host
Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server is configured on the network.
". The router or the other device does not support the DHCP BROADCAST
flag.
"In this scenario, Windows Vista cannot obtain an IP address.

"This issue occurs because of a difference in design between Windows Vista
and Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2). Specifically, in Windows XP
SP2, the BROADCAST flag in DHCP discovery packets is set to 0 (disabled). In
Windows Vista, the BROADCAST flag in DHCP discovery packets is not disabled.
Therefore, some routers and some non-Microsoft DHCP servers cannot process
the DHCP discovery packets."
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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928233/EN-US/



HTH



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Regards



Chris Marsh